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Guys, in my province, Alberta, Canada, stationary speed cameras are prohibited by the provincial government. They are considered a "cash cows". Now we have speed cameras on the special marked cars in the designated zones only. But they are prohibited at ring roads, in the zones with a speed limit lower than 50 km/h, etc. The municipalities every year should provide a proof that such cameras increase the safety. The amount of cameras is limited, municipalities can't install new cameras or upgrade equipment. This is how our cameras look like, they are visible to everyone. Drivers should be aware of them Remember, till early 70s speed limits on the highways were not existed. They were implemented not because of the safety but to limit fuel consumption during the oil crisis period. In one of the QR's from 60s was a short article that speed limits in the cities increased incidents rate and traffic congestions. Speed doesn't kill!
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And it's happened mostly because of the sanctions to Russia. Chinese cars now represents 51.4% of the Russian market. All EU/Japanese/South Korean manufacturers closed factories in Russia, and Russian government opened the market to Chinese companies. Among all cars imported to Russia (new and second hand), Chinese cars represent 38.6%, in 4 quarter of 2023 - 46%. By approximate calculations in 2023 Russia imported about 550-600k cars (about 120k in 2022) from China (not including trucks and buses).
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As I understand the Brezza project has not been pushed to the advanced stage and was cancelled at the stage of the prototype development. I don't think that the serial car could be at this stage. I think Brezza supposed to be RWD but the red mock up - FWD. The overall design of the red mockup makes me think about the project that Zbigniew Maurer described in the article. And I think it also related to 147 Spider Zagato https://www.speedholics.com/post/against-all-odds-alfa-romeo-new-spider-duetto-project-938
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I would say it was done in late 60s, probably 68-69. It has some design similarities with Alfa 118 proposal from Pininfarina. Also I think by the proportions we can see that the car supposed to be RWD. Probably Flaminia based. For some reason Ghia proposed Flaminia based coupe (Lancia Marcia) in 1969. Probably Lancia wanted develop the Flaminia platform but then switched to FWD project (Gamma)
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Until February 1973 Alfa Romeo had different plans for the model line compared with range we know. AR wanted to have a sporty version of the Alfa 119 with the planned start of production in 1975. Sportiva 119 Coupe supposed to have V6 (2.2 and 2.5 - 1180kg, price in Italy 3.270.000, production plan for 1975 - 21200 cars), and V8 (2.6 and 3.0 - 1250kg, price in Italy 5.730.000, production plan for 1975 - 3800 cars). The V8 3.0 was described in the Montreal backstage, 84x67.8, 3006cc. If the specific power was equal to the 2.6, the maximum power would be 230 hp at 6500 rpm. So the 119 Coupe with V8 3.0 would have 184 hp/t or 5.43kg/hp But in November 1973 the V8 engines were excluded from the production plan and the model range became the same as we know (expect the Spider which supposed to be ended the production in 1977, and new Spider should be built on the Alfasud platform) Regarding V6. All production delays with Alfa 6 and V6 became evident in 1971. Because of the consistent problems with unions the production plans were delayed for 2 years! The production of 119 was moved from the beginning of 1973 to 1974. Because of it the equipment for V6 and new L4 116 engines manufacturing was purchased only at the end of the 1971. Moreover, after calculations OTO Melara refused production of the transmission parts of the 119 (the company management didn't want to invest in the production of the parts for the single customer (Alfa Romeo). They wanted to sell 50% to Alfa and 50% to the different customer) Now it is easy to say that the lacking of the powerful V6 was a missing opportunity but knowing the facts I can say that Alfa did everything right till 1979 but it is another story P.S. Below is the example of the perfect scenario, when the problems with the unions were not existent, Alfa Sud was in the plans and the market was growing 105.66 Coupe 3000 8V GTA Iniezione (with De Dion suspension)
@multiplex could you please post a depliant of 155 Q4 (in Italian language).Another attempt was to merge Innocenti (British Leyland) with Alfa in early 70s during the fuel crisis time I believe the JV between Lancia and Alfa regarding the vehicles was a rumor as there is no evidence to it in the Luraghi and IRI archives . However there was another agreement between Lancia, FIAT, OM and Alfa to produce light commercial vehicles. Also it was an agreement that allowed to sell Alfa through some FIAT dealerships.Just want to share an exotic "car", even for Canada. It is a short wheel base single cab RAM 3500 with Cummins 6.7 L Turbo Diesel (385HP, 1200Nm). Usually these trucks have a long wheel base and double cab. This one has the shortest possible wheel base and diesel. It is a combination that you can't see everyday
