Stile Bertone
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Bertone is back with a 1,100-hp supercar limited to 33 examples.
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Bertone name revived for supercar project
Almost a decade on from going bankrupt, Bertone now looks set for a return.
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All 3 Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica concepts by Bertone head to auction
A trio of rare Alfa Romeo concept cars built by Bertone is headed to auction with an estimate of between $14M and $20M.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
World's only example of Corvette ZR1-powered Bertone Mantide is for sale, again
The year was 2009 and the now defunct Italian design house known as Stile Bertone took a C6 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and turned it into a one-off creation. The result was this Bertone Mantide, and it's for sale, again. The Mantide will cross the auction block in Scottsdale, Arizona, on January 15 in...
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Buy the world's only Bertone Mantide
The Jason Castriota-designed, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1-based Bertone Mantide is up for sale.
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BMW recreates the long-lost Garmisch concept for 2019 Villa d’Este
BMW has recreated the Marcello Gandini-designed Garmisch concept almost 50 years after it disappeared.
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In 2014, the legendary Italian design house Stile Bertone filed for bankruptcy protection. An action to be held on Nov. 17 will mark fans' last official chance to own a piece of the iconic Italian firm. Aste Bolaffi has put together one final collection of goodies from Stile Bertone for auction, and there's a wide variety of things for every budget. More than 240 lots will go up for bid. Items range from photography to signage to clay models and even to a handful of cars with Bertone influence. The cars aren't actually from Stile Bertone's collection, however. Those cars were set for auction...
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Stile Bertone Declared Bankrupt, Assets Go Up For Sale
Italy's Bertone, established in 1912 as a coachbuilder, has been hit hard by financial strife in the past decade, with the company forced to end its vehicle manufacturing operations following the financial crisis of 2008 and split off its Stile Bertone design house. Unfortunately, Stile Bertone has...
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Bertone Confirms Bankruptcy, Searches For Buyer
Bertone has designed some of history's most iconic supercars, but it may not survive much longer.
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Updated Bertone Jet 2 Concept To Star Alongside New Jet 2+2
At next week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Bertone will show off its striking Jet 2+2 concept car, which was commissioned by a car collector in the UK and marks 60 years of collaboration between the Italian design house and British automaker Aston Martin. The new Jet 2+2 concept is essentially a...
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Bertone’s Geneva Concept Is An Aston Martin Rapide Shooting Brake
It turns out Bertone’s new concept for next week’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show isn’t a four-door coupe as earlier predicted, but a stunning shooting brake based on the latest 2014 Aston Martin Rapide. The new concept, dubbed the Jet 2+2, is a follow-up to the Italian design...
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Bertone To Show Four-Door Coupe Concept In Geneva
At last year’s Geneva Motor Show, design house Bertone stunned the crowds with its futuristic Nuccio concept, named for legendary automotive designer Guiseppe “Nuccio” Bertone. Billed as an “extreme” mid-engined berlinetta sports car, its radical lines and...
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Fresh off a recent restoration, the 1967 Bertone Jaguar Pirana concept will be one of the featured cars at the upcoming Concorso Italiano, scheduled for Friday, August 17 at the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey, California. The styling may be Italian, but underneath the Pirana’s futuristic sheet metal beats the heart of a Jaguar. Commissioned by John Anstey, then the publisher of the English Weekend Telegraph, the car was to blend the 4.2-liter E-Type Jaguar’s performance with coachbuilder Bertone’s sense of style. Anstey insisted that the car be built from production...
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Bertone Builds Working Nuccio Concept For Beijing Auto Show
First unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Bertone's striking Nuccio concept car will now be presented in updated form at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show taking place next week. While the Geneva car was simply a full-scale model, the one in China will be able to move under its own power--and it has...
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Bertone Nuccio Concept Preview: 2012 Geneva Motor Show
Bertone's latest concept, the Nuccio coupe, will debut at next month's Geneva Motor Show.
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Bertone Concepts Split Up At 2011 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este Auction
Outside of perhaps the Aston Martin V12 Zagato and the Ferrari Superamerica 45, the biggest story at last weekend's 2011 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este was the six rare Bertone concepts that were to sold off by RM Auctions. It was a banner day for Lamborghini concepts, as one scored the highest...
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Saab Design Chief Castriota Named Among Most Creative In Business
Saab might be skating on thin ice, but it has a solid choreographer. Design director Jason Castriota has been named one of Fast Company magazine's 100 Most Creative People in Business and appears in the third-annual ranking in its June 2011 issue. Castriota attended Boston's Emerson College, then...
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1970 Bertone Lancia Stratos HF Zero Up For Auction
Bertone, the Italian design shop behind some of the flashiest and rarest concepts of the past few decades, is currently undergoing court-supervised liquidation proceedings. Bad news for it, good news for wealthy exotic car collectors. A series of six Bertone concepts from the '60s, '70s and '80s...
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It was one of the big surprises of last week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Jaguar B99 sedan concept that had nothing do with Jaguar whatsoever. What makes the concept’s gestation even more surprising was that it was developed by financial stricken Italian design house Stile Bertone, a firm that one would assume can ill afford to splurge on random concept cars. Given its dimensions and shape, many suggested the B99 was Bertone’s take on the long-rumored successor to the Jaguar X-Type and may even have been commissioned by Jaguar to drum up excitement for a new entry-level...
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2011 Bertone B99 Jaguar Concept Live Photos: 2011 Geneva Motor Show
Classic Jaguar lines in a modern, smaller package? Yes, please. Bertone has the answer with its B99 Concept, which could preview a future X-Type replacement from the Tata-owned British company. Under the lights in Geneva, the Bertone B99 certainly looks the part of a nearly-production concept, with...
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Bertone Jaguar B99 Concept Leaked, Previews Smaller Jaguar Sedan
The leaks are upon us, and the Geneva Motor Show is still weeks away. Today's product of the leaky dam: a Bertone concept study called the Jaguar B99. It could preview a new, smaller sedan from Jaguar, though it's clearly more concept than production at this pont. The suicide rear doors, for...
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Pebble 2010: Alfa Romeo, Fiat Don't Need No Stinkin' Ferraris
These Italian cars prove Ferrari isn't necessarily the master of the concours.
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Former Bertone And Pininfarina Designer Jason Castriota Moving To Saab
Giving brilliant people free rein to build their dreams has led to some of the best designs in automotive history, no small portion of which were penned by people working for the legendary design houses like Stile Bertone and Pininfarina. Well, one designer, Jason Castriota just happened to work at...
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2010 Geneva Motor Show Preview: Bertone Alfa Romeo Pandion Concept
The 2010 Geneva Motor Show will host a trio of boutique-designed Alfas.
Nelson Ireson