ETAuto remembers Giuseppe Bertone who in his lifetime designed over 30k cars
In 2006, Bertone was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Detroit, taking his place alongside other automotive icons, including Henry Ford, Giovanni Agnelli, Louis Renault and the Michelin brothers.
Today, on his 19th death anniversary, we present to you some of best cars designed by him.
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With this car, he inaugurated a style typified by a line corner and canted. Its proportions are also innovative for its time (4176 mm X 1785 mm X 990 mm).
Carabo inspired the Lotus Esprit and Lamborghini Countach. The engine is the 2.0 l V8 from the 33 associated with a manual transaxle 6 reports.
It aligns here 230 hp and is supposed to allow a maximum speed of 250 km/h. The car is currently owned by the Alfa Romeo museum.
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It was made to look more like the current Alfa Romeo models than the other BATs had.
The BAT 9 did away with the marked wing lines of the previous models in favour of a cleaner, more sober line.
The tail fins, which in the other two models, 5 and 7, had a real wing-like look, were sized down into two small metal plates, much like the tail fins in production on American and some European cars of the time.
The Dino 308 GT4 was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in November 1973. It had a 5-speed transaxle gearbox.
The 3.0 L (2927 cc) V8 engine produced 255 hp (190 kW) in the European version and 240 hp (179 kW) in the American.
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Its folding roof was a one-piece targa-style cover which rotated 90 degrees before being snugly stored between the passenger compartment and mid-rear-mounted 3.0-litre V8.
The Rainbow is believed to currently reside in Bertone’s private museum collection.
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But despite earning the nickname “Sport Spider,” its 49-horsepower engine was cribbed from an economy car, and it could only muster a top speed of 87 miles per hour.
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It went on to set 20 international land speed records in 1956. It was seen in three versions - 750, 500, and 800.
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It is not designed by Bertone himself, but named after him.
It is designed by Michael Robinson, Bertone Design Director, and is powered by a mid-mounted 430 bhp (321 kW; 436 PS) V8 engine.
The design of the model was based on a study of aerodynamics. The shape of the front in fact aims to eliminate the problem of airflow disruption at high speeds.
The design also aims to do away with any extra resistance generated by the wheels turning.
The car is able to reach 200 km/h (120 mph) with the 100 hp (75 kW) engine mounted as standard.
The curvaceous and swoopy BAT (Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica) 7 is the second in a three car lineage exploring the effects of streamlining and drag reduction.
Just a year after its unveiling it participated in the 1955 Palm Springs Sports Car Road Race.
Photographed here in less-than-pristine condition on an oil-stained parking lot in Southern California.
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The name Testudo came from Latin root for the word turtle. Hence the badge adorning the car's rear - was chosen to symbolise the aesthetic theme.
Its design pioneered and popularised the wedge-shaped, sharply angled look popular in many high-performance sports cars.
It also popularised the "cabin-forward" design concept, which pushes the passenger compartment forward to accommodate a larger engine.
The word countach is an exclamation of astonishment in the local dialect (Piedmontese language), that means "perbacco" or "accidenti" ("Heavens!").
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The car is widely considered to have instigated the trend of high performance, two-seater, mid-engined sports cars.
When released, it was the fastest production road car available. The Miura's rolling chassis was presented at the 1965 Turin auto show, and the prototype P400 debuted at the 1966 Geneva show.
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1. 2,953 CC SOHC Tipo 168/61 V-12 Engine 2. Three Weber 40 DCZ6 Carburetors
3. 240 HP at 7,000 RPM
4. 4-Speed Manual Gearbox
5. 4-Wheel Vacuum-Assisted Dunlop Disc Brakes
6. Independent Coil-Spring Front Suspension with Tubular Shock Absorbers
7. Rear Live Axle with Semi-Elliptical Leaf Springs and Tubular Shock Absorbers
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1) It was the first Lamborghini ever built, and
2) It established a relationship between Bertone and Lamborghini, a combination that would produce some of the most ground-breaking cars of all-time.
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