1000 GT Coupé
As rebodied byLuigi Colani
Overview
Manufacturer	Abarth
Production	1958
Designer	Franco Scaglione atBertone
Body and chassis
Body style	2-doorcoupé
Powertrain
Engine	998 ccTwin CamI4
Transmission	5-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,160 mm (85 in)
Length	3,690 mm (145 in)
Width	1,550 mm (61 in)
Height	1,200 mm (47 in)
Kerb weight	640 kg (1,410 lb)[1]

TheAbarth 1000 GT Coupé orAlfa Romeo 1000 Abarth GT Bertone Coupé is a prototype car made by theItalian car producerAbarth in collaboration with Alfa Romeo, and designed byFranco Scaglione forBertone. Three cars were built; one example survives, rebodied byLuigi Colani.

The cars were built in 1958, and was fitted withAlfa Romeo's 1.0-litrestraight engine withdouble overhead camshafts with a power output of 88 PS (65 kW; 87 hp). The engine was a short-stroke version of theAlfa Romeo Giulietta's 1.3 litre engine, developed so as to enable it to compete in racing categories restricted to engines of less than one litre. The stroke was reduced to 58.0 mm (2.28 in) while the bore remained 74.0 mm (2.91 in).^[2] The tubular chassis reportedly only weighed 50 kg (110 lb), and the car was fitted with a fully synchronized five-speed "System Porsche" transmission.^[2] The modest engine was offset by the kerb weight of just 640 kg (1,411 lb).

Only three were built, and after at least two of them were crashed while testing atAVUS in Germany the project was abandoned.^[3]

Young designerLuigi Colani bought the wrecked cars and pieced together a fibreglass-bodied design of his own, which still exists although it is currently powered by a 1.3 litre Giulietta Veloce engine.^[4]

• Abarth vehicles
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• Cars introduced in 1958
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