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1969 Fiat 128 Teenager by Pininfarina
The concept for Fiat 128 based beach car. It featured a shortened wheelbase (2120mm), a foldable windscreen, two walkie-talkies in the...


1969 Fiat 128 Coupe by Bertone
At the 1969 Turin Motor Show, Bertone presented a design for a four-seater coupé with Fiat 128 mechanics. The prototype was the precursor...


1969 Ferrari 512S Speciale by Pininfarina
Filippo Sapino is perhaps best known for the three decades he served as design director at Ghia. But by far, his most memorable project...


1969 De Tomaso Mustela by Ghia
Tom Tjaarda is very well known in the Ford scene for his design of the De Tomaso Pantera. In 1960 he designed the Ford dragster project...


1969-1975 Alfa Romeo Junior Z by Zagato
An appealing Italian ‘bitza’ that somehow transcends the sum of its parts. Created by Zagato using the chassis from the Spider and the...


1970 Volkswagen 1600 SS by Francis Lombardi
This wedge-shaped coupe built on Volkswagen units was presented at the 1970 Turin Motor Show. The design features can be noted: a safety...


1970 Porsche Tapiro by ItalDesign
In 1970 the dream car for Turin Motor Show was intentionally extreme in shapes and technical solutions but anyway thought for mass-...


1970 Cadillac NART by Zagato
Luigi Chinetti and his North American Racing Team (NART) are legends in American (and worldwide) motoring. He was the man who brought...


1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo
The 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept car was based on the race-derived mechanicals of the exclusive 33 Stradale from the previous year, but...


1970 NSU Nergal Concept
The NSU Nergal was a small car, based on the NSU Prinz rear-engined model, presented as a prototype in the 1970 Turin Motor Show and...


1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero by Bertone
In 1969, when Nuccio Bertone bought a Lancia Fulvia from a friend and stripped it down to use as the basis for a wild, Gandini-styled...


1971 NSU Ro-80 by Pininfarina
Less a forecast of future design trends than the NSU Ro-80 itself was this blocky, 1971 special-body exercise by Pininfarina. Based on...
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