The F type certainly is brilliant and has luxury and speed. It doesn't have the added lightness of the Alfa - that ain't cheap. Very different horses methinks.....
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Buy with your head, drive with your heart: Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe
Volvo V60 Polestar: Speak softly, carry a big stick, dress like a Smurf
Jaguar F-Type: A beautiful British thoroughbred
What a brilliant article.
I'm here and interested in a superbly engineered British car. I'm so glad Ford's bean counters sold it off to the Indians. Credit to them for knowing how to run a car business as Jag and Land Rover are focussed on making great cars and not rebodied Modeos.
I'm not Arab, Chinese and rich, but its still a desirable thing and I was pleased to read about it.
German iron meets Monaco's highlands: Audi A1 review
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde: Fun, but not for all
Re: Driven Alfas for years
Hi,
I too have had several Alfas (and a Lancia Fulvia - which was truely epic). They were completely reliable (well, my 33 let me down once - Bosch electronic ignition module - but that's german electrics for you).
I've also driven the Giulietta (both in the UK and Italy). It was quick and quirky, but not less involving than say the 156.
I do hope cars aren't converging into mediocracy - Alfa is one of the last hopes.
VW's Scirocco diesel: A sheep in Wolfsburg’s clothing
Caterham Seven 160 review: The Raspberry Pi of motoring
Light Car Challenge
Great article. The AZ-1 mention appreciated - I've always wanted one.
The 160 - a super car. The last time I really enjoyed driving was in my brother's Caterham - its also the only car I've ever spun.
There aren't many cars I have taken out to drive, just for the fun of it. The Caterham being one, my 10in mini being the other.
The key is lightness. I really struggled to buy a car weighing under a tonne which has any fun factor at all. The Caterham is to expensive BUT, lightness brings dynamic response and driver satisfaction.
So, no that I'm ready to get a new car, what can I buy that's under a tonne, exciting for less than 15k?
Jaguar Sportbrake: The chicken tikka masala of van-sized posh cars
No alternative
In praise of the Jag, someone who might pretend to have an imagination, has little choice in this sector anymore. Saab have gone, Alfa have nothing in the bracket, the french seem to have abandoned the sector to the germans. This leaves us with hard suspension, heavy steering - to make it feel solid, but no feel or connection to the road, zero throttle response and no flair. Yawn. I blame the reviewers who seem obsessed by German is great. Not in my garage.
A big shame, but that ought to leave the field open to the Jag - which is great - and British.
New radio tech could HALVE mobe operators' bandwidth needs
I must agree with Mr Robinson's comments earlier. The practical numbers are difficult. Even in a portable device the TX power would be 33dBm (2W) and reference sensitivity, say -110dBm (that's 0.1 picoW BTW).
What the technique is doing is subtracting a huge number from another huge number to derive something very tiny.
So, summarizing my thoughts:
this techniques is pretty old.
modern processing may be making it more feasible, but still, I suspect, not practical.
the degree of isolation claimed is still not enough to double the bandwidth for Operators (as the headlines would have you believe) in a practical cellular network.
the degree of isolation in a practical device will be significantly lower than demonstrated
the processing power required with today's technology will still be battery drain
better isolation is achievable at higher frequencies.
So I'm not surprised that suggested applications are all at high frequencies, with low TX power, short range and for mains powered equipment - like a repeater.
Interesting, but not practical yet.