The Alfa Romeo BAT (or Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica) are a series of Italian concept cars. The cars originated from a joint collaboration project between Alfa Romeo and the Italian design house Bertone that began in 1953.

Aug 29, 2021 · Each was built on an Alfa Romeo 1900 chassis and featured fanciful, futuristic aviation-inspired bodies. Of the trio they handmade in a few short years– BAT 5, BAT 7, and BAT 9 –the BAT 7...

Mar 8, 2021 · After the Touring-designed C52 had proven a disappointment, Alfa Romeo decided to collaborate with Carrozzeria Bertone instead. An exciting project dubbed Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica (BAT) was given the go-ahead. Alfa Romeo commissioned Bertone to begin the programme in the autumn of 1952.

Feb 26, 2021 · This Alfa Romeo B.A.T. is the "B.A.T. 7" (aka "BAT 7"), the second of three B.A.T. cars bodied by Bertone during the 1950's for the Salone Internazionale dell'Automobile in Torino, Italy. The BAT 5 was made on chassis AR1900C*01396 for the 1953 show, BAT 7 on chassis AR1900C*01485 for 1954, and BAT 9 on chassis AR1900C*01600 for 1955.

Alfa Romeo commissioned the famed coachbuilder, Carrozzeria Bertone, in Turin Italy, to design the three aerodynamic studies known as the B.A.T. cars to explore the effect of streamlining on a standard Alfa 1900 Sprint chassis.

Dec 3, 2012 · Bertone was commissioned by Alfa Romeo in the early 1950s to produce a series of striking concept vehicles designed to explore the effects of drag on a vehicle. It was all very space-age and took place at the same time as Carrozzeria …

The BAT 7 took up the styling dictates of the previous model, the BAT 5, and worked them to the limit. For this 1954 design, as for the other BAT models Bertone added some elements from his experience working on wing profiles in the aeronautical industry.

Dec 10, 2019 · Gurr authored the book How to Draw the Cars of Tomorrow in 1952 and later worked for Walt Disney, helping design the Monorail system. BAT 7 appeared at the 1955 Turin show, and was purchased by Alfa Romeo for 3,850,000 Lira …

Jan 10, 2011 · Each year between 1953 and 1955 at the Turin Auto show, Bertone and Alfa Romeo presented a BAT concept, the BAT 5, 7 and 9. The cars were successful in their goal, the best achieving a drag coefficient of 0.19, [1] an achievement even by today's standards.

Feb 12, 2023 · Originally developed with racing in mind, the C52 would be relegated to an experimental project due to stability and reliability issues. Better known as Disco Volante, this family of design...