Fiat SpA’s bid for Carrozzeria Bertone was approved Thursday by the Italian government. Fiat won against other bidders including entrepreneurs Gianmario Rossignolo and Domenico Reviglio, Chinese automaker FAW Group Corp. and an unnamed Spanish group. The Italian automaker will now invest $215.9 million (150 million euros) over three years in the coach-builder that has produced models ranging [...]
It was reported last week that Fiat has made a non-binding offer to buy struggling Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Bertone. According to AutoCar, Fiat has no interest in saving the Bertone name or history. “We are not interested in the Bertone brand or company, only in the Grugliasco production facility and workforce,” a Fiat spokesman said. [...]
Fiat SpA has confirmed that it is making a non-binding offer to buy struggling Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Bertone, which is currently headed by Lilli Bertone, widow of Nuccio Bertone, the co-founder. Other bidders include entrepreneurs Gianmario Rossignolo and Domenico Reviglio, Chinese automaker FAW Group Corp. and an unnamed Spanish group. Italian bankruptcy court administrators plan to name the [...]
Remember the Bertone Mantide? Yes – that insane looking car based on the Corvette ZR1. Well, it seems like owner Dan Watkins wants to take his Mantide to the Nurburgring and pin it up against the 7:26.4 Nurburgring lap time of the Corvette ZR1 itself. According to Jason Castriota, Bertone’s chief designer, Watkins is really [...]
It will obviously set you aside from the crowd and will definitely turn heads when you drive it down the street. However, the Bertone Mantide will cost you a whopping $2 million according to creator Jason Castriota. Who’s going to by a $2 million car that has the underpinnings of the Corvette ZR1 when they can just [...]
Stile Bertone has finally revealed his Project M car as the one-off Betrone Mantide. The Bertone Mantide features the underpinnings of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 wrapped in radical Stile Bertone aerospace inspired design. The LS9 engine gives the Mantide a total 638-hp. However, with a significant drop in weight with carbon fiber body panels, interior [...]
