Italy Berlusconı Car Bet

epa02129186 Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gets out of his new Russian SUV UAZ Patriot at Palazzo Chigi, Rome, Italy, 23 April 2010. A lost bet against Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will costed Premier Silvio Berlusconi the price of the mid-sized SUV. The bet arose from a conversation about the new UAZ plant in Vladivostok, a joint venture with Italian auto giant Fiat, during Berlusconi's visit to St Petersburg in October 2009. I told him we'd be turning out Patriots by New Year's, but he didn't believe me," Putin said. Berlusconi was so convinced the Siberian plant would take longer, that he agreed to buy its first model if it came off the assembly line by New Year's Day 2010.  EPA/DANILO SCHIAVELLA