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American Graffiti or Italian Fresco? Italian teens in Genoa enjoying the beach, the history, the tourists that visit, their cars and themselves. A coming of age movie during the last day of summer before school starts again.

Above is the Airbus A380's maiden flight My post brings us the last Boeng 747 roll-out

Im starting to like what I see. Not about this particular Chevy EV, although it is somewhat a nice lookin' EV, nicer amd fresher than the Tesla Model 3. What Im seeing and Im liking is that cross-over CUVs are starting to look like sedans again. This particular 'sedan' is not really a sedan. Not really a CUV either. Its in-between. A cross-crossover. The pendulum is swinging back the other way and there are more and more cross-over CUVs that are looking less and less like CUVs and are morphing back to sedan like appearances. And I like that.

Just a good 'ole boy Russian style circa the late 1990s early 2000s. I present you the comrade Lenin Uncle Yakov's truck Cousin Irina's 2 door coupe and 4x4 Korolenko's Tow Truck Nikolai P. Volkoff's police car and Kapitan Sergei's convertible

East Bound and Down Euro style! to smuggle 400 cases of Löwenbräu beer From West Germany INTO East Germany. Munich to Potsdam. The speedy blocker Ban-One becomes the speedy Commie1 Big Enos Burdette's car is a red Bentley

No. No. But kinda. But no. But yes because reasons. But no. And to answer your question. https://www.motorbiscuit.com/american-european-semi-trucks/ Each has a distinct shape and style that serve different driving purposes. And because of differences in regulations and roads, European trucks wouldn’t work in the states, and American trucks wouldn’t work in Europe. Let’s take a look at the details and differences of semi-trucks from different parts of the world. American semi-trucks are large, and often livable In America, size matters, especially when it comes to semi-trucks. The bigger they are, the more they can tow, and the faster they can tow it. Not only that, but American semi-trucks often have living spaces. That conventional cabin design, where the engine is in front of the driver, allows for more room inside for sleeping space and amenities. There are two reasons many semi-trucks have living spaces. For starters, American semi trucks tend to drive longer distances, which means stopping overnight at rest stops. But the main reasoning for having sleeping quarters is that many truckers live out of their rig. They’re called owner-operators, and get jobs as they go along a route, charting their own course until, eventually, they’re back in their home state. And much of an American truck’s life is spent on the interstate system, where the lanes are wide and the roads are straight. For that reason, the long wheelbase of the truck is acceptable and typically makes the ride much more bearable. Considering they are allowed to drive up to 12 hours every 24 hours, whereas European truckers can only drive 9 hours, that extra comfort is important. European trucks are smaller, and more manuverable As mentioned earlier, stricter regulations in Europe make for different trucks. For starters, a European semi-truck can only be 18.75 meters or about 61 feet. Meanwhile, American trucks can tow multiple trailers at a time. Because of these restrictions, European trucks have to be smaller, so they can tow more cargo. Considering American cabs can be 20 feet long, that only leaves 40 feet of room for cargo. The cab over engine design of European trucks allows for the cab itself to be less than 10 feet long. And because owner-operators are rare, and the hours on the road are shorter, European trucks don’t require large sleeper cabins or living spaces. But the shorter cabin also creates a shorter wheelbase, which improves handling. Europe has an interstate system, but the roads are windier and the lanes are more narrow. That’s why it’s crucial that the truck can navigate skinny city streets, and a cab over design makes that possible. They also don’t need massive engines, since semi-trucks in Europe are limited to 55 mph.

Im always on the business side of things. But... This is exactly how I feel. But this is how I also feel as well. And I applaud this. But we wouldnt need laws preventing that kind of shyte if only people wouldnt be so sheepish in giving into corporations. Yet some people will NEVER listen to what a government tells them. But die on a hill following conmen, evil doers and greedy corporate entities whose CEOs are all three: conmen, evildoers and greedy mthereffers.

That is why there is a lot of forest fires both in Italy and in Greece in the summer. Because of the dryness and the heat.... Southern Spain too. All three countries and people resemble one another quite closely. That makes that fact very interesting.

widows... Not a very smart or appealing marketing choice for those that know the truth about Mediterranean women wearing black. LOL Maybe...I havent heard anything. We do have something close though. "Kefi" I would contribute that to olives, olive oil, the Mediterranean sun and sea, but most importantly, the care free lifestyle they seem to strive for and enjoy. OPA! This is a +1 The blue sky and the blue water just disguise and mask how dry certain areas look.

Its a start. With charging stations and everything else involved in this deal and journey to go all green. 800 EVs is a good start. Im also assuming Dominos would also want to start other types of green avenues that help save the planet. I bet that Dominos is gonna invest millions of dollars in all kinds of planet saving projects. One step at a time... Their pizza is BEYOND terrible. I agree to that.

