RE: We named the dog 'Milano' | PH Footnote

[Robertb]

Much better that Alfa go out of business then we can remember the good old days.

Or just maybe they could try building cars that more people actually want to buy and they can then indulge the enthusiasts (who tend to talk the talk but not buy) with sporting cars.

Porsche have thrived despite being an SUV and EV manufacturer that also makes sports cars.

[ChocolateFrog]

Do Stellantis make any class leading cars?

I don't think they even get close.

[velocemitch]

ChocolateFrog said:

Do Stellantis make any class leading cars?

I don't think they even get close.

Guilia……..

[yme402]

If MG were to follow suit and resurrect a name from the past for a small car, the logical choice would be Midget.
Then we would really see mock-outrage.

[pycraft]

mooseracer said:

The backlash was that the Milano is being built in Poland.
Afaik Ferraris all built in Italy.

Quite, but also the point. The Ferrari California was not built in California. The Superamerica was not built in America, super or otherwise.

[21st Century Man]

I don't see it as much different from the protected status of foods, Stilton, Champagne, Parma, etc. That's probably what the Minister had in mind.

Coming soon, a Slovakian built Land Rover named the Solihull.

[ballans]

yme402 said:

If MG were to follow suit and resurrect a name from the past for a small car, the logical choice would be Midget.
Then we would really see mock-outrage.

No, they would have to resurrect the MG Montego (bay) for full on outrage. Would be funny though.

[spikyone]

pycraft said:

mooseracer said:

The backlash was that the Milano is being built in Poland.
Afaik Ferraris all built in Italy.

Quite, but also the point. The Ferrari California was not built in California. The Superamerica was not built in America, super or otherwise.

Also not the point. They named their car after Milan to emphasise their historic links to the city. It's a bit of a kick in the teeth to their employees in Milan to have named it after the city but not make it there, or anywhere else in Italy. It's literally the only model they don't make in Italy.
That's very different to being an Italian company, making all your cars in Italy, and calling one after a place that isn't in Italy.

The article headline deserves more credit too

[21st Century Man]

ballans said:

No, they would have to resurrect the MG Montego (bay) for full on outrage. Would be funny though.

Just for you, 1:30 in...

https://youtu.be/g8t-Fkf7wYg?si=LHwPHYfGRWrfbiyk

[lancslad58]

Forester1965 said:

lancslad58 said:

I think you missed some of the more mundane

Ford Cortina
Morris Oxford
Austin Cambridge

They're no Belinda Carlisle.

I wouldn't say no to a Ford Lotus Cortina, you had better sit down before you see the price.

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1677756

[Blib]

Forester1965 said:

They're no Belinda Carlisle.

O/T.

The chap who wrote 'Walk Like an Egyptian' bought my flat in Highgate with some of the royalties.

Carry on.

[J4CKO]

Everyone seems to have an idea of what an Alfa Romeo is and should be and its usually some romantic image of a sportscar.

But, car companies cant keep going if they dont want what people actually buy and realistically, though a lot of folk would love a sportcars, they are largely useless as a car, for what most people use them for.

They have made trucks in the past and a fair few quite ropey cars on and off, Lamborghini and Porsche have made tractors, and they are all making electric cars.

Things change and adapt, if they dont its more like a bloody religion than a car company, history is littered with defunct brands.

[Mike1990]

It doesn’t look ‘that’ bad at all, it looks pretty decent if anything!

It’s what it is.

[ballans]

21st Century Man said:

ballans said:

No, they would have to resurrect the MG Montego (bay) for full on outrage. Would be funny though.

Just for you, 1:30 in...

https://youtu.be/g8t-Fkf7wYg?si=LHwPHYfGRWrfbiyk

“Ahhhh, Montego Bay….”
Brilliant, love an old sales training video.

[mooseracer]

spikyone said:

pycraft said:

mooseracer said:

The backlash was that the Milano is being built in Poland.
Afaik Ferraris all built in Italy.

Quite, but also the point. The Ferrari California was not built in California. The Superamerica was not built in America, super or otherwise.

Also not the point. They named their car after Milan to emphasise their historic links to the city. It's a bit of a kick in the teeth to their employees in Milan to have named it after the city but not make it there, or anywhere else in Italy. It's literally the only model they don't make in Italy.
That's very different to being an Italian company, making all your cars in Italy, and calling one after a place that isn't in Italy.

The article headline deserves more credit too

Precisely.

[F1GTRUeno]

big_rob_sydney said:

And yet it's perfectly okay for Ferrari to have a car called Roma?

ETA, a few more. Why is it okay for one brand, and not another, hmmm??

Ferrari Portofino
456 GT Venice

1954 Ferrari 750 Monza
1954 Ferrari 250 Monza
1956 Ferrari 860 Monza
2018 Ferrari Monza SP1
2018 Ferrari Monza SP2

360 Modena

340 Mexico

1996 Ferrari 550 Maranello
2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello

Le Mans:
1955 Ferrari 735 LM
1956 Ferrari 625 LM
1962 Ferrari 330 LM
1963 Ferrari 250 LM
1978 Ferrari 512 BB LM
1989 Ferrari F40 LM 'IMSA GTO'
1994 Ferrari F40 LM

Italy
2009 Ferrari 458 Italia
2011 Ferrari 150° Italia (F1)

599 GTB Fiorano

1953 Ferrari 250 Europa
1954 Ferrari 250 Europa GT
1969 Ferrari 212 E

1957 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider
1966 Ferrari 365 California
2008 Ferrari California
2014 Ferrari California T


1950 Ferrari 340 America
1951 Ferrari 342 America
1953 Ferrari 375 America
1956 Ferrari 410 Superamerica
1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica
2005 Ferrari 575 Superamerica
2011 Ferrari Superamerica 45
2014 Ferrari SP America
2014 Ferrari F60 America

Edited by big_rob_sydney on Tuesday 16th April 03:06

All of those were built in Italy.

That's what the story is about, it's built in Poland so the Italians don't like it.

[Terminator X]

Didn't know this was a thing in Italy. Good on them for forcing home grown products as it were.

TX.

[jbrisley]

[pycraft]

21st Century Man said:

I don't see it as much different from the protected status of foods, Stilton, Champagne, Parma, etc. That's probably what the Minister had in mind.

Coming soon, a Slovakian built Land Rover named the Solihull.

There's a Peavey (American company) loudspeaker called the Sheffield.

All of Marshall's (British amp company) bluetooth speakers are named after places in Britain (Stanmore, Woburn, Acton etc) but built in China.

[JJJ.]

By rights it shouldn't even be called an Alfa, never mind 'Milano'.