These were heavily marketed at rich Saudi Arabians... Does anyone else think this is totally insane?
A huge blow happened to me when i heard that Lamborghini is not only owned by Audi AG but they also do not make the Diablo anymore... This has apparently been true since 2001. Since then they have been making the elusive "Murciélago".
I also found out that Gus Van Sant made "finding forrester".
The Color Blue lies within 440-490 in the "wavelength"
I don't know what "Wavelength".
Now onto Bentley and Rolls Royce being the same company:
Rolls Royce became defunct in 1986. A company took over and in 1998 sold the company to Volkswagen for some crazy amount in the hundred millions. Volkswagen already owned Bentley at this point. For a while BMW was coveting this company and eventually took it from under Volkswagen's nose due to a complication in the following areas:
BMW had the rights to the Name
VW had the rights to the hood ornament and the grille.
Go figure...
Anyways BMW got what they wanted in 2003.
VW got to keep Bentley and everyone was happy.
BUDWEISER
There is this long on going stupid rant about how Budweiser is a rip off of some beer in europe called "Budweiser Budvar". I have to hear about this nonsense constantly from some Europhile i know.
Here is the scoop on that situation:
Budweiser was marketed by an Italian Immigrant in the late 1800s. We'll say specifically 1876. Now in Europe there was already a German company called "Budweiser Bier Burgerbrau" This company was established in 1795 almost 100 years before Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch). This is where things complicated and i totally lose touch with reality. In 1895 19 years after Budweiser is a brand in the United States a Czech company called "Budejovicky Budvar" pops up. For those of you who aren't familiar with how "Budejovicky" is Budweiser it's very complicated but just know that it is "Budweiser". Somehow this "Budejovicky" company wins a lawsuit and the "burgerbrau" mother fuckers don't say peep.
On a totally fucking crazy note Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch) was just bought by inBev, but furthermore they account for over 50 percent of the beers sold in the united states.
Thats all i've Wikipedia-ed today.
Goodnight Folks,
Diego
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