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That's pretty much what I've said. Lol @ the new Panda being attractive btw.

Ok they said nothing on the news that I hadn't already said. I might add that Montezemolo has been Juventus' vice-president in the 1990/91 season, which is the only year in your history in which you did not qualify for European competitions:groan:. One blow in his otherwise brilliant career. He...

I'd say it's rather good : Montezemolo is the man that relaunched Ferrari's sales in the world and that made their F1 team invincible. He was a disciple of the legendary Enzo Ferrrari and has always been very close to the Agnelli's. Also, he is the man who took World Cup 1990 to Italy and made...

Well, here's some breaking news : Ferrari's President Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has just been named as the new Chairman of FIAT, while the young John Elkann has been appointed as vice-president.

The car section of the Fiat Group has been underperforming for some time, but the Fiat group is much more than just cars : they own or have interests in banks, insurance companies, publishing houses, newspapers, telecom companies, mass marketing companies etc, most of which if not all are doing...

That's correct, Nina. If Giovannino Agnelli was alive, he'd be the natural heir of the family (he would be 40 today). Although he does not have the name, John Elkann has the fibre of an Agnelli. Just give him some time : the kid must fill a two generation gap - not an easy job. PS : "l'Italia...

And here he is with his grandfather and grand uncle at the stadium

Here : the guy on the right is John Elkan

Am I actually talking to brick walls here??? For the third time : there are PLENTY of other Agnelli's alive FFS. It's just that they only hold shares in the Fiat group without actually taking part in the management of the Empire, and are therefore not fit for the job. The only one that seems...

The success of the Agnelli dynasty is directly proportional to the numerous tragedies that have marked its history. As I already said, Umberto's son, Giovannino, who embodied the new generation and had been appointed as the future leader of the family (a bit like John John Kennedy), died of...

It's only natural : half my family is from Turin (most working at Fiat), and the Agnelli's are much more to Italy than just the owners of Juventus.

Like I said there is this John Elkan kid, who reminds us a lot of the young Giovanni, but he's only 26 o something. I don't know who could be the new President. Anyway, gotta run.

Actually the only one who could have succeeded right now would have been Umberto's son, Giovanni, who was as brilliant and classy as his elders. unfortunately he died at the age of 33 from a rare form of cancer.

Juventus is still owned by the Agnelli family and there are still quite a few of the old ones alive (their sister Susanna for example) and hopefully a new generation coming up (John Elkan's name has been mentioned, but he's still very young). But Gianni really was the patriarch, and Umberto was...

That picture is not the greatest one I could post I reckon. This one shall leave a more jovial memory of him :

After the demise of the Avvocato, Umberto Agnelli's death marks the end of an era for Juventus, the Fiat group and the whole city of Turin. The Agnelli were often referred to as the uncrowned Royal Family of Italy, or the Kennedy's of our beautiful peninsula. RIP, Umberto Agnelli.