Fiat Fun

  

On I-95 between Boston and Augusta ME,  mega-trucks blast by. Several on every trip. I'm not talking 18-wheelers: those are predictable, and they stay out of the left lane. I'm referring to the testosteroned faux-masculine beefcake pickup trucks, usually 3/4 ton Ram or Chevy 2500s. F-250s. Often the trucks are black. Always jacked up 4x4's on massive tires. White guys at the wheel,  ball caps and beards...okay, maybe I'm racially-profiling. But they seem to radiate a kind of anger, a self-involved fury. Maybe the drivers are very much in debt...with all the gewgaws, those trucks  are crazy expensive, and at 80mph they must be sucking gas. I'll shut up now. But the monstrous trucks are why Autoliterate has been promoting the concept of the wheelbarrow truck, which is not exactly catching on like wildfire. Trucks these days for a lot of guys seem to be more mission statement than tool or transportation device. Sports cars and muscle cars--Healys, Camaros-- rocketing by always looked like someone was having fun;  monster trucks doing the same 80 mph hurtle seem to radiate unease-suggest someone is very pissed-off.  Anyway, as an antidote to such, we happily present the Fiat beach car, photos by Henry Behrens, spotted in Pietrasanta, Tuscany.