albertm89
Alberto M
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The 355 for sure helped Ferrari spreading the image of a brand ahead of its time in technical assessments (F1 electrohydraulic gearbox, Pininfarina wind-tunnel-sculpted design) but not interested in long-term reliability and maintenance cost lowering...it’s a pity because it was (and is) a very impressive car, known

Great testing of this Citroen, so useful to make the Citroen brand re-gain the Americans’ attention; everyone who drives this car would love the comfort, the “aplomb” of this machine, its peculiar design cues taken directly from the almighty and beloved DS...they thought it could sell, but unfortunately here in Europe

Jus a little sad realizing I'm just a year younger than DeMuro and one year ago he was looking for a Ferrari to buy...a thing I can't even dream of.

No one's gonna miss it. They didn't manage to sell it here in Europe neither: people prefers to go for a Smart (always favoured by the Mercedes-Benz allure...you buy one in Mercedes dealers and it was always seen as a chic micro car) or go for a supermini like Yaris or Nissan Micra or Honda Fit or Fiat Panda/500 etc,

What he told is that Lancia is going to be sold in Italy only...right now they can sell just the small Lancia Y, being the Thema, Flavia and Voyager rebadged Chrysler 300c and Town&Country that no one here in It. wants to touch...a long time ago there were great cars like the Thema (the original one sold during the

Sadly a brand that is now near to its death...

OMG I live in Italy and I feel lucky for NOT having already found out the Infiniti was making such a hideous thing! Damn, what a horrible..."thing"....can't describe it better, as "car" is a far too polite word for it. The Lexus one here in Europe is sold with a Toyota badge which at least means it hasn't got the

CVR and FDR found, it seems.

61-70% Jalop with my Land Rover Freelander from 1999, powered by the monstrous 97 (!) bhp Rover Turbo Diesel Engine...absolutely not bad!

Exactly what I thought...Aerodynamic stall should not be confused with engines stall, the first being the result of an excessive angle of attack during a steep climb -a possibility of what happened to the AirAsia aircraft, as suggested in the article.

It looks like VW is concentrating on making cars which are more suitable for Europe rather than the USA...so why on Earth did they come up with those figures in 2012?!

This a vehicle that looks the part but...at 48k aren't you allowed to expect more?

So the times were creativity wasn't restricted by regulators, Euro NCAP tests, etc has given us great design masterpieces like this one...such a pity they'll never come back...

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The Testarossa had an astoundingly wonderful design which makes it unmistakably one of the most gorgeous cars in the whole automotive history. And yes, if the eighties were all about showing how rich you were and how fast you were going...this one and cars like the Porsche 911 Turbo, the Lamborghini Countach, the

Well, I don't think ALL Mercedes or BMW are exactly that well made (think about the gi-normous amount of turbos blown in BMW engines...I'm talking about the diesel units which are so popular here where I live)...I mean, every car has got its issues, niggles, flaws etc...for sure car journalists, having tried -as you

First: absolutely love how you write and talk about cars!

And we can't forget that nowadays most of the SUV have to be marketed as "sporty" cars in order to sell and this means they end be equipped with tyres with a very low profile and way too big alloy wheels...which, as we all know, is really really the optimum...will the vat majority of buyers change that tyres and

...and maybe designers could start doing something about visibility as a whole re-thinking some solutions we encountered in past times, like the "third glass" old Volvos (and even Audi) had back in the 80s and 90s. Nowadays the pillars are too big, right, but manufacturers should ensure visibility is not put down in

I've found out this post just today, but I've to comment on this because I own a Freelander...I think the biggest problem for you Americans was only the V6 was exported overseas...ours is the 1999 MY powered by the old but utterly reliable Rover L-Series Turbo-Diesel engine...not fast but with pretty decent