I’m sure they would have done that if the Wildlings (or Wun Wun) had ever encountered a phalanx before.

This. The way they’ve done magic in the show points towards this.

She knew that if she told Jon about it, her counsel in how it should be used would be ignored (as had every other bit of counsel she’d given). Ramsey would have outsmarted and beaten them regardless of whether they had whatever forces Sansa thought Littlefinger would bring (or at least Sansa believed that would be the…

I think she didn’t tell Jon because she knew that even with this knowledge, Ramsey would have outsmarted him (believed by her rightly or wrongly).

My take is that she is manipulative, but not cold (which fits with her character development).

Exactly. Plus, presumably all of the hardcore 'we do not sow' types will definitely have sided with Euron, so will likely be torched by Daenerys.

Nah, Sansa cares about Jon. She’s manipulating, but not cold. She knew Jon would have ignored her counsel, misused the KoV had he known they were available, been outwitted by Ramsey and resulted in not only the Stark army being decimated, but also the Vale army.

Nah, I don’t buy it being a mistake.

How about this as an explanation for Sansa’s actions:

I've got it :) Jon's the champion. He's proven himself as a fighter time and again.

Back in the old days the components got re-used, or at least they did with my dad’s 914/6.

Absolutely. The smaller ones tended to be fairly dire penalty boxes (although the little Ladas and Zaporozhets had a bit of pep). Even the slightly upscale Volgas had very harsh engines compared to Western competitors.

Yeah I’ve heard of that. A Volga Chaser or something.

There’s something deep in the depths of my soul that wants to take the 7.7l all-alloy V8 from a ZiL, put it in a Mk2 Volga and attend some drag races in the good ol’ US of A.

Hell yeah :) there’s one of these that a spectator drives to Brands Hatch quite frequently. White with slightly flared arches.

I get that it’s pedestrian safety standards that drives most of the general height that modern cars have developed.

While it’s something that I despise and has pretty much put me off buying modern cars, I think I’ve got a theory as to why they’ve doen it this way in the ad.

I love this as a genre (proper offroad sports cars), but in nearly every iteration I think that it’s just done wrong.

Well here’s hoping they can do it :) from what I gather, the XE is an outstanding car so the Giulia would have to be pretty damn good to sell 20k more than that.

Help me here as an Alfa fan. How unrealistic a goal is 100,000 cars globally in the first full model year for a new 3-series competitor?