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The Irish Sun
10-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Irish Sun
Battered 80s car Jeremy Clarkson bought on Top Gear could be yours for £15,000 – but there's a catch
A BATTERED motor that Jeremy Clarkson once bought on Top Gear for just £450 can now be yours - but for a hugely inflated price. A 1989 Alfa Romeo 75 V6 3.0 Veloce that was driven by the presenter for an episode of the show is selling for a staggering £15,000. Advertisement 4 An 80s Alfa Romeo once owned by Jeremy Clarkson has gone up for sale Credit: Jam Press/Iconic Auctioneers 4 The motor is finished in so-called 'Skoda Green' - although it has a few battle scars Credit: Jam Press/Iconic Auctioneers 4 Jezza originally bought it for £450 but it's now worth £15,000 Credit: Jam Press/Iconic Auctioneers 4 Clarkson is known for his fondness of Alfas and once saying that you need to own an Alfa Romeo to be a true car enthusiast The Alfa appeared in episode three of series 11 back in 2008, when the three presenters - Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond - were tasked with buying a car for under £1,000. Clarkson is known for his fondness for Alfa Romeo cars, once saying that you need to own an Alfa Romeo to be a true car enthusiast. He bought this 75 model for just £450 at the time and praised its 3.0-litre Busso V6 engine, calling it "one of the best engines ever to go into mass production." Throughout the famous episode, the car faced several challenges, including a track day at Rockingham Motor Speedway. Advertisement Read more Motors News It also featured in a calendar photoshoot, as well as the Auto Italia Stanford Hall Concours - where Clarkson personally repainted it in a shade he called 'Skoda Green'. Today, the car has much of its original paintwork - as well as a few battle scars from its TV exploits. Its listing, courtesy of Iconic Auctioneers, says: "Following its appearance on Top Gear, the Alfa Romeo 75 has been meticulously maintained during 11 years of current ownership, with approximately £4,500 invested mechanically. "Important work has included a cam belt service, a new clutch, and a gearbox rebuild. Advertisement Most read in Motors "With just over 51,000 miles on the clock, the car comes with a comprehensive history file, original handbooks, stamped service book, old MOT records, and a detailed DVLA ownership history. "The sale includes replacement doors and bonnet for those interested in returning it to standard specification." 'It's a fabulous off roader' - YOU can own James May's Caterham built for The Grand Tour for just £30k The listing added: 'A great opportunity to buy a TV 'star car' that starts, runs and stops. 'Last MOT expired in 2017. Category 'C' Insurance Loss. Advertisement 'Vehicle extensively damaged but repairable. 'Insurer decided not to repair it.' Rob Hubbard of Iconic Auctioneers said: 'This Alfa Romeo 75 is an enjoyable and quirky piece of Top Gear history, ideal for those who appreciate characterful cars with an engaging backstory. "We're delighted to present cars like this, celebrating automotive passion at every level.' Advertisement Fans of the show can fork out on the Alfa Sunday, August 24, at the Silverstone Festival in Towcester, Northamptonshire.
National Post
07-07-2025
- Business
- National Post
Boosted.ai Launches Enhanced Version of Alfa, the Agentic AI Platform That Unlocks Productivity and Improves Decision-Making
Article content NEW YORK — the leader in AI-powered investment research, today announced the launch of the newest version of its flagship product, Alfa —a next-generation, agentic AI platform built to anticipate, analyze, and act the way investors do. Article content At its core, Alfa is about never missing anything that matters to your firm's investment process. Designed from the ground up to surface relevant insights proactively, Alfa adapts to how you think, monitors the information you care about, and offers contextual, accurate guidance at every step. It learns based on your preferences – honing in from generalized recommendations into hyper-specific 'agents' (smart assistants that can understand your goals and act on them) that predict your needs. Article content Article content 'Alfa is the culmination of everything we've learned about how asset managers want to work with AI,' said Joshua Pantony, CEO of 'It's fast, powerful, and most importantly, it's agentic. That means it works on your behalf, behind the scenes, to find the insights in the noise. This is what the future of AI in finance looks like: research and ideas delivered before you even ask.' Article content From vision to execution: Alfa in action Article content Alfa supports specific, high-value workflows investment teams rely on every day. Article content Some of the many ways users are getting value include: Article content Key data extraction In seconds, Alfa finds the right peer group, extracts every relevant key performance indicator (KPIs like margins, multiples, segment revenue, etc.), and automatically sources them from filings—with full citations and links. Benefits: Spend more time doing work that matters, have confidence in the number you report, identify trends and opportunities faster. Article content Email monitoring Alfa ingests your inbox and surfaces the updates, documents, and disclosures that matter to your portfolio. It automatically categorizes and prioritizes incoming information so that you're always aware—and never overwhelmed. Benefits: Time savings, better coverage, and assurance that nothing falls through the cracks. Article content Built to empower companies. Personalized for individuals. Article content This newest release introduces a range of enhancements designed for both enterprise sophistication and individual ease-of-use: Article content Smart onboarding: Alfa configures itself based on your