Tuesday 28th February 2012

Bertone Nuccio concept set for Geneva

Bertone celebrates 100 years with a wedgy wonder

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You can always rely on the mix of Geneva and the Italian coachbuilders to create some interesting show cars, and this year Bertone has well and truly stepped up to the mark.

This is the 'Nuccio' concept, built to celebrate the Carrozzeria's centenary and named for the Bertone founder's second son, Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone.

The show car is the work of Mike Robinson and is a homage to the wedge-ariffic Lancia Stratos Zero from 1970.

Behind the cabin is reported to be a 4.3-litre V8 making 490hp. That's a figure that matches that of the new Ferrari California Handling Speciale, which gives us a pretty strong idea whence the motive power comes...

[Cotty]

Fabulous

[noosh]

Sort of looks a bit like a paperclip.

[Sam_68]

Meh.

I prefer the original.

Or the production Stratos, or the Sibilo, for that matter.

[Mini1275]

I like that, it works quite well in my opinion.

[Z28DUNC]

Yep, like it

[PhilJames]

I like it, imagine this shape making production and driving down the street. Pure theatre!
(You wouldn't be able to see anything out of the windscreen though)

[soad]

I'm not keen, and just how wide is it??

[MonteV]

Looks like they tried to design something that would actually be buildable and pass legislations hurdles. All the worse for it. Confusing lines, mish-mash of angles. No, the original is 100x more impressive.

[Madmatt74]

Not for me, Next!

[Ninjajim76]

Dear God that's ugly! It looks like the positioning of the rear axle was a bit of an afterthought...

[pistonpie]

absolutely horrid...that roof line

[2woody]

nuccio - is that the Italian version of Nookie ?

[loomx]

Terrible, not a fan of much of their work TBH, other than the stratos, and thats not because its good looking, its more because its mental looking, in the same way I like EVO 6's

[Hairspray]

If you look at the profile, and move the roof back a tad, it looks rather like an Aventador. I like it.

[cliffie]

Reminds me of one of those rechargeable hoovers you can get for your house. The ones that vacuum while you are out.

[anonymous-user]

No ta! Recent inhouse stuff from Honda and Infiniti is better than that

[RudeDog]

The rear view looks kind of restricted but overall I like it

[Chicane-UK]

Hateful.. not for me thanks!

[cjdoyle]

Christ, is Bertone even remotely relevant anymore? The Stratos was brilliant but hardly a beauty to behold. This abomination is simply a horrid mix of wannabe futuristic nonsense and hopeless GM, 90's Trans Am/Camaro bulbous disproportion. Fail.

[andrewpg]

Looks like a futuristic Black and Decker DustBuster.