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Alfa declares a do-over: new hatch won't be called Furiosa
One of the reasons that autocratic rulers don't open themselves up to democracy is because there's a good chance they won't get what they want. The ruler in this case is Alfa Romeo, which held an online poll to name its next car, and the winningest result was "Furiosa." It has been speculated that Alfa is furious with the name, and that, in the best tradition of unhappy autocrats, the results have been vacated: the car will not be named the Furiosa. Alfa supposedly thinks the name is too close to the movie series The Fast and the Furious, and ... Read more →
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Alfa declares a do-over: new hatch won't be called Furiosa 2 years ago on Autoblog
One of the reasons that autocratic rulers don't open themselves up to democracy is because there's a good chance they won't get what they want. The ruler in this case is Alfa Romeo, which held an online poll to name its next car, and the winningest result was "Furiosa." It has been speculated that ...
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