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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro - The Ritmo and its handle

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Created on February 23, 2023

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Paul Krüger

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – vermittelt auch vor schneebedeckten Berggipfeln ein sommerliches Gefühl

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – vermittelt auch vor schneebedeckten Berggipfeln ein sommerliches Gefühl

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Zweifarblackierung in "Blau-Metallic/Polareis-Metallic"

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – alternativ auch in "Marone-Metallic/Beige-Metallic" erhältlich

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – vergleichsweise elegante Linie dank des voll versenkbaren Verdecks

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Sondermodell mit Zweifarblackierung und Leichtmetallrädern

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Sondermodell mit Zweifarblackierung und Leichtmetallrädern

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – erkennbar am Kühlergrill in Lackfarbe der Motorhaube

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Doppelscheinwerfer und Namens-Plakette im Kühlergrill

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Komplizierter Schriftzug eines simplen Modellnamens, grosse Rückleuchte

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Die technische Basis findet auf dem Heck Erwähnung, war aber offiziell kein Teil des Namens

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Leichtmetallräder im Stile der Studie Bertone Delfino von 1983

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Bertone-Emblem im Kühlergrill

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Fiat-Schriftzug am Fuss des Überrollbügels

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Geklebter Schriftzug mit dem Namen des Sondermodells

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – bis auf das Lenkrad serienmässiges Ritmo-Interieur

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – das Vierspeichen-Lederlenkrad gab es nur im Cabrio

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – kleine Lenkrad-Prallplatte mit der Signatur von Nuccio Bertone

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Türverkleidung mit dreifarbigem Pepita-Muster

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Für schlechte Kopfrechner: Drehzahlmesser mit ausgeschriebenen 1000er-Angaben

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Verspielte Warnleuchten zeigen nicht nur, was das Problem ist, sondern auch wo

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Heizungsregelung mit ungewöhnlicher Symbolik

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Digitaluhr und Luftdüsen im Armaturenbrett

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Handschuhkasten mit Reifendrucktabelle, Schminkspiegel und herausnehmbarer Handleuchte

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Luftfilter und Hauptbremszylinder sind fast so gross wie der Motor

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – vier Zylinder, 1,5 Liter gross und 82 PS stark

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – quer eingebauter Vierzylinder mit Registervergaser

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – ein skeptischer Blick für das echte Fiat-Fahrgefühl. Kurz vor dem Foto ging eine rote Warnleuchte an

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Noch ein Fiat-Gesicht, diesmal auf der Suche nach dem nächsten Gang

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – fährt sich unspektakulär, aber nicht schlecht

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – dank 82 PS bei 940 kg recht flott

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Serienmässiger Auspuff mit verchromter Ovalblende und überraschend sonorer Aussprache

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Bertone Ritmo 75 CL Cabrio (1979) - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1979

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Fiat Ritmo 105 TC (1982) – Schnittzeichnung des Motors

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Bertone Ritmo Cabrio (1982) – basiert auf dem Super 85

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Fiat 1400 Cabriolet (1951) – Werksfoto

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Bertone Ritmo Cabrio (1982) – natürlich mit Überrollbügel

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Fiat Ritmo Abarth 130 TC (1983) – Schnittzeichnung

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Bertone Ritmo Cabrio (1982) – am Genfer Autosalon 1982

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Bertone Cabrio (1983) – auf einem Werksfoto

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Bertone Cabrio (1983) – geglückte Linie auch mit geschlossenem Verdeck

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Bertone Cabrio (1983) – voll versenkbares Verdeck

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Bertone Cabrio (1983) – zweifarbige Türverkleidung

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Bertone Cabrio (1983) – innenraum wie im normalen Fiat Ritmo

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Bertone Cabrio (1984) - mit wilden Sitzbezügen und hübschen Leichtmetallrädern

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Bertone Cabrio (1985) – Abbildung aus dem Prospekt

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Bertone Cabrio (1985) – Abbildung aus dem Prospekt

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Fiat Ritmo 100 S (1986) – sommerliches Werksfoto

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Bertone Cabrio Palinuro (1985) – Sondermodell mit Zweifarblackierung

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Bertone Supercabrio (1985) - am Badesee

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Bertone Supercabrio (1985) – basiert auf dem Fiat Ritmo 100 S

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Bertone Supercabrio (1985) – die Räder nehmen Porsches Design 90 und Daimler-Benz' 8-Loch-Gullis vorweg

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Bertone Supercabrio (1985) – geschickt den Bügel kaschiert

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Bertone Supercabrio (1985) – ach, dafür ist der Bügel gedacht

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Bertone Supercabrio (1985) – ideal für einen Ausflug an den Strand

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Summary

After the open-top VW Golf had established the genre of the compact bow-top convertible in 1979, the European competition gradually began to cut the roof off their hatchback saloons as well. One of the first to enter the ring against the open-top Wolfsburg exile was the Fiat Ritmo Cabriolet from 1981, which was not officially called that at all and also did not roll off the production line with its closed brothers. This article sheds light on the development of the Ritmo offshoot built by Bertone and shows a fine "Palinuro" from 1985 in many photos as well as other models on historical material.

This article contains the following chapters

Station wagon convertible with a bow
Special model in series production
Air supremacy

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

82 percent air! In 1980, Fiat advertised the generous amount of space in the compact Ritmo with this extraordinarily high proportion of this material, which is rarely explicitly mentioned in automobile construction - admittedly in the four-door hatchback saloon. In the convertible, of course, this figure has to be revised upwards a good deal, almost to infinity. How the Ritmo came about, how it has developed since then and how it drives with a fixed roof, we already told you a good three years ago, accompanied by an extensive photo production of an early model in the great color "Arancio Messico". That's why we're mainly talking about the convertible here today.

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