role, workflows, and tickers of interest. Home and Discover views: A curated feed shows new reports, updates, and shared work—all in one place. Voice and text enabled reporting: Automate the creation of robust financial reports by typing or talking, with Alfa suggesting follow-ups, visual layouts, and estimated compute usage. Knowledge control: Upload documents, set watchlists, and personalize Alfa's memory and sources. Article content From intuitive navigation and report redlining to new APIs and team-level permissions, Alfa has evolved to meet the scale and complexity of modern investment teams—without sacrificing usability. Article content Experience the difference of Alfa's agentic AI for yourself Article content In this launch, has also removed traditional barriers to adoption: Article content About Article content is how investment managers work smarter. Through generative AI built specifically for capital markets, provides analytics across millions of data points, through a macroeconomic, microeconomic and portfolio construction lens, giving asset managers major efficiency gains across their teams. Co-founded by Joshua Pantony, Jon Dorando and Nicholas Abe in 2017, the company and its proprietary web-based platform, Boosted Insights, bring advanced quantitative investing techniques to portfolio managers, without requiring any coding or data science background. Headquartered in Toronto and New York City, is backed by Portage Ventures, Ten Coves Capital, Spark Capital and other leading investors. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Media Contacts: Article content Article content
Business Wire
07-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Boosted.ai Launches Enhanced Version of Alfa, the Agentic AI Platform That Unlocks Productivity and Improves Decision-Making
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- the leader in AI-powered investment research, today announced the launch of the newest version of its flagship product, Alfa —a next-generation, agentic AI platform built to anticipate, analyze, and act the way investors do. 'Alfa is the culmination of everything we've learned about how asset managers want to work with AI,' said Joshua Pantony, CEO of At its core, Alfa is about never missing anything that matters to your firm's investment process. Designed from the ground up to surface relevant insights proactively, Alfa adapts to how you think, monitors the information you care about, and offers contextual, accurate guidance at every step. It learns based on your preferences - honing in from generalized recommendations into hyper-specific 'agents' (smart assistants that can understand your goals and act on them) that predict your needs. 'Alfa is the culmination of everything we've learned about how asset managers want to work with AI,' said Joshua Pantony, CEO of 'It's fast, powerful, and most importantly, it's agentic. That means it works on your behalf, behind the scenes, to find the insights in the noise. This is what the future of AI in finance looks like: research and ideas delivered before you even ask.' From vision to execution: Alfa in action Alfa supports specific, high-value workflows investment teams rely on every day. Some of the many ways users are getting value include: Key data extraction In seconds, Alfa finds the right peer group, extracts every relevant key performance indicator (KPIs like margins, multiples, segment revenue, etc.), and automatically sources them from filings—with full citations and links. Benefits: Spend more time doing work that matters, have confidence in the number you report, identify trends and opportunities faster. Email monitoring Alfa ingests your inbox and surfaces the updates, documents, and disclosures that matter to your portfolio. It automatically categorizes and prioritizes incoming information so that you're always aware—and never overwhelmed. Benefits: Time savings, better coverage, and assurance that nothing falls through the cracks. Built to empower companies. Personalized for individuals. This newest release introduces a range of enhancements designed for both enterprise sophistication and individual ease-of-use: Smart onboarding: Alfa configures itself based on your role, workflows, and tickers of interest. Home and Discover views: A curated feed shows new reports, updates, and shared work—all in one place. Voice and text enabled reporting: Automate the creation of robust financial reports by typing or talking, with Alfa suggesting follow-ups, visual layouts, and estimated compute usage. Knowledge control: Upload documents, set watchlists, and personalize Alfa's memory and sources. From intuitive navigation and report redlining to new APIs and team-level permissions, Alfa has evolved to meet the scale and complexity of modern investment teams—without sacrificing usability. Experience the difference of Alfa's agentic AI for yourself In this launch, has also removed traditional barriers to adoption: No sales call needed: Users can sign up directly via the website. Try before you commit: Key features are now available without a paid account. Upgrade on your terms: Self-directed pricing and feature selection right inside the app. About is how investment managers work smarter. Through generative AI built specifically for capital markets, provides analytics across millions of data points, through a macroeconomic, microeconomic and portfolio construction lens, giving asset managers major efficiency gains across their teams. Co-founded by Joshua Pantony, Jon Dorando and Nicholas Abe in 2017, the company and its proprietary web-based platform, Boosted Insights, bring advanced quantitative investing techniques to portfolio managers, without requiring any coding or data science background. Headquartered in Toronto and New York City, is backed by Portage Ventures, Ten Coves Capital, Spark Capital and other leading investors.
