They’re a problem in Switzerland as well. The insurance contract explicitly mentions that you’re covered against damages made by martens. I was puzzled the first time I saw this as, coming from Italy, didn’t know about this problems (we’ve a problem with wild boars, BTW).

For years, when I attended the university in Rome, Italy, I challenged my father about “highway times” from the Eternal City to an exit close to Pescara (google for it, the highway number is A24 then A25). It’s basically a 177 km mountain highway (except for the last 40 kilometers). I managed to do it in 55 minutes,…

Nimble? At 1,500 kg, dry? LOL

I still remember the roads in the Highlands (in 2014 I toured the entire Scotland, and some islands), especially those from Cape Wrath (Durness) to Thurso... like 40 km of single lane, two-way roads, with blind corners, lot of sheeps and fast, oncoming buses... even the Amalfi Coast was easy in comparison.

For example, the Ultima can have over 1,000 hp and uses a modified Porsche transmission.

I have one of these. Extremely sturdy, waterproof, shockproof, and light.

I have one of these. Extremely sturdy, waterproof, shockproof, and light.

The Opel Insigna is around since 2008.
I didn’t know that Buick was the new Lancia (which rebadged 3 old Chrysler models in 2011 with no success, and ceased to import them three years later).

These car-badged boats are as nice to see as impractical to live with.
I’d prefer a Riva, a Pedrazzini or a Boesch for the lake, or a Wallypower for a fast day cruiser in the sea.

The racing version in Geneva was way much better looking:

The firm offers only the panels in black, not complete bodyshells.
Nothing to see here.

The Fiat Panda Van is still today a staple in the fleet of many Italian utilities enterprises, both big private companies and city-owned departments. Many plumbers and electricians, also, use it. It’s rugged, simple and cheap. It’s still a very common sight all over the country. But you can’t sleep in it unless you’re…

The driver, named MC Hammer, told the biker: “Can’t touch this!”

Kudos for the trasmission radiator. Clever upgrade.
Best of luck for the trip. And wash that poor bonnet, looks like a stork just bombed it...

Well, I was shot down countless times in Falcon 4.0, and that was 15 years ago. So what?

Just like the butler in an Agatha Christie’s novel, loose ducts are always the culprits in a turbo engine.

Unlikely; HD already burned itself with italian bikes. Bought MV Augusta in 2008 for $109 millions, sold for one dollar two years later to the same seller.

Ducati should be bought by KTM. A proper, modern, niche-bike manufacturer, which could easily differentiate the two brands (they have minimal overlapping). And Mercedes still has to find someone who wants to buy MV Agusta (which has filed a pre-bankruptcy paper last March).

Not everyone knows that the Lotus Elise was called like that because of the granddaughter of Romano Artioli, Elisa (Artioli owned the British manifacturer for a short while, before selling it to Proton).

He’s the secret brother of Valentino Rossi, there’s no other explanation.

A red interior is not in the Italian tradition, sorry.