Italy Issues €6 Million Fine Over Chinese Cars Badged as Italian

Italy’s antitrust authority fined a local automobile company €6 million ($6.4 million) after determining that vehicles originating from Chinese manufacturers including Chery Automobile Co. were illegally mislabeled as Italian-made.

DR Automobiles has been promoting cars from Chery, BAIC Motor Corp. and Anhui Jianghua Automobile Group, or JAC Motors, as Italian-made since at least December 2021, the agency said in a statement on its website. The cars are marketed under the DR and EVO brands after “final touches” are made in Italy, it said.

A Chery eQ1 electric car in Shanghai.

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The move extends a crackdown by the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over vehicles ...