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Bertone Racer Berlinetta - the coupé of the Carrozziere with added value

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Created on August 13, 2018

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Bruno von Rotz

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - ran well over 140 km/h fast

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - for the drive into the countryside

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - unmistakably a Fiat

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - when rear-view mirrors did not yet extend beyond the flank

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - slim and flat, that's how sports cars were in the sixties

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - lots of fun with little displacement

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - with negative camber on the rear wheels

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - is wonderful to drive

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - with two additional headlights

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - the basic shape was designed by Marcello Gandini, or was it Giorgetto Giugiaro after all? In any case, Bertone was the client

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - still looks sporty today

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - the rear is similar to that of the CL Spider from Bertone

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - harmoniously integrated tin roof

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - the shape corresponds to the normal Spider up to the waistline

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - the Berlinetta was always sold in two colors

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - compact sports car

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - also looks elegant from behind

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - ideal for not too fast country roads

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - beautifully modified roof area

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - still a pretty car today

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - elegant interior with wooden steering wheel

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - fully instrumented interior

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - space for two children (or luggage) in the rear

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Main instruments in front of the driver

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - toggle switch for additional functions

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Door panel

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Seat upholstery

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - elegant cladding for the foot sills

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - the Fiat four-cylinder had 902 cm3 ex works - I wonder how much it is here?

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Abarth cylinder head on the four-cylinder engine

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Headlights

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Headlights

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Bertone lettering on the front mudguard

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Bertone emblem on the flank

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - recessed door handles

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - fixed hardtop

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - Racer lettering on the hardtop

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - type designation on the hardtop

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - the hardtop is permanently mounted, there is no folding roof

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Bertone Racer Berlinetta (1970) - rear with Berlinetta lettering

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Fiat 850 Coupé (1966) - the right model for everyone - coupé, spider or saloon

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Fiat 850 (1971) - Special, Coupé and Spider

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Fiat 850 Sport Spider (1968) - the Spider had the floor platform in common with the Coupé

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Fiat 850 Racer Bertone (1968) - was only sold in small quantities

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Bertone 850 Racer (1968) - Special version by Bertone based on the Fiat 850 Sport - Geneva Motor Show 1968

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Fiat 850 Spider (1970) - Production - the little Fiat in the Bertone livery

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Fiat 850 Spider (1970) - Production - Assembly of the Spider at Bertone

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Fiat 850 Spider (1970) - Finishing touches, completion of production at Bertone

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Summary

The Fiat 850 Spider was one of the most successful sports cars of its era. It was built by Bertone and this offered opportunities for special versions. One of these was the Bertone Racer Berlinetta, basically a Spider with a fixed tin roof. This was particularly popular in the USA, but also made many friends in Germany. However, only a few have survived. This driving report describes the development history of the Bertone Racer and shows it in historical and current pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Noble Spider as the beginning
The coupé with the sporty name
On sale in Germany from 1969
Elegant and compact
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When Fiat presented the Spider version of the 850 Berlina at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1965 (together with the Coupé ) , Bertone must have been in seventh heaven. After all, this inexpensive convertible, which had been created on his premises, offered him excellent capacity utilization figures for his factories in the medium term. The 850 Spider was extremely well received, but that didn't mean that Bertone left it at that. Bertone engineers were already preparing a "Convertibile Lusso" for the Paris Motor Show in September 1965, a luxurious cabriolet version with a more refined interior and chrome wheel arches.

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