BY STEVEN COLE SMITH, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE VALENTE

It’s not nearly as fast as it looks.

You wouldn’t know there’s a Fiat Panda 100 HP under all the Bertone Barchetta’s glistening aluminum, but to celebrate the company’s 95th anniversary, Bertone wanted to create a Geneva show car that salutes the Fiat 500 with Barchetta bodywork that was created by Nuccio Bertone in 1947 as a one-off for his own racing career. The decision to celebrate the company’s 95th anniversary with a minimalist yet sophisticated model is perfectly in keeping with the Bertone philosophy, the company says. (more…)

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