Now...when you finished imagining Cadillac and their choices, imagine Mercedes' engineers to put to good use their engineering chops and engineer a very sleepery drag coefficient EV without them looking like used bar of melted soap design language from the 1990s.

Good to see Domino's go with the Chevy Bolt. General Motors has got that economies of scale to probably offer Domino's a very interesting purchase price along with a very interesting maintenance program for a model that is fast nearing its life cycle. Its probably a good business deal for both.

Genesis really has their game on. Exterior styling on most offerings are sexy. The interiors are just fantastic. Stylistically offering a variety of colour style and quality of materials. Hyundai, KIA and Genesis are a force to be reckoned with. Acura is sure feeling it. Ive said this before and Ill say it again, what Acura did to Pontiac and Oldsmobile in the 1990s Hyundai and Genesis is doing to Acura. General Motors better figure it out with Buick in North America real quick because Genesis will finish what the Japanese started and almost succeded in ending Buick. GM decided to end Oldsmobile instead. Infiniti as well. It dont look good for Infiniti in North America either. Mercedes better smarten up with their EVs because I see Genesis screwing up Mercedes in North America as well. Combine that with what Cadillac is going to do with EVs and Mercedes might end up where Cadillac was in the late 1990s and for the next 20 years...

My favorite of all three

My reaction to all three concepts, inside and out.

If I was living in a Mediterranean climate, 1. Summer, summer aaaaaaaaand....summer. 2. Spring and Fall 3. Winter Buuuut... All the old Greeks that I have talked to over the years, the ones that were born in Greece and immigrated to Montreal, and I mean ALL of them, they told me that Greece is beautiful in the Spring and Fall. In the Spring, it rains and green greenery everywhere as opposed to the summer when it doesnt rain at all and its brown and hot. Like hot hot. Autumn is just as nice as its not as hot, one could still swim in the water and relatively NO TOURISTS. Which was a BIG thing with those old school Greeks. So...me loving the summer for a Greece scenario comes from the experience of me being a tourist in Greece and not as an inhabitant and obviously only visiting Greece IN the summer. Maybe Id have the opinion of loving spring and fall more than summer like those old school Greeks if I actually lived there.

https://ca.yahoo.com/finance/news/chinese-carmakers-target-more-european-000000060.html Several interesting things to come out of this article. Chinese EV OEMs want to sell tons of EVs in Europe and they are focusing on 3 things to impress European would be owners. 1. Affordable EVs 2. Lots if tech and gadgets 3. 5 star rated crash test EVs. GM and Hertz made a deal for 175 000 EVs a month or two ago. It would seem that BYD and Sixt view this business deal as It seems #3 looks to be a struggle though, but it looks like Chinese EV OEMs how found that recipe for quality car making and their products to be safe for European and American crash safety standards. Chinese OEMs will put many Japanese, European AND American EV makers out to pasture and THAT is why GM and VW and others have commited to be full on EV full swing. The thing that peaked my interest, and the reason why I posted this article here is this reason: Fleet sales make up about half of all car sales in major markets including Germany, France and the United Kingdom, and many corporate buyers put a premium on safety. "Fleet sales are very important and a lot of fleets have a mandatory five-star rating for buying cars," Avery said. CAR RENTAL COMPANIES What's more, many fleets want to switch to EVs fast to meet sustainability goals. But corporate fleets have struggled to get enough EVs in Europe as supply chain issues have pushed waiting times for some models to more than 12 months. High demand for electric cars amid supply chain shortages has allowed European carmakers to raise EV prices and focus more on retail clients, rather than customers such as car rental firms that have traditionally been less profitable for them. That has created a window of opportunity for Chinese EV makers that have already stolen a march on most foreign rivals in China, by far the world's biggest market for EVs. In October, for instance, German car rental company Sixt said it would buy about 100,000 EVs from BYD , starting with its Atto 3 SUV which received the coveted Euro NCAP five-star rating the same month. GM and Hertz made a deal for 175 000 EVs a month or two ago. It would seem that BYD and Sixt viewed that business deal as a way forward. As a smart move.

And this is how Porsche gets my attention every single time. Not with Carrera GTs or Cayennes and Tiguans. But how they improve the 911 every single generation. How they dissect it and re-invent it and keep on rockin' with it while not deviating from it since its inception in 1963. But even before that when its was just a humble people's car in wolf's clothing as a war machine. From air cooled to liquid cooled to naturally aspirated to turbo to rear engined and to AWD to lowered and hunkered down and widebodied to lifted and offroaded.

A new type of muscle car. A pure American definition of. Unlike the Alpina Bimmer above. The muscle truck. But with a new flavour to the muscle car/truck theme. Off road. And I adore.