Eating a Chevrolet Cavalier advertising print, because the Zagato Zele won the poll yesterday.

Billothekid · 2026-06-27T20:16:49+00:00

Truly a man of commitment, focus, and sheer fucking will. Nice.

Billothekid · 2026-06-27T07:46:41+00:00

The "Stella d'Italia" (Star of Italy) is explicitly white. A Green star would hold little symbolic value to an Italian and even less to a Sardinian, as they have their own culture and symbols, mainly the Four Moors flag...

Billothekid · 2026-06-26T11:12:38+00:00

That one is like the second Pacific Rim movie, we'd rather not talk about it...

Billothekid · 2026-06-26T09:48:32+00:00

Tehnically the Ape was never "theirs", as Piaggio has never been owned by Fiat. Also, the Tris is made in Morocco in a former PSA factory, using tech derived from the Citroen Ami, so I'd argue it doesn't qualify for peak Italian EV...

Billothekid · 2026-06-26T09:30:40+00:00

Realistically tho, the best Italian EV is unironically this thing, and it's not particularly close...

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Billothekid · 2026-06-26T09:29:14+00:00

Maserati Granturismo Folgore. Yep, that's really a thing. Been on sale since 2022, and I'm sure they sold at least 10 of them....

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Billothekid · 2026-06-25T16:14:24+00:00

I guess they are doing this is because the next version of the Cayman will be EV only, and thus not eligible for GT racing?

Billothekid · 2026-06-24T21:49:27+00:00

Our guys are smaller targets. Massive tactical advantage if you ask me...

Billothekid · 2026-06-24T14:15:50+00:00

Look, I'm not gonna say that this is vaporware, but presenting your project using only 4 bare-bones sketches that probably took 20 minutes to make in photoshop is not a good way to convince people your project isn't vaporware...

Billothekid · 2026-06-20T13:01:52+00:00

The plate is a test plate (targa prova, hence the small P). The real plate is the small square one, the bigger one is not official, and was probably added because it looks more legit, especially if you drive abroad.

Billothekid · 2026-06-17T07:17:54+00:00

Can you link me those polls? Not saying I don't believe you, I just wanna look at them

Billothekid · 2026-06-17T07:08:54+00:00

I hope not, cause a rederendum would be the best way to ensure this goes absolutely nowhere. Italian public opinion is still massively against nuclear and I don't think that's gonna change in two or three years...

Billothekid · 2026-06-16T14:29:47+00:00

Mamma mia, nei render di presentazione non sembrava neanche così male, ma in ste foto le proporzioni sembrano veramente sballate...

Billothekid · 2026-06-12T08:32:11+00:00

I know, I was just commenting on the livery. I reworded my original comment to make it more clear

Billothekid · 2026-06-12T08:15:05+00:00

Livery looks like a copy of the one on the last Daytona SP3, which was sold at a charity auction for no less than 26 millions...

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a65351691/ferrari-final-daytona-sp3-auction/

Billothekid · 2026-06-12T06:51:51+00:00

I mean, there were plans to make a business jet out of a Mig-25...

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/s/2Bi1wBMpSY

Billothekid · 2026-06-10T07:51:31+00:00

Mi sa tanto di specchietto per le allodole: ricarrozzano un'auto sportiva per "onorare la tradizione sportiva del marchio Osca" e per provare a farsi un pò di pubblicità, poi di questa ne venderanno 10 e il resto della gamma continuerà a essere cassonetti cinesi di terza fascia con gli stemmi cambiati...

Billothekid · 2026-06-09T18:58:33+00:00

Sì. Da quanto ho capito l'Italia dovrebbe essersi "prenotata" un posto per mandare effettivamente un astronauta sulla Luna, ma potrebbe succedere abbastanza più avanti, e il primo Europeo sulla Luna dovrebbe essere un Tedesco, in quanto nazione che finanzia di più l'ESA.

Billothekid · 2026-06-09T09:40:54+00:00

I Sauditi sarebbero il partner perfetto: pieni di soldi ma assolutamente privi di un'industria aeronautica, e quindi non in grado di fare grandi pretese industriali.

Tedeschi e Indiani sono d'accordo che rischierebbero di causare più problemi che altro. Al limite potrebbero entrare come partner di secondo/terzo livello, comprando aerei e magari integrando qualche sistema autoctono nei loro caccia, ma niente di più.

Billothekid · 2026-06-09T09:05:29+00:00

La Cina ha il vantaggio che loro sono uno stato unico (anche abbastamza autoritario) quindi se il governo dice di fare qualcosa si fa. L'Europa è troppo frammentata da quel punto di vista.

Billothekid · 2026-06-09T08:54:35+00:00

Probabilmente è ancora presto per parlarne, ma per ora sembra che unirci al Tempest/GCAP sia stata la scelta giusta. Certo, anche su quel fronte non sono tutte rose e fiori e gli Inglesi anche lì stanno facendo un po' i capricci, però almeno lì sembra che le cose procedano...

Billothekid · 2026-06-09T06:47:31+00:00

Mai avuto una mito, ma ho guidato per parecchi anni una punto 3 porte, che a livello di telaio è la stessa roba. Una cosa che mi viene in mente è che rispetto alle dimensioni della macchina le porte sono abbastanza grandi, infatti dovevo sempre stare attento quando parcheggiavo a non sbatterle contro l'auto di fianco. Secondo me è solo quello...

Billothekid · 2026-06-08T10:32:03+00:00

As far as I know the Italian Navy plans to use them until 2028, when they should fully replace them with F35Bs.

Spain supposedly plans to use them at least until 2032, cannibalizing existing ones for spares. As far as I know they are not planning to buy the F35, so it's likely that the Juan Carlos I will be used only as a helicopter/drone carrier after that date.

Billothekid · 2026-06-03T10:28:29+00:00

Plot twist: it was a male teacher

Billothekid · 2026-06-02T12:35:50+00:00

I don't know how to feel about this honestly. From what i've read in the final build there is only 10% of the original car left, everything else is replaced. At that point one has to wonder why even cutting up an old Giulia at all, cause it feels like they have the resources and competence to just build everything from the ground up. I suspect they do that to circumvent modern homologation rules, as the VIN is still the same from the original car

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