Physically, at the street level, the protesters were much more violent than the cops.  This is probably the most glossed-over fact of foreign coverage of what went on in Hong Kong in 2019.

I’m pretty sure the paint booth would prefer spraying as many cars in the same colour as they can, for maximum efficiency. The small but nonzero interruptions for special colours get a “cost” assigned to them; how real that cost is will likely vary depending on the manufacturer.

San Francisco has a huge problem with needles on the streets.

I can. If you’re lucky enough to not have been significantly impacted by the last 4 years of policies, then all you need to be convinced is his validation of the worst cultural values an American could display—hate, blame and blind loyalty.

I used to think Obama was too theatric in his speeches. It’s like he is pausing to cue the raucous applause.

As the American heartland has been missing out on the coastal economic growth of the past decades, people are becoming more insecure. That has to have played a part in the current fad of “weaponised” car design, especially in the US market. And the loosened lending regulations ensure that every poor financial…

I think Alfa Romeo is supposed to be more mainstream and lower price bracket. Both the Giulia and Stelvio [supposedly] start at under $40k in the US market.

Since a new GranTurismo is coming, isn’t that the likely outcome of the Alfieri?

There is probably a lot of remnants of the Alfa 4C supply chain that could be used to recover some of the very likely financial losses from the 4C.

Not to echo the vast majority of comments here, but the car looks great.

Even if licensing is hard, that doesn’t prevent people from reverting to assholery after getting said license.

Speed limits are designed for the lowest common denominator.

I don’t agree with this. Skill cannot overcome stupidity. Just because someone has Michael Schumacher’s car control skills doesn’t mean he won’t be stupid/drunk/high/angry on a public road, drive 150 mph and wipe out two innocent families.

OK, this is a fun discussion but I’ll try to respond to both of your comments in one:

That’s a valid question, to which I raise you what I think is a reasonably valid answer: a $3000 used car with all of the mandated safety features of its year of manufacture (say, 2008), which would still be vastly safer than any motorcycle in an accident.

The steady decrease in fatality rate per million miles driven on US roads points to the obvious trend of car safety massively improving our chances. Yes, a small number of people will take those safety features for granted and drive more recklessly, but the big picture is quite figuratively sweet roses compared to the…

I’m not poor by any reasonable standard, but I don’t like the idea of a poorer person being killed or maimed by a richer person crashing into him or her with a safer car.

There was also the rumour that shipments were delayed by a “missile tech” investigation. Good old days, it was probably fake news!

As long as his supporters have to run in logical circles to redefine the idea that masks are oppression.

Yeah, those people were really goading to escalate the situation, but man, there’s nothing wrong with just leaving the scene instead of pulling a gun.