The Citizen
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Citizen
Alfa Romeo gears up to celebrate 115th birthday at Museo Storico
One of the oldest running automakers still in existence today, Alfa Romeo will celebrate 115 years of existence on June 24. Founded in Milan in 1910, Alfa Romeo has been instrumental in automotive innovation and motorsport glory, which in the modern era has translated into products that are meant to excite the senses and stir emotion. To honour this rich heritage, the Alfa Romeo Historical Museum in Arese will host a spectacular celebration on June 22, bringing together fans and club members from around the world for a day immersed in la meccanica delle emozioni (the mechanics of emotion). Related: Alfa Romeo's All-Star Lineup Wins Villa d'Este Best of Show The full day event will kick off at 10:00 with a Regularity Course for vintage Alfa Romeos. This will be followed by a Club Meeting at 11:00. Further on in the day, 115 Alfa Romeos from across decades and continents will form the characters AR115 on the internal track. Towards the end of the day, guests will be taken on a special Backstage conference that will explore Alfa's 115-year history, including the milestones that fall in 2025. One of the final pieces on the itinerary includes a parade led by Tributo GTA cars, honouring the 60th anniversary of the Giulia Sprint GTA, one of the most beloved icons in Alfa's racing legacy. The day will conclude with a toast on the museum's track, a communal moment of celebration for a brand that has thrilled drivers for more than a century. Looking for a new or used Alfa Romeo? Find it here with CARmag! While the 115th anniversary is the headline, 2025 is packed with landmark anniversaries for Alfa Romeo. This year marks 100 years since the Tipo P2 claimed victory in the first-ever Grand Prix World Championship in 1925, establishing Alfa Romeo at the pinnacle of international motorsport. It's also been 75 years since the unveiling of the 1900, Alfa's first mass-produced model and a cornerstone of post-war Italian automotive resurgence, and 70 years since the debut of the Giulietta Berlina, the model that brought Alfa's elegance and sportiness to everyday life. 2025 also marks 60 years since the birth of the Giulia Sprint GTA. It's also 50 years since the 33 TT 12 won the World Championship for Makes, and 40 years since the introduction of the Alfa 75, the final production Alfa built on the famed Alfetta platform. Another momentous occasion for 2025 will be the introduction of Alfa Romeo's first all-electric model in South Africa. Dubbed the Junior, the platform can host multiple powertrain options, including hybrid and all-wheel drive derivatives and will slot in locally alongside the Tonale, Giulia and Stelvio. Pricing and specification are yet to be revealed and can be expected closer to its local launch. Click here and browse thousands of new and used vehicles here with CARmag! The post Alfa Romeo Gears Up To Celebrate 115th Birthday At Museo Storico appeared first on CAR Magazine.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Maserati Promises To Get Its Act Together Soon
Good morning! It's Thursday, June 5, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans drive and get around. In this morning's edition, Maserati says better things are coming soon, Tesla falls in China once again and Ford's employee pricing for all is working really well, but it still can't get out of its own way when it comes to recalls. Read more: These Are What You Wanted As First Cars (And What You Got Instead) Maserati is finalizing a new business plan that it expects to reveal shortly. The roadmap to right Maserati's sinking ship is set to be revealed soon after Stellantis' new CEO, Antonio Filosa, starts his job at the end of this month. The Italian automaker has had a rough go of it for some time now with slow sales, questionable-at-best quality and a lackluster product lineup. At the moment, there are no new model launches on the schedule as its parent company reviews its strategies. A previous revival plan was put on hold in 2024. From Reuters: Maserati CEO Santo Ficili said the plan was being finalised and would not just include new products but also redesign relations with dealers and the assistance network. "We have clear ideas about what we want to do, we hope we can be ready very soon," Ficili said at the Motor Valley Fest in the Italian city of Modena, where Maserati is headquartered. "Let's wait for Antonio to take up his job," he added. Stellantis last week named its North American chief Filosa, an Italian national, as its new CEO. His appointment will be effective from June 23. "Antonio loves the (Maserati) brand, I am sure we'll do great things," Ficili said, adding Maserati will continue to design, engineer and manufacture all its models in Italy. Asked about market speculation that Stellantis could assess a sale of Maserati amid poor results and falling sales, Ficili reiterated the group had no plans at all to divest from it. Alfa Romeo fans should start getting (cautiously) excited as well. Ficili, who also heads Alfa, says a review of the troubled Italian automaker is imminent as well. Stellantis has hired consulting firm