France has payed 949.7 million euros in total, which correspond to the reimbursment of the 893 million Russia had payed in advance, plus 56.7 million for other expenses such as personnel training and works on the Vladivostok harbour. That was ratified by the French Parliament on September 17th. Not one euro has been…

True, but I don’t see what that has to do with Egypt.

5. Lose close relationship with France

France didn’t pay any contract terminations fees. They reimbursed what had already been payed by Russia.

In that particular case France pretended to deny delivery. Selling the ships to a fake private company and letting Israeli agents steal them was agreed upon between France and Israel beforehand.

And the last bastion of the double-breasted suit in the auto industry fades away.

I have to say CP. If you’re going to buy one of these and ruin yourself, at least you should get a Quattrovalvole.

Best (or worst) missed opportunity to call a car “488 GTS”

I do not, it’s a 2 litre six. 12v and 207bhp. It was in the 164, GTV/Spider and 166. Here’s more info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Rome…

But they did turbocharge the Busso, you’re forgetting the 2.0 Turbo Benzina.

Hey! Now you have the Cascada! Basically the same, right?

Looks to me like the Imperial became the 300 and the Firepower the Crossfire.

It’s just the nose that looks weird to me. It looks very flat, I wish it was more pointy like the 159. The rest is a bit derivative but pretty enough.

Last I heard they will be making it.

At least the NSX is finally coming. Apparently.

I was so excited for the Asterion. It looked production-ready, and it would have been a return to Lambo’s elegant GT roots. A modern 350GT with Miura design cues. I’m absolutely bored to death by pretty much all Lambos since the Diablo, except perhaps the Murcielago and Sesto Elemento. They’re obsessed with the…

It could have been better looking. But it’s RWD and has a Ferrari V6, so I can’t be mad. Between this and the 4C, it really does look like Alfa is back to its best. And hey, Alfa has always made gorgeous cars and sorta weird-looking ones alongside each other. The 4C is pretty, the Giulia is a bit wonky, so it stands…

By today’s standards this is a lot of visible engine.

I thought of another one: Hyundai PassoCorto, although it was more of a student project half-endorsed by Hyundai than a proper concept. Turbo 4-pot if I remember correctly, RWD, two seats, and for a time there were rumours that Hyundai thought of making it, but ultimately they didn’t. It looks incredible.

This should absolutely be #1. The saddest part is that it wasn’t even a concept that never made it to production, it was a production car whose development was halted. Williams have said that if they got the greenlight from Jaguar now they’d have one rolling out of the factory within two years.