#coupe bertone

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Volvo 262 C, 1977, by Bertone. The 262C was coachbuilt by Bertone in Turin, though it had been styled by Volvo designer Jan Wilsgaard. Powered by the PRV V6 shared with Peugeot and Renault it was based on the 262 but with a lowered roofline, it remained on sale until 1981.

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Familia Coupe @ Yokohama

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Fiat X1/9. Ashland car show, Sep. 2023.

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1959 NSU Sport Prinz, designed by Franco Scaglione for Bertone, in Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

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Volvo 780 Turbo Coupe by Bertone (from the era in which cars have telephones installed!), 

Italian design with Swedish sensibility - this 1991 Volvo Bertone 780 Turbo Coupe offers the best of it all.

Volvo had a partnership with the legendary design house Bertone that extended over three decades, and you're looking at the swan song. This would be the final year for the special coupes, and it's quite rare with less than 400 imported to the USA.  The Red Pearl Metallic is believed to be original.  But what really makes this attractive is the overall level of care. The 15-inch factory alloys are bright, the headlights are still clear, and the panels still fit like the day this left Bertone's Turin factory. When you open the door, you once again understand the level of care in this coupe. The leather seats are supple, the carpets are fresh, and colors are rich. Volvo used the Bertone coupes as their executive machine to rival the best from the other European manufacturers, and so this came loaded. It includes power seats, heated seats, power windows, power locks, cruise control, sunroof, and air conditioning. And even the era-correct cell phone is still in place just in case you want to put on your suspenders and power tie, too. But the most important part of this is that it's still a Volvo at its heart. So you get a classic car that was built with safety in mind. And you have features like a driver's airbag and anti-lock brakes.

Just like the rest of the car, the engine bay is clean, well-maintained, and quite modern. The turbocharged four-cylinder offers a nice balance between efficiency for everyday situations, and then unleashing a rush of power whenever you want to have some fun. In fact, if you enjoy driving, you want one of these later Bertone coupes like this, because it comes with a fully independent suspension. Add in a four-speed automatic transmission w/overdrive, power steering, and four-wheel disc brakes, and you soon realize this coupe is perfect for every situation.

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Stuck silver: 1968 Simca 1200S Coupé by Bertone

It’s already been a while since we published a Simca 1200S, and the reason is that lately they only find one at high prices, but this could be an opportunity for someone to get their hands on an affordable specimen. Obviously the reason is easy to understand: the car needs some work starting with the engine which the seller says is stuck. Unfortunately, the aforementioned is the only information…

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Alfa Romeo GTJ Bertone Coupe.

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Volvo 780 Bertone

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ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500 "SUPER SPORT" COUPE BERTONE - 1942

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1969 BMW 2800 Spicup

1969 BMW 2800 Spicup

1969 BMW 2800 Spicup

1969 BMW 2800 Spicup

1969 BMW 2800 Spicup

Built as both a spider and a coupe, the Spicup was daring prototype made by Bertone and Marcello Gandini for BMW.

Using the BMW 2500 as a backbone, the designers at Bertone shortened the chassis to fit a new body and interior. Inside, only the gauges and pedals remained stock. Bertone fitted a new dashboard, seats and carpet with two tone, green on green upholstery.

Bertone describes the car: “The considerable dimensions of the mechanical components were handled by creating almost excessively fluid vertical lines. At the same time, the relatively important tail and wings become the car’s focal point. The rollbars had to satisfy a combination safety needs and design criteria, and Bertone solved the problem with an automatic mechanism which also contained the elements for the transformation from spider to coupé and back again.

For the Spicup, Bertone used the larger inline-6 from the BMW 2800. This capable 2.8 liter, six-cylinder engine produced 170 bhp and drove the rear wheels through a 4-speed manual transmission. These components made the prototype fully functional.

Revealed at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show, the Spicup had a great resemblance to the Alfa Romeo Montreal prototype released at the 1967 Montreal Expo. This was especially true of the semi-hidden headlights with motorized flaps. However at the front Bertone kept BMW’s ‘double kidney’ motif, but with obscure padded inserts.

Having little to do with past or future BMWs, the company quickly sold the Spicup to an enthusiastic owner that racked up over 60,000 miles (100,000 kms) traveling constantly from the Netherlands to Germany. This was largely possible due to the BMW 2500 underpinnings. At some point the body was painted orange and the engine cover was attached in unit with the hood.

Painted its original hue of green with triple-tone interior, the Spicup made its debut at the 2009 Villa d’Este Concours with BMW as the acting sponsor.

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Simca 1000 Coupe Bertone 1964. - source Car & Classic.

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1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 Coupe Bertone

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Matra Beach Buggy, 1970, by Bertone. A one-off designed by Marcello Gandini based on the rear-engined  Simca 1200S Coupe was highly commended in the Bespoke Automotive class at the London Concours. Although the plague says 1971 the concept was first shown at the Paris Motor Show in 1970

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1957 Jaguar XK150S 🇬🇧 Coupe Prototype by Bertone.