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BMW Spicup by Bertone

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The Spicup is a one-off concept coupe that the Italian design house Bertone built in 1969 on the technical basis of a BMW saloon, powered by a 2.8 litre petrol engine, and it is also known as the Bertone-BMW 2800 Spicup. Its name joins spider and coupe, because its signature feature is a multi-part electrically operated metal roof that retracts into the roll bar, so the car can be used as a closed coupe or as an open spider. The roof idea came from the Bertone mechanic Enzo Cingolani and the body was styled by Marcello Gandini. Bertone offered the car as a possible successor to the BMW 507 and hoped to sell the roof system, but neither BMW nor any other maker adopted it and no series production followed. Only one running show car was built; it still exists and is shown now and then at classic car events. The roof panels were not fully watertight in rain.

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Year
1969 1
Status
Surviving 1
Status
One-off concept 1
Comparison
Body Style
Coupe 1
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Automobile Transport, Modes
Source Bertone-BMW 2800 Spicup (German Wikipedia)

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BMW, Networks and Operators
Source Bertone-BMW 2800 Spicup (German Wikipedia)
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Manufactured By

Bertone

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Source Bertone-BMW 2800 Spicup (German Wikipedia)Lead
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ein Konzeptfahrzeug, das das italienische Designstudio Bertone 1969 auf der technischen Basis

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Italy

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Source Bertone-BMW 2800 Spicup (German Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
ein Konzeptfahrzeug, das das italienische Designstudio Bertone 1969 auf der technischen Basis
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1. Bertone-BMW 2800 Spicup (German Wikipedia)
  • Hintergrund
    Hieraus entstand in den ersten Monaten des Jahres 1969 der Spicup
  • Design
    Der Bertone-BMW 2800 Spicup ist als zweitüriges, zweisitziges Stufenheckcoupé mit entfernbarem Dachmittelteil gestaltet.
  • Lead, one built
    Bertone fertigte lediglich ein einzelnes, fahrbereites Ausstellungsstück.
  • Lead, still exists
    Das Fahrzeug existiert noch und wird heute gelegentlich auf Klassikerausstellungen gezeigt.
  • Lead
    ein Konzeptfahrzeug, das das italienische Designstudio Bertone 1969 auf der technischen Basis
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