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British TV show names Bertone BAT 11 as Best Concept of the Year
Click above for a gallery of Bertone's Alfa BAT 11 concept car
The most intriguing award is arguably the show's choice of the Bertone BAT 11 as its Best Concept Car of 2008. The enigmatic design exercise was commissioned by collector Gary Kaberle while the stoic design house was in the midst of turmoil en route to bankruptcy and eventual restructuring. Due to the studio's financially distraught condition, the concept – a continuation of the original BAT 5, BAT 7 and BAT 9 cars – was only unveiled outside the Geneva Motor Show this past March. Based on the underpinnings of the Alfa 8C Competizione, the resurgent Bertone is reportedly considering putting the angular exotic into limited production.
Meanwhile, Sky Motoring handed out more than dozen other awards, including giving the nod to the Volkswagen Scirocco as its Best New Car of the Year, French automaker Citroen as the Best Manufacturer, and the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 as the Best New Exotic. Click here to check out the rest of the Sky Motoring 2008 awards.
Gallery: Bertone BAT 11 concept
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Andy 12:53PM (12/26/2008)
Never generally cared for Bertone's designs, but you have to admire them for keeping that Bertone look through their concepts and executions throughout the years. You can always tell when it's one of theirs.
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LoneWolf 1:17PM (12/26/2008)
Yeah, and that's good; so you know when you shouldn't buy one :P
Seriously, this ....thing can't be the best concept. Oh well, they're brits..
mmstowes 1:21PM (12/26/2008)
The first time I saw this car, it reminded me of a Japanese take on the 'Vette Stingray. Very origami in style, like Lamborghini's recent Reventon, and very Bertone-ish.
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Sean 3:25PM (12/26/2008)
I was thinking something in the same lines, but more like older US films where they would take current models and just throw about 100 pounds of angles on the cars to make them "futuristic"
Adam Carolla 1:33PM (12/26/2008)
Final Gear is a TV show? I thought it was just a video-piracy website?
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Yago Bal 1:55PM (12/26/2008)
hehehehehe they were thinking of 5th gear :p and just revealed how they watch the shows...
Reader 3:24PM (12/26/2008)
I was going to say, there's seriously another show call Final Gear? How creative.
wtf 4:22PM (12/26/2008)
Someone said Alfa Romeo?
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Blackstar 4:34PM (12/26/2008)
What's next? Their best choice in British cuisine? The best fungous diseases of Britain?
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David 4:52PM (12/26/2008)
Don't you mean Fifth Gear (http://fifthgear.five.tv/)
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Ray 8:24PM (12/26/2008)
There's an Alfa 8C Competizione underneath this thing? I'm with Sean on this one. Looks like an old "futuristic" GM concept. Those British are such comedians.
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