Mirafiori, Fiat factory symbol of Fordism at the test of the new industrial plan

The crisis arrived in the 1980s, after the Fiat factory in Mirafiori, in its period of maximum development, employed up to 70 thousand people with a production of 5 thousand cars a day, over a million a year. Today, 12 thousand people work in the entire area. Production has risen again since last autumn thanks to the Fiat 500 hybrid, which flanks the electric 500.

Fim Cisl's latest report lines up the numbers, starting with volumes: in the first quarter of the year, production amounted to 14,040 units, a 42.4 per cent recovery from the 9,860 units recorded in 2025, thanks to which 440 new hires were made, in February, and the second shift started in March.

Stellantis estimates production this year at one hundred thousand units, but it will be necessary to understand how the market is holding up and how the model is holding up against fierce competition from European manufacturers and Chinese players. Mirafiori, together with Cassino, is the Stellantis pole that 'by right' enters into the reasoning on possible divestments, partial disposals, partnerships with Asian manufacturers. Firstly, because volumes are indeed on the upswing, but they are still skimpy. Second, because Mirafiori's industrial mission risks being weak.

Mirafiori was the first plant of the Stellantis Group to host the production of a full electric model in Europe. And it is, according to the industrial plans so far announced by the Group, destined to remain linked to the Fiat brand and the 500. A new electric 500 equipped with Stellantis batteries is expected to arrive in 2027, while the new generation of the 500e will debut in 2030.

The unions continue to call for a commitment to a new model that aspires to large sales volumes and the saturation of the production area freed up by the Maseratis transferred to the Modena plant. The metalworkers are looking with interest at the evolution of European legislation on the Made in Europe production of small electric city cars, up to 4.2 metres. This could be a possible drop point for the plant.

Among the new projects launched for Mirafiori is the e-DCT transmission line, which has been operational for over two years and is dedicated to electrified transmissions for the new generation of hybrid and Phev models. It has an installed capacity of 600 thousand electrified transmissions per year, with 800 workers and technicians at work.

In Mirafiori there is the first Stellantis Circular Economy Hub, opened in 2023, with 500 workers assigned and the ambition to recover components and vehicles. Also in Mirafiori Currently employing around 500 workers, the Battery Technology Centre opened in September 2023, where performance tests and validation of battery components for Stellantis' electric vehicles are carried out during the development and production phases.

Alongside the Mirafiori coachworks there are the Central Bodies, the Group's historic research, engineering and development pole, which last year saw a generational change with the hiring of a hundred or so engineers. It is clear that on research and development, design and engineering, Turin, and Mirafiori, play a key game.