The Pirana surfaces again

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Next weekend will be the traditional Monterey-Pebble Beach weekend in California with lots of auctions, car shows, concourses and races The kick-off for the Monterey festivities will be the Concorso Italiano on Friday, August 17. Arguably the world's largest showing of exotic Italian cars, the Concorso Italiano celebrates the 100th anniversary of the design house, Bertone. One of the highlights of the show will be the recently restored 1967 Bertone Jaguar Pirana. Based on the chassis of a 4.2 litre E-Type Jaguar, the Pirana was coachbuilt by Bertone as the only fully-functional concept car on display at the 1967 Earls Court Motor Show. Much of the design work was carried out behind closed doors, by only Nuccio Bertone and his chief stylist Marcello Gandini. The design of the Pirana is often credited as having inspired the Lamborghini Espada that was produced by Bertone just one year later. The Pirana is rarely spotted in public since it was first developed 45 years ago, so don't miss out on this opportunity.

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