I can't name specific models, but you see his influence in bodies. It was after he left BMW to join Ford. Ford supported lots of companies through the auto industry crisis in the early 2000s. One of those efforts was the Ford Design Centre headed by Fisker, effectively a gun for hire for anybody up until he launched the Karma prototypes. Fiat(Ferrari and Maserati), Mercedes, Chrysler, Tesla, etc, etc, all took assistance donated and funded by Ford.
Primarily his design influence kicked of with the BMW Z8, which gained so much popularity they could no longer just build them exclusively in the USA with leadtimes exceeding 18 months. So they built a second factory in China, that is when BMW quality started sliding. The US site was a quality and automation benchmark, China a low cost labor high volume knockoff. Now the U.S. factories are closing, and the public happily accepts cheap rubbish in the TEMU version.
There is that specific Fisker front end look you can follow, if there are denials about his involvement and influence that's pride speaking.
It would be truly ironic for Italian built anything to label a U.S. competitors crap trucks, that's the pot calling the kettle. Italy's biggest manufacturing boat anchor is inconsistent quality and finish. It's A-grade for design and innovation, but craphouse at manufacturing, cars would be falling apart as they left the dealership car park. That's part of the romance of Italian marques.
Having said that, if you collect get a Alfa Romeo Gulia Quadrafolio, they will probably be the last and best ICE sedan like sports car ever built in the class. Uses a V6 version of the Ferrari V8, the V6 turned out to be a better engine than it's V8 parent. Only problem for secondhand can be owners tend to be brats who flog the life out of them.
I would be gobsmacked if Ferrari copied any American crapheap that ever existed.
Fisker is the coachbuilder / designer involved in multiple classics from BMW, Astin Martin, Tesla, Bentley, Mercedes and Maserati just to name a few. His designs are copied mercilessly, and his efforts to establish his own brand were basically crushed by the world of old money.
My interest in cars is minimal at best, but the new Ferrari EV really caught my eye. The interiors and interfaces are stunning, designed by Jony Ive, ex Apple SVP of Industrial Design.
You can google "Ferrari EV" or "Jony Ive Ferrari" or similar. There's plenty of links on the web.
Hmmm, I suspect it exists because Fisker Automotive went broke, in some of the prototype imagery the resemblance to the Fisker Karma is striking!
The major culprit for the issues in the middle, when Cripps was off, were the umpires - in my opinion!! 2nd quarter we gave up 6 centre clearances in a row, and 4 of them were free kicks (all of which were dubious). wouldnt have matterred if diesel, kouta and ratts were in there, we would have struggled
Interesting, I've heard that some past players(not Carlton) were talking along similar lines on one of the post game streams, not questioning the decisions because that happens, but questioning how they all seemed go one way!
For me that is confirmation of bias which I've talked about on other threads, it happens because umpires are human and they subconsciously anticipate Carlton having "a moment". It's not deliberate but an effect of having an expectation.
In fairness to Pitto I think he could have done even better, he got into the right spot inside F50 a couple of times only to be spoiled marking by his own team-mates.
It's actually a bad habit we have as a team, we've not yet learned to create space rather than take it from each other, part of being a bunch of F50 newbies.
Others being asked to develop their leadership skills? Weaning off Crippa?
Agreed, and possibly an opportunity to send a message.
The media will claim it was sending a message to Cripps on the bench, because there hides the controversy and the clicks.
But for me it was more than likely a message from the coach to the blokes in the centre square, and perhaps in conjunction Hewett's absence is more about a lack of fault rather than disciplining or punishment.
The coach showed them what it's like when you haven't got someone sacrificing for your benefit! So I'd be having a close look at the replay to see who was the middle in their absence! Was there a Judas?
If Harry had marked everything he got his hands to last night he would have just about set league marking record.
He didn't and they didn't mark it either, and not a Carlton crumber is sight.
I wonder what Rod Ashman would think, or further up on the wing Diesel? Diesel would end up with 50 possessions for 30 score assists with half of them starting at Harry's feet!
Suggested in the in game thread he probably should have gone back to help stem that 6 goal run. Stopping that sort of crap is a team defence thing though.
We do have to get the bench rotations right though, at one stage we had Pitto, Harry and Gov on the bench, created turnovers on our HBF but had nobody to distribute towards.
I'm gobsmacked some of the media is still going on about Cripps bench time, they must think about as deeply as a sheet of paper, I bet this week Sam McClure or his ilk will try to make an issue of it. We have a team that has been overrun 4 out of 5 games, finding some way to make the likes of Cripps and Walsh more competitive over 4-Qtrs is going to be down to player management and a big part of that will be appropriate bench time. Even possibly bench time against their will. Now someone will carry on about "appropriate", as for them the best solution would be an inhumane never!
Thilthorpe had a pretty ordinary game but still had twice as many disposals, twice as many marks and double his supercoach score. Harry was poor last night.
Thilthorpe was paid marks for attempts that were less than what H was called to play on for, multiple times one of them at the top of the goal square was seconds after the very same mark had been denied to H on the wing, and that's not counting the chest mark Thilthorpe was paid that basically come off the ruckmen's fingers, yet no Review. In the end even BT became embarrassed about it which forced him to later utter his "umpires have become lenient" remark, and BT hates us with a passion, he was probably holding back a giggle as he said it. I think at one stage, I can't recall if it was Fox or 7 because I've watched one live and the other as a replay, said something like "They better hurry up and kick before the review happens."
btw., I thought the AFL was supposed to be reviewing the whole scoring chain in 2026!
Nothing but silence on Haynes taking the footy in the air over the boundary line, goal Crows, imagine if that had happened to Pendles or Dangerflog, it would be front page news.
None of this is a conscious decision being made by anyone, it's the result of subconscious anticipation of events, and we're fostering that environment.
Not as bad as Florent who had another 7 turnovers and is the leading turnover merchant in the comp. His disposal is killing us and we got sold a lemon by the Swans...
I know he had two bad clangers at critical times, but 7 turnovers isn't a genuine thing, I think you are exposing some bias.
Even if he did he was far from our worst, I'd be more focussed on the spectators than the blokes winning the footy and not using it. For example, Boyd went into full terrier mode, running around the back of the big dogs barking like a goalkeeper snapping at heels from behind, while leaving SF opponents free to snap goals from front and square roving. You know front and square, the basics, the very same thing absent from H's contests at the other end!
If we had Rankine and Rachele do we think they'd be absent from the front and square on H?
For me this started years ago, fans and media turned Charlie into a hero for being Joe the Goose and snapping cheap goals off the back of the pack, now we have an entire list of forwards who all think they can do the same!
I think his resilience is underated given the way he continues to front up with the numpties "delivering" the ball to him.
Our running HBFs and BPs miss targets on barely legal kick lengths kicking form the open when the target is 5m in the clear, and we miss 35m targets by 5m on running disposals.
Our opponents kick better than that from inside stoppages.
Harry was better in the last term but he was close to worst on ground for the first 3 quarters.
Sorry, but he wasn't out marked once that I can recall, and was continually flying against 2 or 3 opponents in non-ideal conditions for KPPs.
In terms of game impact the difference between H and Thilthorpe wasn't that great on the night, but Thilthorpe had below average opponents and mates blocking for him to get a free run at every opportunity. In that respect, Young didn't do such a bad job and most of our blokes got stuck one on one. Furthermore, give H someone like Tex to work besides and the scenario changes dramatically.
