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  Bizzarrini BZ-2001 | Sports Cars
The Bizzarrini BZ-2001 was a one off supercar built on a Ferrari Testarossa chassis.
Bizzarrini at the request of Barry Watkins, the financier and visionary behind the car.
However this proved not to be the case and the Bizzarrini BZ-2001 remained a concept.
www.diseno-art.com /encyclopedia/vehicles/road/cars/bizzarrini_bz-2001.html   (108 words)

  
 HowStuffWorks "Bizzarrini GT Strada 5300"
Bizzarrini was one of Ferrari’s most respected engineers in the late 1950s/early 1960s.
At the same time, Bizzarrini was working on a short-wheelbase version of this chassis that ultimately formed the basis for his GT Strada 5300.
Bizzarrini’s tiny premises couldn’t build more than a few cars at a time, so the “production” GT Strada 5300 (the name means “road” in Italian, the number represents the Corvette engine’s cubic-centimeter displacement) was strictly a hand-assembled affair.
auto.howstuffworks.com /gt-strada-5300.htm/printable   (683 words)

  
 Giotto Bizzarrini - A tribute
Giotto Bizzarrini was born in a tiny village called Quercianella in the Livorno province in Tuscany on 6th June 1926.
Imbued with the typical wild Tuscan spirit, Bizzarrini spent his youth mostly in the rough, in the forests of his birthplace, hunting and fishing, later deciding to take up his family trade.
Bizzarrini’s next pitstop was at the stables of the legendary Ferruccio Lamborghini.
www.ultimateitaly.com /hi-tech/bizarrini.html   (614 words)

  
  bizzarriniregister.com - The unOfficial Bizzarrini Web Site and Register
Giotto Bizzarrini was born in Livorno, Italy in 1926.
In 1962, Bizzarrini was hired by Count Volpi, owner of the SSS Scuderia Serenissima Republica di Venezia, to uprate a Ferrari 250 GT SWB to GTO Specs.
Bizzarrini applied all the ideas from the GTO and developed with Piero Drogo an aerodynamicaly advanced body, even lower than GTO, with the roof line dramatically extended to the rear end.
www.portalbasico.com /subwebs/bizzarrini/giotto.asp   (0 words)

  
  Bizzarrini page
Bizzarrini was so impressed with the Corvette that three times that day he returned to the display site to compliment the car's beauty.
After Bizzarrini's first review, he stated that it would be the most feasible to have his son, Giuseppe, who was a most talented engineer and owner at that time of Forme e Technologia in Milan, scan the dimensions of the model and document the project's information.
Bizzarrini has been extremely pleased with the project, so much so that he suggested that we form a company to design projects and to build models and prototypes for other companies.
www.team.net /www/ktud/bizzar.html   (4807 words)

  
  Cartype : Bizzarrini 5300 SI Spyder Prototipo
Bizzarrini's efforts resulted in the 350 GTV prototype, destined to be fitted with a beautifully designed 3.5 litre V12 engine.
Now produced under the Bizzarrini name, the sleek car was now known as the '5300 GT Strada' or '5300 GT Corsa', for the road going and racing examples respectively.
One of the stars of the 1966 Geneva Motorshow was found on Bizzarrini's stand, the 5300 SI Spyder.
www.cartype.com /page.cfm?id=82   (434 words)

  
 italiaspeed.com: LABORATORIO BEBI AB
Bizzarrini, is one of history's most famous designers, renown for working his breed of magic on evocative sportscars, including the immortal Ferrari 250GTO and Lamborghini Miura.
Giotto Bizzarrini and Quercianella is the place where he once grew up and where he is living today.
Giotto Bizzarrini (seen here working on the Laboratorio Bebi Quercianella prototype), is one of history's most famous designers, renown for working his breed of magic on evocative sportscars, including the immortal Ferrari 250GTO and Lamborghini Miura.
www.italiaspeed.com /2006/cars/other/bizzarrini/03/quercianella/1503.html   (862 words)

