What is Stellantis? Everything you need to know
If you’ve heard of Stellantis but are confused because you’ve not seen any of its cars or vans, then you’re not alone. Here’s your complete guide to its brands.
- The Stellantis origin story explained
- Which Stellantis-owned brands are sold in the UK?
- Stellantis's marques in other parts of the world
In many of our car and van reviews, as well as numerous news stories, you’ll read mentions of a manufacturer called Stellantis — yet no vehicle you’ll see on the road has that name anywhere on its badging. So what exactly is Stellantis?
Manufacturing cars and vans is a complicated and costly business. To make large-scale volume production profitable, car makers frequently joined forces to share development costs for a greater chance of financial success. These partnerships then link with multiple others to form giant car-building companies — Stellantis is one such firm.
Formed in 2021, Stellantis is the world’s fourth-largest vehicle manufacturing group in terms of sales. The top spot is occupied by the Toyota Motor Corporation, with Volkswagen Group in second and Hyundai Motor Group third.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Stellantis was the result of a merger of two already sizeable manufacturing groups — PSA Groupe of France and the Italian-American combine of FCA. Chances are that both of those sets of initials will be equally unfamiliar.
PSA is the short-form of Peugeot Société Anonyme, those last two words representing a type of French limited company.
FCA on the other hand is the abbreviated name for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, a group that was created in 2012 when Fiat purchased a 58.5% stake of the Chrysler Group.
For the most part, Stellantis has achieved economies of scale by sharing unseen components across its different car brands, such as engines, electric drive systems and platforms. Doing this allows each marque to maintain and develop its own image through styling, the driving experience and marketing, regardless of the fact that they’re often built in factories alongside other closely related models sold under different labels.
With the vans side of the business, where light commercial vehicles consumers are less influenced by appearance and image, save for some relatively inexpensive detailing particular to each brand, the models are identical. There’s additional complication here due to the vans also being sold with Toyota badges courtesy of a commercial arrangement with that company.
Stellantis car brands sold in the UK
Not all of the 15-strong array of Stellantis brands are offered on the British market, although they share an assortment of hardware and technologies that are common to those built and sold in other parts of the world.
Stellantis car marques sold in the UK include:
Abarth
Much of Abarth’s history centres around producing high performance versions of various dinky Fiat cars, so it’s no surprise that this legacy continues today. As of 2025, Abarth’s line-up is exclusively electrically powered.
Alfa Romeo
While Alfa Romeo’s motorsport glory years are predominantly viewed in black and white imagery, its racy reputation continues to be fostered, despite the fact its range contains three SUVs and no sports coupes or roadsters. Varying levels of hybridisation and electric-only power are available at various points of today’s line-up.
Citroen
Once the most innovative of car brands, a raft of technologies that many car buyers found scary, including hydropneumatic suspension and rotary engines, eventually proved financially ruinous. After Peugeot’s 1970s takeover, Citroen’s models have generally relied on quirkiness, comfort and value, with widespread electrification also available today.
- Citroen Ami
- Citroen C3 and e-C3
- Citroen C3 Aircross and e-C3 Aircross
- Citroen C4 and e-C4
- Citroen C4 X and e-C4 X
- Citroen C5 X
- Citroen C5 Aircross
- Citroen e-Berlingo
- Citroen e-SpaceTourer
DS
Derived from the reborn Citroen sub-brand, DS was split away to form a standalone marque a decade ago, but so far none of its range has truly struck a chord with British buyers. Could that be about to change with a bold new styling direction as DS attempts to replicate the allure of French luxury goods in the automotive sphere?
Fiat
Fiat is undergoing a period of transition as it’s finally waved goodbye to the long-serving combustion-engined 500 range that was launched back in 2008. The good news is that new products are coming in both hybridised and battery-powered forms.
- Fiat Grande Panda and Grande Panda Electric
- Fiat 500 Electric
- Fiat 600 and 600e
Jeep
Relaunched into the UK market back in 1993, there was a real buzz about Jeep’s go-anywhere range that gradually ebbed away over the intervening years. The advent of partial- and full-electrification seems to be winning the brand new fans, particularly with its smallest model, although Jeep also has bold plans at the opposite end of the price spectrum.
Leapmotor
Stellantis doesn’t wholly own Chinese newbies Leapmotor, but it has an equity stake in both the manufacturer and the joint-venture to market and manufacture its models outside of its domestic market. Recently launched in the UK, Leapmotor’s cars are all-electric, with the two initial models set to be joined by an additional range in each of the next three years.
Maserati
From its position as a dominant force in top-flight motor racing to one with a reputation for producing rapid but fragile road cars, today’s Maseratis have substance and engineering integrity worthy of the marque. Electric drive systems are now available, but the V8’s not dead yet.
- Maserati Grecale and Grecale Folgore
- Maserati GranTurismo and GranTurismo Folgore
- Maserati GranCabrio and GranCabrio Folgore
- Maserati MC12
- Maserati GT2 Stradale
Peugeot
A long-standing brand of upmarket mainstream solidity and dependability, today’s Peugeot models are also daringly styled in a way that’s gloriously at odds with its previously conservative nature. Appropriately for today’s customers, mild and plug-in hybrids, as well as fully electric drive systems, are available across the line-up.
