Long before the prancing horse became a global icon, Alfa Romeo was shaping the Italian approach to performance, beauty and passion. As Ferrari enters the EV era, it raises an important question: can the brand preserve the qualities that made it special in the first place?

Black badges once felt subtle and premium. Now that nearly every car seems to have blackout styling, has the trend lost the very thing that made it appealing in the first place?

Rows of new cars, perfect paint, identical numbers on windscreens. It all looks reassuringly simple. But beneath the monthly figures and upgrade cycles sits a quieter question: what happened to owning a car outright?