Italy
Alfa Romeo 164 production has finally ceased after 11 years. Its successor is the 166, a svelte-looking saloon which competes directly with the BMW 5 Series. It promises to be a class-leading executive car in terms of style and driver appeal, though whether its quality is up to class standards is another matter. But with the confidence that Alfa Romeo is building better quality cars, the Italians could finally have a match for their German counterparts.
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“the San Marco Library,
Whence turbulent Italy should draw
Delight in Art whose end is peace,
In logic and in natural law
By sucking at the dugs of Greece.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“When intimacy followed love in Italy there were no longer any vain pretensions between two lovers.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)