The Canadian auction house, RM, was chosen to oversee liquidation of the onetime Bertone Museum, and its 30-car auction at the end of May in Italy promises to be one of the high-end sales season’s very peaks. Six of the cars will be actual Bertone creations, dating from the 1963 Chevrolet Testudo. Arguably, the wildest […]
The Carrozzeria Bertone-built 262C was Volvo’s international jet-setter in the late 1970s, a high-end luxury coupe that spoke to the affluent personal car market that the once-humble Swedish automaker had in its sights. This car debuted in 1978 in one color combination – Mystic Silver over black – with the highly distinctive 3-inch-lowered, vinyl-wrapped roof and full […]
With such a healthy response to yesterday’s A-for-Austin introduction to the Automotive Alphabet, let’s move right along to our next letter. John Robins hinted at my first selection for the standalone B, off a Bentley, but that’s rather obvious (though identifying the host vehicle might not be). So how about a second standalone B, also […]