Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

The Italians still haven't embraced a decent level of build quality.

true

Would you rather have an accident in a 70's Italian Car or a 70's German car?

neither

Or the 458 of today or an Audi R8?

458, live one day as a lion over 1 year as an automaton

How many vintage Italian cars are still running (and I don't mean festering somewhere getting a weekly wipe with a Gucci rag) in comparison to German cars of a similar era?

not many, but they're so very pretty to look at!

British Leyland, go on, you know you want to..