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American Express reward shopping has become popular in some quarters. What better combination to aspire to than the brand of American Express and the promise of free rewards for using their facilities! And American Express welcomes those that wish to spend using their card, and does so with handsome cashback and gift rewards.

This follows (or joins) a lengthy trend among credit card companies. Spend using their facilities and they will offer you a sweetener in the form of a cashback reward or further discount. American Express reward shopping has offered financial cashback and, traditionally and enticingly, air miles. Indeed, many people around the world have utilised the Air Mile program like some sort of elite badge of honour - as if they were part of an exclusive club.

And, in retrospect, perhaps they were, and still are. Because institutions looking to reap the benefits of your financial share, will work hard to provide you with an incentive to, not only spend more and more, but to do so using their card. They will welcome you in to the luxury world of cashback and other incentives with offers that couldnt otherwise be found.

Cashback rewards are not new. In the UK, credit institutions such as Barclaycard, Goldfish and Egg, have long offered something in return for your custom. Their seemingly already small margins have led, in some cases, to a reduction in their cashback reward scheme over time (Goldfish, for example, have cut their cashback rates by 50% and Barclaycard have abolished theirs altogether).

But American Express remain dominant worldwide in the cashback states, although their presences in the UK, for example, is somewhat limited. However, their scheme offers, not only cashback, but also other incentives including discounted air travel, hotel accommodation, car hire and ferry transfers.

The consumers do, of course, pay for all of these deals. Even American express reward shopping comes at a price - whether it be interest charges on the credit cards (for delayed or late payment) or the inflated buying patterns - perhaps cashback and reward-driven - of those using plastic instead of "hard cash".

Whatever the profile of the customer, companies know the appeal of cashback incentives and reward shopping and are only too quick to welcome us the world of membership rewards!

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Alfa Romeo motors was founded in the year 1907 under the name Darracq Italiana. The word Alfa in the name 'Alfa Romeo' comes from the acronym Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili, which means Lombard Automobile Manufacturing Company. Darracq Italiana is a reference to an aristocratic Frenchman named Alexandre Darracq. Alexandre Darracq and a man named Cavaliere Ugo Stella joined to create Darracq Italiana, which later converted into the Alfa Romeo motor company.

Anybody who lived in Italy during the 1960s is familiar with Alfa Romeo cars, as they manufactured the Italian police cars that were used during that time, small quick vehicles called 'Panthers.' Panthers were fast and small for a reason - it gave the police an edge over the average vehicle when it came to speed and handling and at the time, most people could not afford the sticker price of a brand new Alfa Romeo vehicle. Alfa Romeo cars were built by hand and hand-built cars are never cheap. For this reason, the Alfa Romeo cars were cars that were hard to come by for the average Joe, making them perfect vehicles for the Italian police force.

The Alfa Romeo Spider vehicle was made famous during the hit motion picture, 'The Graduate,' with Dustin Hoffman. The protagonist in the movie whips around in that vehicle, showing off the fact that it is an Alfa Romeo, a much coveted motor vehicle. This makes Dustin Hoffman's character an 'Alfista,' meaning an Alfa Romeo owner. Multiple 'alfista' in one area make for an 'alfisti,' which is a group of Alfa Romeo car owners.

Alfa Romeo cars are rarely seen in the United States, and there is a reason for this. In 1995, Alfa Romeo stopped exporting their vehicles to the United States from overseas. During this time, Alfa Romeo vehicles were hard to come by in the States and those that were obtained were ordered and shipped at the Alfista's own expense. That is how strongly Alfa Romeo owners feel about owning their Alfa Romeo vehicles.

One interesting fact that few but true Alfa Romeo fans would know is that most Alfa Romeo vehicles are rear wheel drive. As a matter of fact, until the mid 1980s, all of the vehicles that Alfa Romeo manufactured were rear wheel drive. Also, Alfa Romeo is a subsidiary of another automobile manufacturer called Fiat. Alfa Romeo is now headquartered in an area that encompasses portions of Arese and Mangalese, but the headquarters was originally located in Milan, Italy. Alfa Romeo headquarters is now listed to be in Torino, Italy-the site of the last 2007 winter Olympic Games.

When Alfa Romeo first started out as a vehicle manufacturing company, they used a Twin Cam engine. These days, Alfa Romeo uses a GM-based, basic V6 engine in their vehicles, both those that are sold abroad and the cars that have recently been sold in the United States since the company's 2006 announcement that the Alfa Romeo would be soon returning to the United States.

The Alfa Romeo is a legend in vehicle manufacturing. They are known mostly by their emblem, an Alfa Romeo badge. The badge was created by a man named Romeo Cattaneo and Giuseppe Merosi. The Alfa Romeo emblem is a combination of the symbol of the City of Milan and the symbol of the original Visconti clan. Later on, Alfa Romeo became a winner in several championships and a winner's laurel wreath was then added to the Alfa Romeo emblem, completing the design of the seal. The words 'Alfa Romeo' are etched across the top of the emblem along the top border of the seal.

As far as concept cars go, Alfa Romeo has but one concept car worth noticing. It is the Alfa Romeo Nuvola and it was introduced in 1996 but never brought to production. The opening of the Alfa Romeo Nuvola was done in Paris to the delight of Alfa Romeo fans from all over the world.

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