#Alfa Romeo BAT

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Los Alfa Romeo BAT: Cuando la belleza y la aerodinámica se dan la mano (y cómo conquistaron el mundo moderno)

¿Alguna vez soñaste con viajar al futuro en un auto? Descubre cómo los Alfa Romeo BAT combinan diseño, historia y emoción en un solo viaje. 🚗💨 #DisegnoItaliano #CochesClasicos #Inspiracion #AlfaRomeo

Ing. Jose María Noriega Courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Imagina por un momento que estás en los años 50, una época dorada donde el diseño automotriz era una mezcla de ingenio técnico y pura fantasía. Ahora imagina tres autos tan elegantes, tan avanzados y tan fuera de este mundo que parecen naves espaciales disfrazadas de coches. Estos son los Alfa Romeo BAT: el BAT 5, el BAT 7 y el BAT 9d. Tres…

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Euro 1973 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000

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2008 Bertone Alfa Romeo BAT 11

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Alfa Romeo Carabo 

The Carabo project was a collaborative effort between the Italian manufacturer and the Bertone styling house: a partnership which had previously borne fruits that included the 2000 Sportiva and BAT concept cars of the mid-1950s. The basis of the Carabo was a chassis numbered 75033.109 which was, more specifically, that of a 33 Stradale road car. Despite sharing mechanicals with the Tipo 33 race car and since being recognised as one of the most beautiful cars in history, Alfa had trouble finding owners for the Stradale due to its steep asking price of around $17,000. As a result, five of the Stradale chassis were passed to Italian carrozzerie: two to Pininfarina (used for the 33.2 and Cuneo concepts), one to Italdesign (which became the Iguana concept), and two to Bertone – the other being used as a basis for the 1976 Navajo concept.

The H-shaped tubular chassis supported an all-aluminium 1995cc engine which was designed by Carlo Chiti and, incidentally, was the first Alfa Romeo V8. The fuel-injected, longitudinally mounted motor used chain-driven camshafts and red-lined at 10,000rpm, despite being detuned to 230bhp from the Tipo race car’s 250-270bhp. This granted the Carabo a top speed of 160mph and the ability to dispatch the 0-62mph sprint in 5.5 seconds, with the power being sent to the rear wheels through a six-speed, syncromeshed, transaxle gearbox designed by Valerio Colotti.

Because of its underpinnings, designer Marcelo Gandini had the opportunity to create a car that would revolutionise the automotive industry for many years afterwards. The engine being mounted amidships allowed for a pointed front end, while the ground-hugging poise inherited from the Tipo race car meant the car was under a metre tall at its highest point. Combined with the squared-off rear end, these characteristics inspired countless wedge-shaped designs of the 70s and 80s, and also gave the car its name and colour: Carabo is derived from ‘Carabidae’, a family of ground-beetles with a distinctive green and gold colour.

The principle of the wedge-shaped profile was used to eliminate the high-speed aerodynamic lift troubles of the Lamborghini Miura, which Gandini had penned two years earlier. However, his innovative cerebration didn’t stop there: as well as having headlights hidden beneath active flaps, the Carabo was the first concept car with front-hinged wing doors, later used by Gandini when designing the Lamborghini Countach and since assuming the ‘Lamborghini doors’ meme. As well as inspiring the revolutionary raging bull, the Carabo clearly also lent styling cues to the Lancia Stratos Zero concept car, which in turn inspired the iconic Stratos HF. Unsurprisingly, the Carabo remained a one-off, but its revolutionary styling dramatically steered the automotive design industry onto a radically different path – one which produced some of the landmark cars of the 20th Century. Even those who can’t look favourably on its apparent aversion to curved surfaces should take a second to appreciate its legacy; after all, would an Aventador have quite the same drama without its ‘Carabo doors’?

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BAT 7: El prototipo que revolucionó el diseño aerodinámico en los ‘50

Basado sobre un Alfa romeo 1900, el prototipo fue innovador por su diseño y los materiales avanzados para su construcción.

En la década de 1950, la industria automotriz vivió una transformación sin precedentes, impulsada por la creatividad y la innovación. En el corazón de esta revolución se encontraba el célebre diseño del BAT 7, un prototipo que se convirtió en un símbolo de audacia y vanguardia. Desarrollado por el legendario diseñador Franco Scaglione bajo la dirección de Bertone, el BAT 7 se erige como un hito…

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Bertone BAT

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Alfa Romeo BAT 11

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1953 Dodge ‘Zeder’ Storm Z-250

1953 Dodge ‘Zeder’ Storm Z-250 Concept with body by Bertone

One-off

The Storm Z-250 was developed by Chrysler engineer Fred Zeder to evaluate the feasibility of producing a vehicle that would capture a portion of the growing American sports car market.