  
 Dazzling: Bizzarrini P538
Bizzarrini P538 is the fruit of a tie-up with Italian designer Giotto Bizzarrini and the Thai company.
Bizzarrini, also known for his work on the Iso Rivolta and the Ferrari 250GTO, among other classics, has been collaborating on the new P538 with German designer Stefan Schultze, who last year rendered the De Tomaso Panthera re-creation.
Scuderia Bizzarrini intends to roll out the first P538 prototype later this month at the Nardò track in Italy, with a running prototype slated to be shown in November.
www.edmunds.com /insideline/do/News/articleId=126448   (425 words)

  
 Giotto Bizzarrini successful car designs
Bizzarrini’s A3C Corsa was designed exclusively for the important 1964 Le Mans 24 hours race keeping in focus not only the speed and acceleration that would be required but also the endurance levels.
The Bizzarrini 5300 GT that he built after breaking away from the Iso was unique in the sense that it was offered in two variants in the market, the GT Strada and the GT Corsa, also with cross-over features if desired by the customer.
Bizzarrini’s name is etched deeply not only in the Italian automobile history annals but also in the all-time history of car design and racing.
www.ultimateitaly.com /hi-tech/bizarrini-designs.html   (463 words)

  
 Bizzarrini Manta, 1968 Manta | Conceptcarz.com - Pictures, Pricing, Information, Wallpaper, History
Lamborghini commissioned Bizzarrini to modify their V12 power-plant, an engine that would be well used in future Lamborghini models.
Bizzarrini decided to salvage what was left of the wreckage; all usable components were removed and placed on a second chassis.
Bizzarrini removed the roadster body and replaced it with a coupe body, hoping to attract a wider audience of customers.
www.conceptcarz.com /vehicle/z5603/Bizzarrini_Manta/default.aspx   (1151 words)

  
 LA ESCUDERIA - ESPAÑA MOTORIZADA- Files of vintage automobiles automobiles, classic cars, vintage motorcycles and ...
Bizzarrini construyó este motor para Ferruccio Lamborghini a través de la Società Autostar, creada en 1962, antes de abandonar Ferrari, con el objetivo de dirigir proyectos ajenos en régimen de "freelance".
Bizzarrini tenía una pasión y objetivo final para sus creaciones: la pista de carreras.
Bizzarrini retrasó el motor, tanto que a la distribución se accedía a través de la guantera, reforzó el chasis, se montaron nuevas geometrías y se le sometió a un adelgazamiento general.
www.escuderia.com /webar01.htm   (2604 words)

  
 Unofficial Bizzarrini WEB Site - Giotto Bizzarrini
Giotto Bizzarrini was the responsible of the creation and developement of a bunch of the obscurous but greatest sport and race cars.
Bizzarrini also moved the engine back into the chassis to improve weight and handling.
In 1968, Giugiaro rebodied one of the P538 as Bizzarrini Manta.
personal1.iddeo.es /superfuzz/bizzarrini/giotto.htm   (1246 words)

  
 The Gran Turismo Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Giotto Bizzarrini, standing in a tradition of Leonardo da Vinci is a technical designer and inventor of progressive, innovative solutions, which are ahead of it's time.
Bizzarrini is characterized to be uncompromising in his work which brings great conflicts to him, and his environment.
In the forground stands the career of Giotto Bizzarrini with a point of view to the strongly uncompromising sports and race cars desiged and crafted by him with adventurous enthusiasme.
www.bizzarrini.de /english/information.html   (0 words)

  
 The BZ 2001 Story page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1994, Bizzarrini returned to California and spent five weeks with us in order to design and build the Bizzarrini Chassis for the BZ 2001 proprietary car with our own chassis, body design and V-8 motor.
This was a hectic period in that Bizzarrini left his medication at home and his mood swings were very challenging to endure.
Bizzarrini was sitting on a stool about 25 feet from the spitting and sputtering motor.
www.mattwolf.com /watkins/bz2001_2.html   (943 words)

