Maserati says goodbye to Modena. After 80 years, the historic plant in the Emilian city is about to cease production: the official announcement was made by Pietro De Biasi, head of industrial relations at FCA, during a meeting with the unions focused precisely on the future of the car brand under the Ghirlandina.
"Here it is not possible to make large numbers: the house of the Trident has already outlined its strategy outside Modena", had ruled the CEO of FCA, Sergio Marchionne, in mid-March, speaking at the inauguration of the academic year of the University of Modena . There was no shortage of clues: Maserati recorded a sharp slowdown last year, going from 36.448 cars sold in 2014 to 32.474 units. Revenues – around 2,4 billion – fell by 13%. And the Modena plant has gone from 19 cars produced per day in 2014 to ten today.
Production should stop in 2017, and at the moment the company has not indicated alternative plans: only the research and development area will remain in Modena, which will cost about 120 redundancies (30% of the current workforce) to be relocated between Ferrari and other Maserati headquarters.
