#Alfa Romeo B.A.T

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Aston Martin DB2/4 Bertone Spider (1 of 3). 

In 1953, Stanley Arnolt purchased five sequential Aston Martin DB2/4 chassis and sent them to Carrozzeria Bertone to be fitted with custom coachwork. While the even-numbered chassis were fitted with opulent, luxurious bodies, 503, 505, and 507 were fitted with a distinctive sporting design penned by one of the most talented and prolific designers of the 1950s and 1960s, Franco Scaglione.Scaglione’s credits include the incomparable Alfa Romeo B.A.T. cars, the Siata 208 CS coupe, the Abarth Porsche, the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale, and a wide variety of one-offs and important production cars.Of the three chassis fitted with this body, two were designed for outright competition use and were minimally equipped for the purpose; the third, this car, LML505, was a more luxurious example equipped with a full windscreen, intricate grille, bumpers, a lavishly appointed interior with unique features, and full soft top.Arnolt showed the suitably opulent LML505 at the 1954 New York Auto Show, where it was fitted with an Aston Martin badge in an attempt to seduce company owner David Brown into making the Bertone-bodied roadster an Aston Martin production model. The gesture obviously left its mark, with Aston Martin taking almost five years to catch on. Arnolt lived just long enough to see the Italian firms Touring and Zagato being used to turn out some of the most competitive Aston race cars of the early 1960s.

#Aston Martin DB2/4 Bertone Spider #Carrozzeria Bertone #Franco Scaglione #Alfa Romeo B.A.T #Siata 208 CS #Abarth Porsche #Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 7, 1954, by Bertone. One of a series of Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica concepts designed by Franco Scaglione. Nuccio Bertone also added ideas from his experience working on wing profiles in the aeronautical industry resulting in the shape of the large, curved tail fins. The car's drag coefficient was 0.19, still impressively low, for the time, revolutionary.

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 7 (1954) concept

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 7 (1954) concept

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 7 1954. - source Amazing Classic Cars.

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Alfa Romeo Sprint 1900 Bertone B.A.T. 5 (1953)

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T 7 concept car, 1954

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 7 1954

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🇮🇹 1952 Abarth Fiat Bertone 1500 Biposto

Designed by Franco Scaglione, Nuccio Bertone, and Carlo Abarth as a one-off for the 1952 Turin Motor Show, this Fiat 1500 Abarth appeared on the Fiat stand.

It is among the earliest, if not the first, of the Fiat-based Abarths. After working on this car, Bertone went on to design the famous Alfa Romeos, B.A.T. 5,7, and 9, between 1953 and 1955. This car, therefore, has a claim on the title of B.A.T. 1 (Berlina Aerodinainca Technica). It shares the concepts and details echoed in the subsequent cars in that series. The car carries a 75 horsepower, inline, four-cylinder engine, with overhead valves and dual Weber carburetors. It uses a four-speed gearbox and drum brakes. The car traveled to the Packard styling studio, where it was used as a design study. it was spotted and admired by Richard Austin Smith, an associate editor of Fortune Magazine. Smith was in Detroit doing research for a magazine article on 'Packard's Road Back.' during his visit, a new advertising campaign was described, but they had not coined a slogan. Mr. Smith made suggestions, which ended up being adopted. The car was presented to Mr. Smith, as compensation for his suggested slogan. Fortune management allowed Mr. Smith to accept the car, and it remained with him until his passing. The car was used for approximately 20 years, acquiring 32,000 kilometers of use, before being placed in dry storage in Connecticut. It was discovered in a barn in New England, where it had been in storage since the 1970s. Its owner had been given the car in 1953 by Packard President James Nance, who had purchased the car at the Turin Auto Show with the idea of studying it for design ideas for Packard's own cars. This Bertone-bodied Abarth 1500 Biposto coupe is one of the most important barn finds in recent motoring history. Fifty years after the Turin show, it was bought by its current owner who undertook its restoration. Read the full article

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The Alfa Romeo Bertone B.A.T. 5, 7 & 9 (from 1953, ‘54, and ‘55) sold for $14.8m last week. Congratulations to their new owner!
📷: Ron Kimball © 2020 RM Sothebys
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/so20

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Alfa Romeo B. A. T. 9 from 1955 by Franco Scaglione - if you like to enter deeper in car knowledge, visit my Instagam account nino_nucaro with ca. 4000 rare cars and long histories and facts about every posted cars, I am sorry, but I can nor post on eber account ans page that huge histpries.

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 5, 1953, by Bertone. Its thanks to Alfa's generosity in building multiple versions of the 1900s unibody chassis that Bertone was able to create the first of their Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica concepts 70 years ago. The design was based on a study of aerodynamics so the shape of the front was supposed to eliminate the problem of airflow disruption at high speeds. The covered wheels and tail wings were designed to create the fewest possible air vortexes. It was capable of reaching 200km/h despite being powered by a standard 100hp Alfa DOHC 1900 engine

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Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 7 1954. - source Amazing Classic Cars.

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Franco Scaglione, Alfa Romeo (B.A.T.) 5, 7 & 9 concept cars, 1953–1955. Via Sotheby’s

Ahead of their time on the aerodynamic front, the outrageous styling also made a splash on the auto show circuit. But underneath the skin, all were relatively traditional Alfa Romeos. Bertone used the platform of the 1900 small sport sedan, putting the emphasis on the sheetmetal—not the performance. Even so, the 5 and 7 were both capable of speeds well over 100 mph.

#car design #automotive design #italian design #1950s #aerodynamic

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Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica 

ALFA ROMEO B.A.T. 5 (1953)

ALFA ROMEO B.A.T. 7 (1954)

ALFA ROMEO B.A.T. 9D (1955)

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