Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car found on moon!

The Alfa Romeo Carabo (green beetle) is undoubtedly one of the greatest concept cars ever. You can see 'Olga' doing her Jane Fonda workout with it, in the header on the top of my blog. She can also be seen pushing the damn thing (left) as it seems to have broken down (whilst she still continues with her Jane Fonda regime!) It's incredible to think this king of concept cars is over 40 years old now. I wonder how old Olga is? Drawing her pension, no doubt! (I just made the name up, I've no idea who she is or what her name is...but to me she looks like an Olga for some reason. The car was built way back in 1968 and before man stepped on the moon! Looks like it could of been some sort of UFO that you could find up there actually. Apparently when it was revealed to the world, people were stunned, I personally still am to this day. I had a Matchbox model of this car, I think round about 1970 and along with my Lotus Europa, were my two favorite models cars

The man that designed this car is called Marcello Gandini and if I remember correctly he was at the unavailing of the Triumph TR7, maybe at the London Motor Show 1975? The car was on a turntable, so you could view it from all angles. He (very wittily and with a hint of sarcasm) said after viewing the car from one side, and as the car spun round to reveal the other side, was disappointed that the design hadn't improved... 'oh dear, they've done the same mistake this side too! meaning he didn't like the design and maybe they would improve it on the other side! He should know what he's talking about as he also designed two Lamborgini's, the Miura and Countach whilst working for the design studio Bertone. Incidentaly, did you know that the word Countach is an exclamation of astonishment used by men on seeing a very beautiful woman, in English the equivalent could be 'Phwoar!' for example, the verbal equivalent of a wolf-whistle. The name stuck when Nuccio Bertone first saw the car in his design studio.

Near where I live in Bangkok you have a very posh shopping mall called Siam Paragon where you can buy anything from Armani to Versace, and also the latest Lamborghini, a real one, not a diecast model (see pic below) I had a look with my son one day and although the car was very very nice, and I wouldn't say no, I don't think the design is as good as the Carabo, Countach, or certain other designs that preceed it by 40 years. What do you think? is automobile design not moving forward so to speak. Let me know, thanks.