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Bonhams auctions one-of-a-kind Bertone Spicup concept at BMW Museum

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) on Oct 4th, 2011 at 2:29PM

It's not every day that concept cars go up for grabs. The automakers and design studios that craft them typically hold on to their show cars for posterity, putting them away in archives that we'd imagine resemble the end scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark or else putting them in their own museums for visitors to their headquarters to see. That's what makes this particular item such a rare opportunity. Bertone unveiled this BMW Spicup concept at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show. But unlike some of today's concept cars, this one was actually made to be driven, taking its chassis from a BMW 2000... Read More

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