Looking for Quatrofoglios in Italy.
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We've been in Italy for a week now. Although we are in our DB9, as owners of a QF as well,we've naturally been looking out for one of them. No such luck until today. In Florence we found a QF being filmed in a Michael Bay film set of a forthcoming Ryan Reynolds movie called " 6 Under Ground ". Painted in hi vis Dayglo yellow and with many scrapes, bullet holes and smashed window glass, it did many takes roaring up a street in Florence.
Very spectacular. A picture(s) will follow.
Very spectacular. A picture(s) will follow.
Blue62 said:
I spied one in Montevarchi on Saturday, was thinking about getting the train to Florence on Sunday but figured it would be too crowded with the kids in tow, did I make the right call?
How many and what age are the bambinos? Unless you've got a flock of 'em you should be fine.Florence is comparatively uncrowded at the moment. We've been able to get tables at all the best restaurants. Even the heart of the city is fine. Maybe the Ponte Vecchio bridge was a bit stuffed with tourists, but then it generally is. As is ever the case in cities, it is the bloody cyclists that are in swarms, but then the pedestrians use the roads, so what else can one expect ? It is nice and cool here. Come, you'd regret it if you didn't.
We did 3.5 weeks around Europe in my QV, including a week in Italy (Milan/Como).
Only saw one Quadrifoglio in the whole time, in Como, at 6am, Race mode, giving it the beans. Ironically, I was on my bike at the time.
They are still rare. I expected to see loads, but in Italy, as in France and Switzerland, mine grabbed attention like I've never experienced.
Only saw one Quadrifoglio in the whole time, in Como, at 6am, Race mode, giving it the beans. Ironically, I was on my bike at the time.
They are still rare. I expected to see loads, but in Italy, as in France and Switzerland, mine grabbed attention like I've never experienced.
Hubby tells me that he believes he saw one near Thurso in Scotland last week. He only got a fleeting glimpse ( he was driving along a railway line at the time and had to keep checking his rear view mirror for any train that might be wishing to overtake ). His nagging doubt was that it was painted in a blue that is not in the QV range.
ecain63 said:
They added more colours recently, including a lighter blue.
Hubby tells me that the Alfa he saw was a lighter blue than the blue in the colour range a year ago. But in Scotland ? We never saw one ( apart from the yellow one used in the Michael Bay film shoot ) the whole time we were in France and Italy. Mind you, whilst in Scotland he saw about a dozen Astons ( including a white DB11 ), more Morgan's than one could shake a rat's todger at, and a beautiful yellow TR3, which had a fold flat windscreen and the driver was wearing goggles and a flying helmet, just like Hubby used to drive his Healey 3000 Series 1 BN7.So, clearly QV's are going to be rarer than rocking horse poo ; so, a real keeper then ?
Mind you, in fifteen or more years of owning a 156 GTA, we only ever saw two of them on the road, so, are they a classic ?
Ares said:
I expected to see loads, but in Italy, as in France and Switzerland, mine grabbed attention like I've never experienced.
Europeans don't 'do' fancy cars in anywhere near the numbers Brits do. Same in the US. You hardly ever see anything approaching top of the range. I guess it's because we're so addicted to finance. bloomen said:
Ares said:
I expected to see loads, but in Italy, as in France and Switzerland, mine grabbed attention like I've never experienced.
Europeans don't 'do' fancy cars in anywhere near the numbers Brits do. Same in the US. You hardly ever see anything approaching top of the range. I guess it's because we're so addicted to finance. And in the US I've always found the opposite. Take any BMW or Merc, it's always the larger engines that are the most popular. 340/540/550/750 and S550/E500/etc
bloomen said:
Europeans don't 'do' fancy cars in anywhere near the numbers Brits do. Same in the US. You hardly ever see anything approaching top of the range. I guess it's because we're so addicted to finance.
Exactly. Standing joke in work is that everyone in Britain bought the 2000 GTV and drove it slowly, the Italians bought the 1300 GT Junior and drove it like their trousers were on fire. 
bloomen said:
Ares said:
I expected to see loads, but in Italy, as in France and Switzerland, mine grabbed attention like I've never experienced.
Europeans don't 'do' fancy cars in anywhere near the numbers Brits do. You hardly ever see anything approaching top of the range. I guess it's because we're so addicted to finance. The Italians were fascinated as the only Alfa's they saw were the more basic smaller-engined ones. At the time I think it had quite a lot to do with punitive taxes and a weak Lira. And this was in the wealthier north (Florence/Verona/Milan/etc.)
No finances were involved in the making of this story.
Ares said:
And in the US I've always found the opposite. Take any BMW or Merc, it's always the larger engines that are the most popular. 340/540/550/750 and S550/E500/etc
Yeah - the E550 over there is almost entry level. Very very common engine. The same 5.5 n/a engine is almost unheard over here as, apart from the various AMG's, everyone in the UK was piling onto diesels.My ex-pat mate over there has gone Boxster S to 340 cab to S6 narrowly swerving a 550 coupe.
Normal cars to him.
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