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The Bertone Nuccio is a
The Bertone Nuccio is a concept car
A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling and/or new technology. They are often exhibited at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or ...
designed and developed by the Italian design house Bertone Bertone is an Italian surname meaning "descendant of Roberto". Notable people with the surname include:
* Alicia Bertone, American academic, researcher, and veterinary surgeon
* Catherine Bertone (born 1972), Turkish-born female Italian marathon r ...
to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary. It was first shown to the public at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show and was the last car designed by Bertone to have the Bertone name, and was the second-last car designed by Bertone before its bankruptcy in 2014.
The two-door Nuccio was designed by Bertone Design Director Michael Robinson and is powered by a mid-mounted V8 engine.
It is named after Nuccio Bertone
Giuseppe Bertone, also called "Nuccio", (4 July 1914, in Turin – 26 February 1997, in Turin) was an automobile designer and constructor. He took over Carrozzeria Bertone from his father, Giovanni after World War II, growing the small business t ...
, the son of the founder of the Bertone Giovanni Bertone
Giovanni Bertone (1884 in Mondovì, Piedmont – 1972 may 10 in Turin) was an Italian automobile designer, known for establishing the Carrozzeria Bertone business.
Life and career
Bertone was the sixth of the seven sons from a farming famil ...
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