DeTomaso Mailing List: February 1997, Message #206
     



From: ingate@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate)

Subject: Nuccio Bertone

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 97 16:34:32 PST



This supplied by Mike Fortuna (mfortuna@BayNetworks.COM)



(ANSA) - Turin, February 26 - Nuccio Bertone, the doyen of

Italian car designers and a creative artist whose talents

stretched from futuristic '60s Lamborghinis to the latest big-

selling Fiats, died this morning at his Turin home at the age of

83.

Bertone transformed his father's small car-body shop into a

group that employs 1,500 people and generates turnover of 540

billion lire (340 million dollars) a year.

Bertone received two honorary degrees for his innovative

designs, and trained many younger designers including Giorgetto

Giugiaro and Marcello Gandini.

Among his most popular creations were the 1954 Alfa Rome

Giulietta Sprint (40,00 of which were made, against a projected

run of 500), the Fiat 850 Spider (140,000 made), the Fiat X1/9

(180,000 made), the Alfa Giulietta SS, the Simca Coupe' 1200S,

the Fiat Dino Coupe', and the Alfa Romeo Montreal.

He also styled famous and exclusive speedsters like the

Lamborghini Miura, Espada and Countach; the Ferrari Dino 308 GT4

and the Lancia Stratos.







Also check out Bertone's home page at:

http://www.zucca.it:80/main/english/amici/bertone/artista.html



Shane Ingate, wearing black in San Diego