Stellantis has plans to elevate its Italian brands in North America. Here's how

Selling low volumes of vehicles may be a counterintuitive approach for brands that have struggled to make their mark in North America, but that's the plan to elevate Stellantis NV's Italian brands here, according to their executives. They want to position Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Maserati as the company's upscale offerings compared to its mass-market U.S. brands like Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram. Stellantis officials say pushing vehicles with incentives to generate volume has cost the Italian brands their cachet and quality in the past. Now as the brands introduce new electrified vehicles, the vi...