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3 classic Alfa Romeo BAT-mobiles sold for $14.8M
« on: October 30, 2020, 12:03:59 PM »
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/alfa-romeo-bat-mobiles-sold-14-8-million

We're not sure we'd call this a three-for-one deal, but it is an impressive classic car sale.


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A trio of famous experimental Alfa Romeos was sold at a Sotheby's auction this week for a combined $14.8 million.


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The Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica, or BAT cars, were designed by Franco Scaglione and built by Italian design house Bertone between 1953 and 1955 as a study in aerodynamics.


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Numbered 5, 7 and 9, they are the only functional cars that were built during the project. Each explored new technologies, with BAT 7 achieving an incredibly low drag coefficient of .19, which is significantly less than any production car sold today.



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The vehicles were privately owned, driven and even raced over the years by various owners until a collector bought all three of them about three decades ago.


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Re: 3 classic Alfa Romeo BAT-mobiles sold for $14.8M
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2020, 01:39:48 PM »
The jet age sure caused auto designers to make some uuummmm, strange looking vehicles; both side of the
Atlantic.  :o