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Alfa Romeo Carabo by Bertone - design pioneer

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Created on January 12, 2023

Reading time 8min

Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo (1968) - revolutionärer Entwurf von Gandini mit Scherentüren bei der Vorstellung am Pariser Autosalon 1968

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - man beachte die Klappscheinwerfer

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - erstmals mit Scherentüren

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Bertone Carabo (1968) - Bertone Coupé auf dem Alfa Romeo 33 Chassis - Entwurf Marcellon Gandini

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - Silhouette

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - klassischer Keil

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - mit Schuppen wie ein Reptil

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - sieht faust aus ein ein Schuppentier

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - sehr flach

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - Frontansicht mit geöffneter Heckklappe

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - mit Scherentüren

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - im Seitenprofil

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Bertone Carabo (1968) - der extreme Entwurf auf Alfa Romeo 33 Chassis an der Ausstellung "Cultura e Progetto" in Turin im Jahr 1978

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Lancia Stratos Stradale (1975) - Marcello Gandinis Bertone-Entwürfe Lancia Stratos und Alfa Romeo Carabo nebeneinander

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - Frontansicht

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - Heckansicht

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - Heckansicht mit offener Abdeckung

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - in Damenbegleitung

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Alfa Romeo Carabo (1968) - keilförmiges Konzeptfahrzeug auf der Basis des Alfa Romeo 33 von Bertone

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - Blick ins Cockpit

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - Silhouette zeigt Sitzposition und Motorlage

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - Nuccio Bertone und der kühne Entwurf seines Designers Gandini

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - mit offenen Scherentüren

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Alfa Romeo Carabo Bertone von 1968 - keilförmiger Mittelmotor-Sportwagen

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo Bertone (1968) - damals mit einem Schuppentier vergleichbar

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Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo (Gandini) (1968) - Klasse Marcello Gandini - Concours Chantilly Arts & Elégance 2019

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Alfa Romeo Carabo (1968) - im Museo Storico Alfa Romeo Arese

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Alfa Romeo Carabo (1968) - im Museo Storico Alfa Romeo Arese

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Alfa Romeo Carabo Bertone (1968) - im Alfa-Romeo Museum von Arese

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Alfa Romeo Carabo (1968) - im Museo Storico Alfa Romeo Arese

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1967) - damals, als er noch neu war

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) - eines der schönsten Autos der Welt - der Prototyp ist an den doppelten Scheinwerfern und dem oben angeschlagenen Scheibenwischer zu erkennen

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) - Einstieg durch nach oben öffnende Türen

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) - attraktive Heckansicht des Prototyps

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1967) - Blick ins spartanische Cockpit

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) - an einer Ausstellung in den Achtzigerjahren

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) - gezeigt an einer Sportwagen-Ausstellung

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) - am Genfer Autosalon 1968

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1967) - bot die technische Basis für den Carabo

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Der Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale von 1968 gewann zurecht den Preis "Best of Show" am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011

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Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale (1968) am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2011 - rennerprobter Achtzylinder-Motor mit Doppelzündung

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Summary

Few other concept cars have had such a significant influence on car design as the Alfa Romeo Carabo by Marcello Gandini and Bertone. Unveiled in Paris in 1968, it stole the show from the equally new Ferrari Daytona, among others, and became a recognized design milestone. This report analyzes the special features of the green wedge and shows it in many pictures, some of which have hardly ever been published before.

This article contains the following chapters

Gandini's bold design
Technical basis Alfa Romeo 33
New design ideas
Divided opinions
Miracle glass?
Well-traveled study
Still spectacular today

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" was actually supposed to be the star of the Paris Motor Show in October 1968. But somehow a concept car from Bertone stood in its place in the sun. Alfa Romeo Carabo was the name of the shimmering green wedge that looked so different from all the other vehicles at the show. The Automobil Revue wrote in its Salon report: "In the passenger car exhibition, the special bodies are the main attraction. Dense clusters of people surround the Carabo by Bertone in particular. This avant-garde vehicle is the embodiment of youthful dreams par excellence, but is also capable of inspiring experts and designers. The eye-catching, well-balanced colors have a striking effect. When you sit in this car, you feel transported to a future era."

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