Built on a rigid tube frame chassis (built mostly by Chrysler engineer, John Butterfield, in his basement), it was intended to be a dual-purpose sports/racing car because Zeder Jr. envisioned a car with swappable bodies.

In 1952, while on Christmas vacation in Europe, Zeder visited Fiat's Chief Engineer in Turin.

Dante Giacosa recommended a visit to Bertone.

Though they were busy designing and building the Alfa Romeo BAT series, they agreed to build the body for Zeder's new car and promised three months to finish the car.

It took nine months to finish.

Unique to the Storm Z-250 was that the comfortable ‘touring’ body could be removed by unscrewing four bolts and replaced with an ultralight 150-pound fiberglass body for ‘racing’.

The mechanical components of the car included a Dodge hemi V8 truck engine with 260hp and 330ft-lbs of torque.

Other parts came from Plymouth and Dodge vehicles, including brakes, radiator, clutch, fuel tank, rear axle, and the steering system.

The transmission was a new unit developed by the Spicer Division of Dana Corporation.

The Storm did not reach the assembly line because high production costs would have made it too expensive to sell in profitable quantities.

The Z-250 would have competed with the Ford Thunderbird, Chevrolet Corvette, and the Kaiser-Darrin.

Zeder drove the Z-250 for 16 years.

He loaned it to the Northwood University where it remained until 1992.

Unfortunately, water leaked into the cylinders so the engine was removed and replaced with a 1965 Dodge V8 with two four-barrel carburetors.

After the work was completed, Zeder continued to drive the car in his home in California.

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1954 Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodynamica Tecnica (BAT)

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You know what annoys me the most about the whole "junior team" bullshit is that it only applies to Daniel even though there are other drivers like him.

Do we want to talk about Val? And I don't mean this to insult him I actually like the guy but what has he done since joining Alfa Romeo? He's been at the back of the grid , sometimes fighting in the middles, that's it. Didn't he "had his chance already"? Isn't he "taking the seat of younger drivers"?

And the biggest difference between Val and Danny is that Val was at Mercedes during their dominance, he drove the W11 just like Lewis, unlike Daniel who had a car with engine problems almost every season. So where's the logic here?

Or let's talk about Fernando. The dude had 2 championships, drove for McLaren and barely made it out of there to the point he chose to retire. Then he came back to Alpine and was still mediocre at best. Yet he suddenly deserve a third chance? But not Daniel? Alonso has won titles already doesn't that make him greedy? Shouldn't he retire and let the younger generation driver? Isn't he interfering with Drugo's career and future?

And Nico H? Who stole the seat of an actual young driver? Who never won once in his +10 year career? But suddenly everybody is cheering for him because?

I wouldn't be as pissed as I'm about people's attacks toward Daniel and the fact that HE decided that his career wasn't over even if it meant that someone was going to lose his seat, if they were consistent with their hatred. You either point out to ALL the older drivers who aren't doing shit or you shut up.

Completely agree. The fact is it’s Daniel. They hate Daniel for god knows what reason. Maybe it’s because of Netflix or it’s because he’s one of the happiest drivers in the grid, or because he’s a PR teams wet dream. I have no idea.

The fact is that we don’t know everything that Redbull knows and they clearly believe in the partnership of Daniel and Yuki for next year.

To say Daniel doesn’t deserve the seat is bat shit crazy to me. He earned that seat in the first place. If he hadn’t delivered in the RB sim or in the Silverstone test he wouldn’t have been given that seat to begin with.

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Alfa Romeo BAT 11 (2008)

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Alfa Romeo BAT 11, 2008

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1955 Bertone Alfa Romeo BAT 9

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I am genuinely so fucking pissed off at the supposed reports of Nyck possibly just losing his seat mid-season because the implications of this are daming to all future rookies.

Let's look at the facts:

- Nyck is in his late 20s. He wrote off F1 a long time ago because it was never possible due to the money.

- Nyck just came from FE, a series that requires a completely different driving style while also allowing much closer and more intense fighting.

- One race does not mean anything. His results last year should be seen as an outline more than anything.

- Alpha Tauri is arguably the worst car on the grid. With virtually no qualy or race pace and many issues in that team, the only one close to batting they are is maybe a Haas on a bad day.

- Alpha Tauri also just seems to be at a lose of why that is. With growing frustration from Yuki, Franz seemingly leaving and calling the team out, it's chaos there.

- Yuki has had two seasons to learn not only how to lead a team but also to develope at a driver in a much more competitive car. To add to that a seemingly better mental health it's no wonder he seems to be the better driver of the two.