- Peugeot 208 and E-208
- Peugeot 2008 and E-2008
- Peugeot 308 and E-308
- Peugeot 308 SW and E-308 SW
- Peugeot 3008 and E-3008
- Peugeot 408 and E-408
- Peugeot 508
- Peugeot 508 SW
- Peugeot 5008 and E-5008
- Peugeot E-Rifter
- Peugeot E-Traveller
Vauxhall
For decades, the British Vauxhall brand was intrinsic to General Motors’ presence in this part of the world, but when the American group jettisoned its European operations, PSA — with which joint-ventures had already been established — took over and quickly revitalised its product range, both in terms of styling and electrification of the drive options.
- Vauxhall Corsa and Corsa Electric
- Vauxhall Mokka and Mokka Electric
- Vauxhall Frontera and Frontera Electric
- Vauxhall Astra and Astra Electric
- Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer and Astra Sports Tourer Electric
- Vauxhall Grandland and Grandland Electric
- Vauxhall Combo Life Electric
- Vauxhall Vivaro Life Electric
Stellantis van brands sold in the UK
Despite the careful curation of brand identities with Stellantis’s car portfolio, its light commercial models are an altogether different proposition as the bodywork, engines and electric drive systems and most of the interior fixtures and fittings are identical.
Where differences primarily occur among the line-up of Citroen, Fiat Professional, Peugeot and Vauxhall vans is with their frontal styling, displaying variations in grille, headlight and bumper designs as well as interior trims, naming and pricing strategies.
Stellantis also has a commercial arrangement with Toyota which doesn’t engineer its smaller Japanese-made light vans for sale in Europe. Its versions are also largely identical save for the aforementioned differentiators.
Stellantis small vans
Whether you’re looking for a fully electric or combustion-engined small commercial vehicle in panel van or crew-cab guise, there’s a Stellantis model for you:
- Citroen Berlingo and e-Berlingo
- Fiat Professional Doblo and E-Doblo
- Peugeot Partner and E-Partner
- Vauxhall Combo and Combo Electric
- Toyota Proace City and Proace City Electric also made by Stellantis
Stellantis medium vans
Using the same recipe as with its small vans but with increased quantities of ingredients, diesel and electric versions of the Stellantis medium vans will also be joined by hydrogen-powered versions in the near future:
- Citroen Dispatch and e-Dispatch
- Fiat Professional Scudo and E-Scudo
- Peugeot Expert and E-Expert
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Vivaro Electric
- Toyota Proace and Proace Electric also made by Stellantis
Stellantis large vans
They may be old enough to soon start being of special interest to archeologists but the large Stellantis vans recently benefited from another overhaul with fresh styling and improved interiors to complement their diesel and electric drive choices:
- Citroen Relay and e-Relay
- Fiat Professional Ducato and E-Ducato
- Peugeot Boxer and E-Boxer
- Vauxhall Movano and Movano Electric
- Toyota Proace Max and Proace Max Electric also made by Stellantis
Stellantis car and van brands not sold in the UK
Of the car and van marques Stellantis owns which are absent from UK price lists, only one is potential candidate to return to these shores in the near future — and whether it will is far from certain:
Chrysler
Although Chrysler-badged cars have been sold in the UK on and off for the best part of a century, the models price-listed back in 2015 will likely be the last of them. Primarily catering for the North American markets, Chrysler’s current range consists entirely of Voyager and Pacifica MPVs.
Dodge
Although Dodge — and its Dodge Brothers predecessor — had a worthwhile UK customer base until WW2, subsequent efforts to revive that enthusiasm flagged. Today’s Dodge models are sold primarily in North America where it sells the Charger muscle car and a pair of SUVs, the smaller of which is a re-nosed Alfa Romeo Tonale.
Lancia
After years in the doldrums, Lancia — the luxury-focused division of the old Fiat empire — is being shown some love again. The fruits of this affection has so far seen the launch of the Lancia Ypsilon, a small hatchback that shares much with the Peugeot 208 and Vauxhall Corsa. Could this chic city-slicker be the model to relaunch Lancia in the UK after a three-decade-long absence?
Opel
Although Opel-branded cars were sold in the UK before WW2 and again from the late-1960s, because it was also part of General Motors, its design and engineering centres eventually subsumed Vauxhall’s to the point the two marques’ cars were identical in all but name, with the German brand disappearing from British price lists in 1988. While the Vauxhall name continued in the UK, every other market the cars are sold in stuck with Opel branding.
Today’s Opel range remains identical to Vauxhall’s with two exceptions — our Vivaro Life van-based MPV is sold elsewhere as the Opel Zafira, while at the opposite end of the scale, a rebadged Citroen Ami is available as the Opel Rocks Electric.
Ram
Very much focusing on the North American market and once a model range sold by Dodge before it was separated, commercial vehicle brand Ram’s core model lines are a range of butch pickup trucks, a mite or so smaller than Rutland. There’s an outlier in their midst, though — a large panel van sold as the Ram ProMaster, an Americanised version of the Stellantis large van range.
