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That Ferrari You Just Bought Is Really A Toyota

CORRIERE DELLA SERA (Italy)

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Was it the slightly undersized wheels that tipped them off, or maybe the front bumper that looked a bit too square, or something just not quite right in the line of the roof?

Unfortunately for this Lithuanian driver, set to cross the Swiss border from Italy with what he was touting as a brand new Ferrari F430 Spider on a car trailer, the customs officers in Ponte Chiasso had an eye and/or ear for fake cars, no matter how convincing the imitation, Milan daily Corriere della Sera reports.

Together with the Italian finance police, the customs officers ended up seizing the faux clone -- which was built off the chassis of a far more modest Toyota sports car -- and charging its owner with violations of copyright law.

What about you: Can you spot the differences between the fake F430 Spider seized in Italy (left) and a real one (right)?

The car whose body was used for this copy is a Toyota Mr2, which is a sporty little ride, but goes for about one-tenth the 175,000-euro pricetag listed for the Ferrari F430. We can only wonder what will be the cost for the owner for pimping that ride…

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Violence Against Women, The Patriarchy And Responsibility Of The Good Men Too

The femicide of Giulia Cecchettin has shaken Italy, and beyond. Argentine journalist Ignacio Pereyra looks at what lies behind femicides and why all men must take more responsibility.

photo of a young man holding a sign: Filippo isn't a monster, he's the healthy son of the patriarchy

A protester's sign referring to the alleged killer reads: Filippo isn't a monster, he's the healthy son of the patriarchy

Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press
Ignacio Pereyra

Updated Dec. 3, 2023 at 10:40 p.m.

-Essay-

ATHENS — Are you going to write about what happened in Italy?, Irene, my partner, asks me. I have no idea what she's talking about. She tells me: a case of femicide has shaken the country and has been causing a stir for two weeks.

As if the fact in itself were not enough, I ask what is different about this murder compared to the other 105 women murdered this year in Italy (or those that happen every day around the world).

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We are talking about a country where the expression "fai l'uomo" (be a man) abounds, with a society so prone to drama and tragedy and so fond of crime stories as few others, where the expression "crime of passion" is still mistakenly overused.

In this context, the sister of the victim reacted in an unexpected way for a country where femicide is not a crime recognized in the penal code, contrary to what happens, for example, in almost all of Latin America.

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