TORINO (ITALPRESS) – “It is good to be here with all of you and with your families for a moment of celebration, a special moment, an Olympic moment. La Fiamma was in our plants, in Pomigliano with Alfa Romeo, in Melfi with Lancia, in Modena with Maserati and today here in Mirafiori with FIAT. And this is the moment when we find ourselves twenty years after the 2006 Turin Olympics, we relive the Olympic spirit.” Thus the president of Stellantis, John Elkann, during the stage of the Olympic Flame in the Turin factory of Mirafiori, in view of the beginning of the Winter Games of Milan Cortina 2026. “Many things have happened, but the spirit is always the same – added Elkann – This Olympic spirit that unites us as a company with this great event, with our country. And I would like to thank you all for being here today with us and above all to make a great wolf to all athletes of the Olympics and Paralympics. Today there is also one of our Italian athletes, raised here in Turin, Andrea Macrì, who I would like to thank for his example”. Universal symbol of the Olympic Games, Fiamma started from Rome on December 6 to embark on a journey through more than 300 Italian municipalities. As an official partner of the trip of the Olympic Flame, the Italian brands of Stellantis accompanied this route through the peninsula, involving over 1500 people between employees and families.
Today in Mirafiori there was also Emanuele Cappellano, manager Stellantis in Europe: “I was very excited about bringing the Olympic Flame today and being the last tedophorus to the final stage of the trip to the Stellantis world – he said – Today we are in the Mirafiori factory, an iconic place for me and for the Group I represent at European level, where the FIAT brand demonstrates its vocation to accessible and sustainable mobility. Stellantis shares with the Olympics the value of healthy competition.” The second was Olivier Francois, CEO of FIAT and Global CMO of Stellantis. As the Automotive Premium Partner of Milan Cortina 2026, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, FIAT, Fiat Professional, Abarth and Maserati will provide approximately three thousand vehicles, of which more than half electrified, to support athletes, volunteers, staff and federations during the entire Olympic event.
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