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Bertone BAT 11 wins Sky Motoring Best Concept Car of 2008.
Sky Motoring (see link below) article:
A true concept car must fulfil one or both of the following roles: either a) offer a new and interesting insight into what the future of motoring could hold, and/or b) be so outrageously outlandish that it makes us jump around like little boys.
But most of all it has to be a dream car. Forget tarted up versions of next year’s new family wagon, what we’re looking for here is the sort of design that you’d pin on your bedroom wall.
And the winner is… The Bertone BAT 11. Bertone wasn’t present at this year’s Geneva Motor Show thanks to its then uncertain future so instead the small Italian carrozzeria hired a grungy warehouse in the Swiss capital and invited a select number of people including us. So this thing is enigmatic. Excellent.
It’s also a modern interpretation of Bertone’s BAT (Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica) design dynasty of the 1950s so it’s also part of a legend.
But more than anything the BAT 11 marked the return of the true dream car. Nobody expected Alfa Romeo to ever build the car so very little concession was made to practicality. Instead the car’s designer, David Wilkie, had one purpose in mind – to evoke the same utopian vision of its streamlined ancestors and flick two fingers to the grandiose multinationals that wheeled out the same old cynical next-year's-euro-box-with-big-wheels-and-fancy-paint down the road at the motor show. And for that, the Bertone BAT 11 wins our Best Concept Car of 2008.
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B.A.T. 11 is now owned by and in the possession of Gary Kaberle. He is gradually fulfilling his dreams with this car and we believe that Alfa Romeo has set aside an 8C Competizione platform for him |
Henry Wessells at Pebble Beach 2005 caught reunited with the 1953 ex Bonnier 6C3000 CM which, in 1957, he used to leave his wedding reception with his new bride by his side

 T-IV 10316 of Nino Manzoni from Brembate Sopra, Lombardia
 Alfa' stunning project - the 6C3000CM The Boano version for President Peron of the ex Fangio LM Colli coupe, subsequently owned by Henry Wessells, subsequently converted back into a Colli coupe, subsequently owned by Larry Auriana, is currently actively campaigned in vintage racing. This engine bay shot is actually that in the PF version but is virtually identical.

Robbie Webb's CSS *01713 * Touring # 4129

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