That is a sweet Ram. That gen is getting less common here in the states as well. Good to see some love for the American stuff over there in Europe.
I can only recall seeing this generation once
Oh, Swedes love American vehicles, newer RAMs are everywhere, but this generation is, as I said, getting rare…
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That’s good to hear. Usually in my experience, Europeans have unfair opinions on American vehicles. When I was in France, People hated that I bought a old ratty T-Bird from it’s OG owner (WWII Vet) for 500 Euros.
Is it cheating if the car is yours?
1986 Suzuki Mighty Boy. I've seen two more, but I can't find photos
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I have never EVER seen one in person 
… the Alpha
I am not 100% sure, but I think Alfa Romeo left the US market for some years about at the same time when the 155 was released, so I am not sure that it was ever sold in the US.
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Here’s the original article regarding Alfa Romeo’s exit from the North American market in 1995:
Combined with FIAT and Maserati also having left in 1986 and 1990, respectively, it left Ferrari as the only Italian manufacturer at the time (apart from Lamborghini) to have a presence in that market (although, then as now, there was nothing in either manufacturer’s range costing less than $100,000, whereas the most expensive US-spec 1995 Alfa 164 came in at well below that). To quote the above article: “Alfa is the last Italian automaker to offer a mainstream car in the United States. After the last 164s are sold, the least expensive Italian automobile available here will be a $120,000 Ferrari.” However, Alfa resumed US exports with the 8C in 2006 (four years after Maserati re-entered that market with the 4200GT), before returning full-time with the 4C in 2014, and the Giulia in 2016, followed by the Stelvio the following year; meanwhile, parent company FIAT (now part of Stellantis) brought the New 500 to American shores in 2011, a full four years after its European launch.
Less “The cars are interesting” and more how insane the size difference is between a brand new RAM 1500 and an old Mini.
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That is frightening, you can hardly see it over the bonnet of the truck!
Speaking of interesting cars, there’s this DBX “prototype” vehicle I saw a few weeks ago. Not sure why it needs prototyping still, maybe there’s some upgrades on the way
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I took a photo beforehand going “Oh, it’s so big compared to the Corolla” not even knowing the Mini was behind it 
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Seen this about a month ago. Ive never seen a vehicle in camo like that in person, only in Car&Driver magazine. The dudes were cool untill i started asking about the vehicle in camo, it was like they all simultaneously shut down and got all professional. Its ok, i know the front end looks like a Genisis🫣…ill just take my pictures and leave.
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that’s the upcoming audi a6 right?
A couple years ago I used to see the current-gen Ford Ranger when it came out. Like every 2 weeks there’d be a Ranger doing a road test or something. I doubt I’ll see anything like it again, because I’m pretty sure either this or the next generation of Ranger is gonna be the last car developed in Australia
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DBX is currently in a sales slump because they announced a new interior for 2024+ models, so I imagine the prototype you saw is one of those new interior test bed models.
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The burgundy red car in the back is a 1975 Triumph spitfire and the black car in the front is a 1968 Triumph TR250
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Thats pretty cool. I would only ever see that type of stuff reading Car&Driver back in the day, so for me to see that in this day and age, i was in awe.
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I havent seen one of these in so damn long, and to see a TURBO version in such good condition was even more of a shocker.
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Bear in mind this is the UK, seeing an American import is weird, let alone one this cool and in good condition.
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I feel your pain. I have seen exactly two Cadillac Escalades in my entire life. For context, I have also seen 2 Ferrari F40s
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