Lingotto - Was Fiat, now mall.

Before I get started, the first Picture is of NEEEERRRRRDDDDSSSS. There was a hoofing great World of Warcraft convention with card "battles" and computers with pale and unwell Italians having great fun. Anyway This is the famous Lingotto Fiat plant just 2 miles down the road from me and is best known for its test track on the roof that featured in the escape section of the Italian Job. Its a very impressive, quite vast art deco building...that is now a Marriot and a massive shopping mall with a cinema at the end...and a Juventus shop. Shame in a way but thats the way it goes, totally unfit for modern car building. Fact time. Its name has otto in it (eight in english) referring to the floors it has. Each floor was a different stage in building from forging chassis from iron in the basement through piant, trim, powertrain, body etc until the finished car was tested on the roof. Cool huh? I dont want you to think I wasn't learning. The bridge with the red loop is huge, it was built for a winter olympics and spans a big chunk of downtown, pointlessly!