  
 Giotto Bizzarrini: Living Legend | Car Features | 4car | channel4.com
He is also the designer of the V12 engine used by Lamborghini in the 350 GTV and the builder of numerous prototypes that bear his own name, such as the Competizione P538, the Duca d'Aosta and the GT Strada 5300.
Bizzarrini was born into a wealthy landowning family in Quercianella that for generations had produced engineers.
His professors were impressed and Bizzarrini graduated from the university in 1953 as a mechanical engineer.
www.channel4.com /4car/ft/feature/feature/160/1   (199 words)

  
 Bizzarrini 5300 GT Stradale
Largely due to Bizzarrini building almost the entire run of A3/C's with his own rather than Iso's emblems, the Tuscan engineer had also registered Grifo as a trademark himself.
Come the autumn, the factory were offering their re-named Bizzarrini 5300 GT in either Strada or Corsa trim although customers could have some degree of cross-over if they so wished.
However, as a manufacturer in his own right, Bizzarrini always struggled to make money and by the middle of 1968, the firm went into receivership, closing down for good in 1969 after producing 67 5300 GT Strada's and probably no more than two Corsa's.
www.qv500.com /bizzarrini5300p4.php   (605 words)

  
 Iso A3/C
Bizzarrini chose beautifully fabricated Campagnolo knock-off cast alloy wheels shod with either Dunlop R6/R7 racing tyres or Dunlop SP/Goodyear Blue Streak rubber for the A3/C. Corsa versions weighed in at around 1220kg while the Strada's were slightly heavier at 1270kg.
This was around the same time that Bizzarrini chose to replace the flat rear windscreen for a panoramic unit where glass extended down the sail panels towards the rear wings.
Prototipo Bizzarrini was established in Livorno to construct and sell the A3/C and race the Corsa, but while Renzo Rivolta had intended for both the A3/L and A3/C to be known as Grifo's, Giotto Bizzarrini had registered the name himself and for his own use.
www.qv500.com /bizzarrini5300p1.php   (1274 words)

  
 Car of the Month Archive - June 2005
Bizzarrini started out at Alfa Romeo in 1954 as a development engineer but after a few years he switched to Ferrari where he was chief engineer.
Bizzarrini continued developing racing cars and by 1963 he was contacted by another Italian who had found fault with Enzo Ferrari, Ferruccio Lamborghini.
In 1964 Bizzarrini and ISO went their separate ways and the A3C became the Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada (and from 1968 the GT America), a street legal racing car and the first to bear the Bizzarrini name.
www.ritzsite.net /Archive/0506.htm   (952 words)

  
 Moldova.org - Auto - News - Bizzarrini
Bizzarrini was an automotive manufacturer in the 1960s.
The Bizzarrini factory also produced Giotto Bizzarrini's ASA compact car during this period.
After the Bizzarrini concern ended in 1969, the factory turned to producing the AMX.
auto.moldova.org /marci/eng/39   (170 words)

  
 isobizzarrini
Giotto Bizzarrini is responsible for some of the most beautiful and impressive cars ever built.
This is the prototype for a Bizzarrini Spider based on the chassis of a Strada.
The chassis was that of a by Bizzarrini modified Grifo Competizione with a tubular structure.
home.tiscali.nl /isorivolta/isobizza.htm   (333 words)

  
 Motor Authority » Bizzarrini P538 prototype
A legendary name in sports car circles, Giotto Bizzarrini’s work, both for his own brand and for others, has contributed to some of the sexiest, fastest and most desirable designs of all time.
Now a new take on a Bizzarrini classic, the 1966 P538S, is due to be unveiled next month, with a small-volume production run to follow.
Bizzarrini worked for Ferrari for five years, and while there, in 1962, he designed and engineered the gorgeous - and startlingly fast - Ferrari 250 GTO.
www.motorauthority.com /news/concept-cars/bizzarrini-p538-prototype   (520 words)