- Unless chaos happens it is quiet literally not possible for the APs to be fighting anywhere that isn't P15. With RedBull leading, AM/Mercedes and Ferrari being in the fight behind that, McLaren catching up, Alpine being a midfield team and both Williams drivers now growing (Logan mostly) the top 14 are literally secured. Add to that the better qualy pace of the Haas and Alfa Romeo being bad but seemingly always around 16th, the guaranteed position is basically anything between 20 and 18.

- There is no fight for points. With Yuki barely being able to score and most teams taking a step forward that quiet literally is no fight for points or any championship standing that Alpha Tauri is in. They have no competitor. Their only goal should be to figure out what is wrong with their car.

With a new driver coming in they are taking even further of a step back because he won't be able to tell what's wrong seeing as he first needs to get used to the car. They would affectively take away their only goal this year.

I can't underline how stupid this is and how disrespectful it is to Nyck who literally left a series where he fought for points, maybe even podiums. I am not blaming Alpha for being bad but I am blaming them for not even giving Nyck a season. I blame them for continuing to be shitshow with this potential decision.

But most importantly don't you understand how big this is for any future rookies? The implications that once someone isn't good enough in a shit car they could just be kicked out after like 10 races?

Do you not realise how big this is? The consequences this can carry?

The added pressure to already stressed rookies?

The suggestion that just because someone had a good race once they are expected to be at the top of their game eventhough they have basically 0 experience?

To hint that any second a reserve could come in to take your seat without even being given a true chance to show yourself?

This is awful. This is showing people that F1 isn't worth it. This is incredibly damaging to a series that already makes it impossible for rookies to have a chance. This is denying rookies any promise of an actual chance.

This goes beyond Nyck or Alpha Tauri. It sends the message that drivers can just be replaced like that's going to magically fix a fundamental car/team problem. It dehumanises the driver and makes them seem like a mere broken part that needs to be exchanged when the entire car is falling apart.

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Norris bats away speculation over his F1 future as he denies McLaren are in crisis

Lando Norris faced several loaded questions from the media on Thursday as the F1 paddock gathered for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, covering both his future plans and McLaren’s early-season problems. After a compromised testing period, McLaren went on to endure a challenging first race in Bahrain, losing their drivers in Q1 and Q2, suffering a DNF with Oscar Piastri and facing race-long trouble on Norris’s car. READ MORE: ‘Good pit stop practice for the mechanics’ jokes Norris after being forced to pit six times with power unit issue in Bahrain With Norris pitting six times to manage a pneumatic pressure leak en route to 17th, two laps down and the last of the finishers, it served only to add concerns about reliability to questions over their missed performance targets. However, asked about McLaren’s difficult start to 2023 in Saudi Arabia, and whether the team are now facing a crisis, Norris brushed off the suggestion and expressed confidence over the issues he and Piastri faced being fixed. “Everyone makes it sound a lot worse than it is. Calling it a crisis? It’s far from that at all, and it’s nothing close to it,” Norris commented. Norris made six pit stops during a heavily compromised race in Bahrain “We’re confident we can get some good points, I would say, this weekend. I think it’s a close fight with Alfa [Romeo], and a lot of those teams… towards the top four teams it’s a very big jump. But I’m confident we can be in that fight; I don’t think we’re that far away. “It was made very clear very early on that we’re far from where we want to be, for McLaren’s expectations, and who we are as a team; we’re far from where we want to be, but we have a very clear plan. READ MORE: McLaren Team Principal Stella expecting Piastri to become ‘one of the best drivers on the grid’ “I think it’s very clear from everyone back at [the McLaren Technology Centre] and here what we need to achieve and want to achieve, it’s just going about setting it and achieving it, which is our next goal.” Norris was also asked about media reports over his future – and links to the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes – amid McLaren’s struggles, but he was similarly quick to play those down. “I guess I’m at a point where [the rumours don’t] affect me in any way. I’m, I guess, fine with it to an extent, apart from when it’s just complete BS that people try and come up with, and completely fake stories that people make up,” he said, having last year signed a contract extension to stick with McLaren through 2025. Norris is hoping for better luck as F1 gears up for the Saudi Arabian GP “To a certain point, harsh criticism is acceptable, it makes sense. You don’t like it when it’s too much and people in the team start to get affected by it. Especially because maybe for some of them, they don’t understand so much, or don’t know so much the truths. “I think we do a good job within the team, within McLaren, explaining things to people, telling them what’s going on, explaining my side of the story, things that are going on with me, things that are going on within the team. READ MORE: Horner confirms McLaren have expressed interest in Red Bull engines from 2026 “It’s tough, it’s the world we live in, it’s just media. It’s just what you’ve got to deal with sometimes. I’m fine with it, the team are fine with it.” McLaren head into this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as one of three teams – along with AlphaTauri and Haas – yet to get off the mark in the constructors’ standings. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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1953 Alfa Romeo (Bertone) BAT 5 Coupe