Been collecting these stories and articles. Rather than post them each individually let's go bulk!
Italdesign with its partners offers up its futuristic car design.
I don't know if you've noticed by all the ads, but Alfa-Romeo is marking its comeback into the North American market. Besides FIAT, I can't recall an Italian car brand going hard into advertising.
They have no choice if they want to sell the Giulia Quadrifoglio:
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Italy has not only been working on increasing trade with Russia but collaborating with them on Mars exploration.
"Italy is developing detectors at the heart of a “dish” for the Millimetron — a 10-meter space telescope designed to study extremely dark objects in the Universe at millimeter and infrared wavelengths. Russia leads the project."
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Italdesign with its partners offers up its futuristic car design.
"Airbus and Italdesign have revealed their plans to help city dwellers beat traffic with a modular vehicle that is part car, part drone.The concept vehicle, named Pop Up, was unveiled at this year's Geneva Motor Show. It features a "passenger capsule" that can detach from a wheeled base."*******
I don't know if you've noticed by all the ads, but Alfa-Romeo is marking its comeback into the North American market. Besides FIAT, I can't recall an Italian car brand going hard into advertising.
They have no choice if they want to sell the Giulia Quadrifoglio:
"These pics are the proof. The car I drove last week – a fully-specced seventy-three-and-a-half-grand Giulia Quadrifoglio demands a big leap of faith in the Italian brand when the German opposition is so soundly rooted.
But let’s check the facts. That twin turbo, three-litre V6 Ferrari-influenced engine churns out 510bhp and 600Nm of torque, giving this rear-wheel drive five-seater a top speed of over 190mph and a claimed lap time round the Nurburgring that beats the opposition handsomely.
From the outside, it’s unmistakably Alfa – that hip-height swage line, the familiar face sporting that traditional grille.
It’s handsome rather than beautiful but compared to its German rivals, somehow less arrogant. It’s the same inside.
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Italy has not only been working on increasing trade with Russia but collaborating with them on Mars exploration.
"Italy is developing detectors at the heart of a “dish” for the Millimetron — a 10-meter space telescope designed to study extremely dark objects in the Universe at millimeter and infrared wavelengths. Russia leads the project."
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Company focus: Dell'Orto are worldwide leaders in carburetors and electronic injection systems.
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Get ready for more and more Italian brands coming out with family/luxury cars. Lamborghini (probably at the behest of its German owners) have entered the family market and so have Ferrari and Alfa-Romeo with the beautiful Stelvio.
I hope they know what they're doing because this is not the essence of these brands. They're not Porsche who cater to a wider market. Their essence and legend is rooted in racing and a specific type of consumer.
Not sure what to make of it - especially Lamborghini.
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Speaking of the Stelvio....one day I hope to get to the iconic Passo dello Stelvio and ride it on my bike.
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And now for something really different Bullwinkle....
Italian cuisine and its influence on France.
"Italy has been called the mother of the Western cuisines, and perhaps its greatest contribution was its influence on France. The crucial event was the arrival of Catherine de Médicis in France in the 16th century. The great-granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Catherine married the young man who later was to become Henry II of France. She brought with her a retinue of Florentine cooks who were schooled in the subtleties of Renaissance cooking—in preparing such elegant dishes as aspics, sweetbreads, artichoke hearts, truffles, liver crépinettes, quenelles of poultry, macaroons, ice cream, and zabagliones. Catherine also introduced a new elegance and refinement to the French table. "
Of course, French cuisine has also influence Italian cooking as well.
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The Lamborghini story reminded me of this scene in 'Big Night'. Is Lambo comprising itself?
Thank God for people like Primo. They keep us all honest:
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Get ready for more and more Italian brands coming out with family/luxury cars. Lamborghini (probably at the behest of its German owners) have entered the family market and so have Ferrari and Alfa-Romeo with the beautiful Stelvio.
I hope they know what they're doing because this is not the essence of these brands. They're not Porsche who cater to a wider market. Their essence and legend is rooted in racing and a specific type of consumer.
Not sure what to make of it - especially Lamborghini.
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'the Court of Catherine de' Médici was a veritable earthly paradise and a school for all the chivalry and flower of France. Ladies shone there like stars in the sky on a fine night.'
"Italy has been called the mother of the Western cuisines, and perhaps its greatest contribution was its influence on France. The crucial event was the arrival of Catherine de Médicis in France in the 16th century. The great-granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Catherine married the young man who later was to become Henry II of France. She brought with her a retinue of Florentine cooks who were schooled in the subtleties of Renaissance cooking—in preparing such elegant dishes as aspics, sweetbreads, artichoke hearts, truffles, liver crépinettes, quenelles of poultry, macaroons, ice cream, and zabagliones. Catherine also introduced a new elegance and refinement to the French table. "
Of course, French cuisine has also influence Italian cooking as well.
The Lamborghini story reminded me of this scene in 'Big Night'. Is Lambo comprising itself?
Thank God for people like Primo. They keep us all honest:
