Global automotive player Stellantis has started producing Citroen’s C4X model in Egypt at the factories of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI), according to an Ittihadeya statement. The project targets to roll out 7k cars a year for the coming four years and will have a local component ratio of 45%.

Another locally produced model in cooperation with Stellantis will roll out in late 2026, AOI head Mokhtar Abdel Latif said. Abdel Latif did not reveal the brand name of the planned vehicle, but he did say that AOI facilities will produce 240k of the new model, where it will be exclusively manufactured.

We will have to wait and see what brand name the new model will fall under — with brands from Opel, Fiat, Jeep, Ram, and Peugeot, all the way to Maserati and Lancia under Stellantis’ wings — but the smart money would be on a new Jeep or Citroen model given they are already being produced here. An Egyptian-made Maserati, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, or Dodge is decidedly less likely — but we can always dream.

REMEMBER- Last year, Stellantis unveiled plans to invest EUR 116 mn in the local manufacture of four vehicle models expected to hit the streets over the course of three years.

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