Cars and mobility

Because it excludes depreciation, and almost every other estimate includes it. Depreciation is probably the heaviest cost of owning a car, but we could not find a public, verifiable Italian depreciation curve to cite, and we would rather declare a gap than fill it with a plausible percentage. What we publish is therefore the annual cost of use: the money that leaves your account over twelve months. The cost of ownership is higher, and we do not know by how much.

On 22 July 2026 the lowest regional average was in Marche at EUR 1.930 a litre and the highest in the autonomous province of Bolzano at EUR 1.987. On a fifty-litre tank that is a difference of EUR 2.85. The spread is far narrower than people expect, and far narrower than for other motoring costs: with car insurance the gap between the dearest and cheapest Italian province exceeds two hundred euros a year.

Because an amendment to an Italian government decree approved raising the fee from EUR 79.02 to EUR 88.20, an increase of EUR 9.18. The rise was voted through but requires a further step before it can be charged, and at the date of this check that step had not been completed. Until it is, the maximum a testing centre may ask is EUR 79.02. If you are quoted the higher figure, ask which instrument it is based on.

The standard urban pass costs EUR 39 a month and covers unlimited travel on the metro, trams, trolleybuses and buses in fare zones Mi1 to Mi3. It runs to the calendar month, so buying it halfway through the month does not extend its validity. The same pass costs EUR 22 for under-27s and EUR 32.50 for over-65s, and further reductions apply to households on very low assessed incomes.

No. EUR 35 is the ordinary or most quotable figure within the source's scope. Exemptions, concessions, ticket duration or outside services can move the cost.