McKinsey to advise on strategies for both Maserati and Alfa as they face the U.S. tariff storm. The U.S. is crucial for both brands. It accounts for about 30% of Maserati's sales and 15% of Alfa's. I suppose time will tell if Masertai's upcoming plan to save itself will be enough to, you know, save itself. I really hope it can pull through. I know it has the juice to make a great car like the GranTurismo and GranCabrio, but it needs more than a good driver's car if it wants to stay afloat. Tesla's Chinese vehicle shipments fell for an eighth straight month, exacerbating the global sales slump it has had to deal with since CEO Elon Musk decided to get all weird and alt-right-y. The Austin, Texas-based automaker shipped just 61,662 Model 3s and Model Ys from its Shanghai plant in May. That's a 15% drop from the same time last year. Further magnifying Tesla's problem is the fact China is going through a bit of a sales boom right now — especially with EVs and hybrids. Their sales have risen an estimated 38% to 1.24 million units. From Bloomberg: The snapshot from China signals the downturn in Tesla's sales across major global markets may have further to run. Registrations across some of Europe's biggest EV markets tumbled in April even as Tesla started shipping the redesigned Model Y SUV to customers. Chinese EV giant BYD Co. sold more EVs in Europe than Tesla for the first time ever in April, according to market researcher Jato Dynamics. Musk has said he's committed to leading Tesla and expects to pare back his political spending after his level of engagement with the carmaker came under growing scrutiny. His involvement in global politics and close ties to US President Donald Trump have sparked protests across the US and Europe and has weighed on EV sales. Will this cause Musk to change his ways? Probably not, but that'll just make this implosion even funnier to watch. Ford's sales were up in May, and its employee pricing program seems to be a big reason why. Customers looked for ways to be Trump's automotive tariffs before they got here. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker saw a 16.3% year-over-year sales gain in May. Not too shabby. All in all, it sold 220,959 vehicles in the fifth month of the year, driven by truck and SUV sales. Hell, even Lincoln saw a 39% sales increase to 11,573 vehicles. Shocking, I know. From the Detroit Free Press: "The monthly sales were better than feared and is a small step in the right direction," Dan Ives, managing director at Wedbush Securities, told the Detroit Free Press on June 3. But there's "still a lot of wood to chop ahead for (CEO) Jim Farley and Ford with tariffs and demand issues." [...] Sales of its SUVs surged 25% when compared with May 2024 to 94,595 SUVs sold. Sales of pickups rose 11.2% to 121,354 units sold. But sales of Ford's electric vehicles plunged 25% to 6,723 EVs sold as overall consumer demand for EVs has slowed. Ford's F-150 Lightning EV sold just 1,902, a 42% decline, which also brought down the segment. [...] Year to date, Ford Motor's total sales are up 6.1% to 930,925 vehicles sold compared with the first five months of 2024. Of the Detroit-based automakers, only Ford reports monthly sales. Ford has been offering employee pricing for all of its U.S. customers since April 3, and it's set to run for at least another month until July 6. Between that program and people who want to buy cars before Trump's tariffs kick in. Good for Ford. It really needed a win... as you're about to see. One day, Ford will figure out its massive recall problem, but today is not that day. The automaker is recalling 556,043 vehicles in the U.S. in two separate recalls, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 492,145 of those are made up of 2016-2017 Explorers with B-pillar trim detachment issues, though just 4% are expected to be impacted. The other 63,898 are Mavericks that have loose or dislodged passenger airbag indicators. Luckily, Ford says it's not aware of any injuries or accidents caused by either recall. From Automotive News: In affected vehicles, the B-pillar trim may become detached, creating a hazard for surrounding drivers and increasing the risk of a crash. Ford issued a technical service bulletin to dealers regarding loose driver's side B-pillar trim in 2019, NHTSA said. The automaker did not think this posed a safety risk, but opened an investigation in March after receiving customer complaints from NHTSA. The automaker is aware of 1,482 warranty claims related to the defect. Dealers were notified of the recall May 27. Owners can expect to be notified June 9-13. Owners will receive another letter once a remedy is developed. 025 model-year trucks. The indicator may be loose or dislodged inside the instrument panel. Ford estimates about half the vehicles will be affected. Ford became aware of the issue during a predelivery inspection in April, NHTSA said. The automaker is aware of one warranty claim related to the defect. Owners can expect to be notified June 9-13. Dealers, who were notified of the recall May 23, will install retaining clips for the indicator free of charge after owners receive a second letter Sept. 22-26. Oh, Ford. 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