The end of an era

[BangkokDean]

Iconic Italian design house Bertone is reportedly on the cusp of bankruptcy. Its history includes some of the greatest automotive designs ever committed to sheetmetal. Let's revisit 10 favorites from the company's epic highlight reel. Originally published at Road & Track

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/pictures/10-best-cars-designed-by-bertone??src=rss

 

[mrvette]

No wonder they going belly up.....I only liked #5,6,8, and #7 looks like a C3, the rest looks like they trying too hard.......

prrtt:

 

[denpo]

My parents have been Citroen loyalist for most of their live, and the maker was notorious for its oddball designs, most of them (SM, BX, CS, AX, XM to name a few) were heavily inspired by Bertone concept cars, so I know the feeling.
As much as Pinninfarina was about classism, Bertone was about breaking boundaries and trying new (weird?) things.
I think they had their heydays late 70's early 80's, with the wedge design, straight lines era.

I've been lucky enough to see in person the Stratos Zero concept two years ago at the Peterson Museum in LA, it's just stunning.

 

[7t9l82]

with the exception of the iso grifo the rest should be crushed.