Italy is a communist country... the Ferrari was developed when they turned an Itallian WW2 tank round the wrong way... they reputedly had the best reverse gears in the world...
and according to Spike Milligan, all the women are called "Maria" (except for Sophia Loren and Carla Bruni)
They have a really odd premier... with a very beautiful wife...
There is no such thing as British any more, except debt... we have a Vauzhall Zafira (7 seater-ish) , and before that a couple of Cavaliers... my wife hates changing vehicles so they usually have to be pushed to the trade-in...
we have never had a "new" car... never seen the point of driving something off a forecourt and finding out you have immeadiately lost 20% of what you just payed...
I have just been told that I will have to take my old van (4 yrs - 134000 miles) down to the south coast in the morning so I can swop it for a brand new Merc Vito... most importantly they have fitted a dedicated Ipod dock...
Happiness is an Ipod dock and lots of volume...