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Pininfarina is no stranger to visual experiments that may or may not become actual vehicles. At CES this year, the Italian design firm and coachbuilder's design touches could be found throughout the transportation area with design collaborations that explore the ways people might move around tomorrow or the day after. Two previously unveiled vehicl...

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Omnia Leather, a custom leather stationary and motion upholstery manufacturer, has appointed Shannon Del Vecchio as vice president of sales. Most recently, Del Vecchio was vice president of sales for Natuzzi Editions for the U.S. and Mexico, where she led the company’s leather business in North America for the past seven years. In addition, Del Vec...

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There's no doubt that Italy has been a giant in the automotive industry for decades. From Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati to Alfa Romeo and Fiat, Italy has produced some of the most iconic cars ever made. However, because the '70s generation of cars from these brands got stereotyped as unreliable, many people believe that there weren't many reli...

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Alfa Romeo is eager to improve customer satisfaction and the quality of vehicles it sells in the United States as it looks to grow its presence in the market. The Italian car manufacturer will ditch all of its combustion-powered models in the United States by 2027 and while it wants to boost sales, it is focusing on much more than that, vice presid...

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Moto Morini, an iconic Italian motorcycle brand, has announced its entrance into the American market. With the addition of the U.S., Moto Morini further increases its rapidly growing global presence, which includes operations in Italy, India and Asia. Moto Morini, with European headquarters in Milan, Italy, was founded in 1937 by the famed motorcyc...

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Boutique Washington producer Va Piano Vineyards has bought a 21 hectare (52 acre) plot in the Walla Walla Valley on the Washington/Oregon border from SeVein Ownership Group, which it intends to use to boost its Italian and Bordeaux varieties.  The new plot, which will be renamed Giovanoni Estate after owner Justin Wylie’s Italian grandmother, is si...

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CALABRIA, THE SOUTHERNMOST REGION OF the Italian peninsula, is the birthplace of some of the world’s most well-known myths, such as the terrifying tale of Scylla and Charybdis immortalized in the Odyssey. Yet one local curiosity remains in obscurity. Wander through the gardens of Calabrian churches or abandoned farmland in late autumn or early wint...

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Americans are getting ready to celebrate “his Majesty” Barolo: two gala events dedicated to the great Piedmontese wine, on January 28, in Los Angeles, and, from February 1 to 4, in New York, organized by Vinous by Antonio Galloni, world-renowned wine critic and one of the leading overseas experts of the prestigious Italian denomination. The “Festa...

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Fast food has vastly different meanings depending on where you are in the world. Here in the United States, we've basically built our modern culture around two things: the automobile and the fast food restaurant. Establishments like McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and In-and-Out Burger, despite humble beginnings as small operations, have define...

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The metaverse, a 3D immersive world that is the combination of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), will soon be a digital space where Fiat sells its cars to North American customers. The company's Fiat Metaverse Store made its North American premiere at the CES trade show today. Fiat is already employing the technology in Europe. It la...

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