  
 1967 Bizzarrini 5300 Strada Spec Sheet
Bizzarrini, with an entirely different conception, began to build up a second prototype in his shop, based on a shortened and lightened chassis.
Bizzarrini then proceeded to organize the racing effort, basically on his own.
Bizzarrini commenced production under his own name, dubbing the car the 5300 after the Chevy 327's displacement in cubic centimeters.
www.race-cars.com /carsold/other/b53sx1/b53sx1ss.htm   (631 words)

  
 classicscars.com - Bizzarrini
Bizzarrini 5300 Stradale, the only one with original paint, French Car documented from 1968 - Original interior, original carpets - New engine 450 hp, new radiator, new shock absorbers, new brakes, new wheels and tires, all the mecanicals parts have been restored.
In the Bizzarrini market, the only way to be sure 100 % that the car is 100 % original is to find one with original paint !
Fully documented by Giotto Bizzarrini who added a Bizzarrini chassis number "BA4 201" when the car came back from USA in the 70's as it was the chassis number who belong to this car (documented by Bizzarrini).
www.classicscars.com /bizzarrini/bizzarrini.html   (216 words)

  
 Creator of Panthera Concept Helps Bring Bizzarrini Back
The intention the people involved in the project have is to produce it in limited numbers, reviving the Italian brand in the right way, something previous projects, like the 1998 Kjara and the 2005 GT Strada 4.1.
The new Bizzarrini may have what it takes to get the brand back to business, such as desirability.
Bizzarrini doesn't have much of a name really, but it would be good to see this reach the streets.
www.worldcarfans.com /9080520.001/creator-of-panthera-concept-helps-bring-bizzarrini-back   (377 words)

  
 Bizzarrini's Bella Machina - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Giotto Bizzarrini, acknowledged as the father of the 250 Testa Rossa and the 250 GTO.
Bizzarrini was a great designer, but a lousy businessman.
Today, most of the Bizzarrinis that can be found in North America have a fiberglass body and usually sell for between $100-$150K.
www.forbes.com /2001/10/01/1001vow.html   (607 words)

  
 Bizzarrini - A Technician Devoted to Motor Racing, by Winston Goodfellow
Giotto Bizzarrini is recognized as one of history’s greatest engineers.
This is the inside story on those machines and many more, as told by the engineer and numerous people who worked with him.
Find out why he considers the Bizzarrini Strada a "second series GTO," the story behind models such as the mid-engine P538, and how his company unraveled, thanks to his endless pursuit for competition victory and getting in bed with the wrong business partners.
www.motolit.com /biiwigo.html   (434 words)

  
 iso rivolta
If you really want to know everything about Iso Rivolta, Bizzarrini and the way things went during the sixties early seventies you must buy this book.
If you really want to know everything about Bizzarrini this is the book for you.
The writer has spoken with many of the people involved in building these great cars and many photos are unique and have never been published before.
home.tiscali.nl /isorivolta/isopage1.htm   (475 words)

  
 The Bizzarrini information site
With a background at Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Iso (plus his first car which was a sport coupe based on a second-hand Fiat 500B in 1949), Giotto Bizzarrini was a talented and experienced engineer.
A smaller version was presented in 1966, powered by a 1481cc Fiat four cylinder engine (around 5 built) followed by the 'Europa', the same car powered by a 1897cc Opel unit (around 15 built).
At the 2000 Turin Motorshow the Bizzarrini stand was showing a prototype of a new model.
www.carsfromitaly.net /others/bizzarr.html   (540 words)

  
 Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa - Supercars.net
Bizzarrini really considered the A3/C to be his own.
Bizzarrini then sued Iso to acquire the necessary parts and finish 50 cars himself at Livorno.
Bizzarrini had a limited budget, but was one of the few independents who could make such remarkable machines, attain respectable results in motor sport and sell the very same product to the US and abroad.
www.supercars.net /cars/2528.html   (1387 words)

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