VSS was designed by De Silva under supervision of Hruska. De Silva's father (who was not the last man in FIAT) asked for his son to be part of the IDEA.@PaoloGTC Probably the work started in 1981, the Illustro FIAT was published in February 1988, I'm pretty sure the text was written in 1987.I also see high performance Pirelli P6 tires. The car looks like modified FIAT Uno Turbo Gr A (1985). The same wheels and roll bar were installed on it while it was tested in Corsica (1985) by ToivonenYes, Alfasud was planned for the USA market and 1300 and 1500 FI engines were tested. If I'm not mistaken 2 cars (TI) were sent to Alfa Romeo Inc (USA) for tests, and homologation. The Alfasud was officially announced by the management of Alfa Romeo Inc and planned for 1978-79. The same happened with Alfasud Spider, - officially announced as well. But in the last moment something happened and Sud was cancelled. The same happened with Alfa Sei. Alfa Romeo Inc even created a concourse for the best name of the new model but... Also Alfa Romeo/Alfasud the same time was in the negations with the Soviet Union. After first unsuccessful attempt to build Giulia in the USSR (we all know that FIAT 124 won), AR management wanted to build a front wheel drive car in Moscow (Moskwitch factory) The agreement was almost signed but Chrysler won with a newer SIMCA Alfa Sei USA emission test results from 1977
The answer is very easy. Almost all cars in Ukraine or Russia in amercan specs imported from Copart auction. So they were written off by the insurance companies because repair cost was more than the cost of the car. Mainly it happens in North America not because of the extensive damage or expensive parts but because of the labour cost. But in Ukraine, Russia or Belarus most car mechanics are cheap, very cheap, so repair cost consists of 50% of the spare parts cost and 50% of the labour cost. For instance my mechanic overhauled 2.0TS 8v engine, if I'm not mistaken the total cost with the spare parts was 1500 Euro, but in the USA the same job can cost 15000 Euro. Also Ukrainian legislation isn't strict, so American cars shouldn't comply with EU standards (there is no need to change lights, or speedometer). In the worst case scenario new owner of the american car in Ukraine can always bribe (about 200 Euro) somebody and register the car. This is an example. When it was new the price of this BMW was 72500USD. Now you can buy it for 35000USD or less. The transportation to Ukraine is 2500 USD. Repair would probably cost 2000 USD by using second hand components from the junkyard. Taxes - 13000 USD. Other payments - 3000 USD. Total - 53000 USD for almost new car, and almost 20000 USD cheaper than new. Also from the beginning of the war, for almost 1 year, all cars used were excluded from the taxation. So 3 months ago the car would cost 13000 USD less!!!! Only 40000 USD (37100 Euro). What would you buy in Europe for this amount, BMW 118? https://www.copart.com/lot/64456783/salvage-2023-bmw-x5-sdrive-40i-ca-los-angeles So, to conclude. Whatever american specs car from eastern europe you can see, was written off by the insurance company and was at the junkyard. https://www.copart.com/lotSearchResults?free=true&query=bmw x5 P.S. For the same reason Russia, starts from 500 km eastern of Moscow, is flooded by right hand drive Japanese cars. In some far east regions, behind Siberia, the amount of RHD cars is much bigger than LHD. But Japan few months ago prohibited export of used cars to Russia and now almost 70% of car sales falls on chinese cars and trucksТы забыл переключиться на другой языкIt's funny but the more I know about Alfa, the more some cars make nonsense Like this Alfasud Spider. The original intent of Alfa Romeo in very early 70s was to produce about 500,000 cars per year (250 Alfa Nord and 250 Alfa Sud). So the company wanted to discard all Giulia related engines and platforms by 1974 an substitute the lower displacement cars by Alfasud (up to 1300cc) and Alfetta (from 1360cc) platforms. The direct heir of Spider Duetto / Coda Tronca supposed to be Alfasud Spider but with the 1600cc engine. The fuel crisis and unions changed the plans, the model line development was delayed by 2 years, but strategically in the heads of the Alfa Romeo / IRI management the production targets remained the same. They clearly thought that any crisis is temporary and they need to be prepared for the better time and invest even more than before. So IRI continued to think using the old targets and this Alfasud Spider was in the production plans till 1975. The model actually has never been mentioned in short term production plans (1-2 years) despite that Alfasud Sprint, the same niche model, was scheduled. Eventually in May 1976 IRI understood that future isn't bright and adjusted production plans of Alfasud from 1000 cars per day to 750. Alfasud Spider was still mentioned as possible model for 1976/1977 but it was the last time, so the project was forgotten. Now I have a question to @PaoloGTC, when the spy photo was made?It's strange. Nivomat shock absorbers are passive, not electronically adjusted.- Prima pagina
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