Revived Bizzarrini delivers first 5300 GT continuation automobile, plans supercar subsequent

A bit of recognized however vital Italian sports activities automobile model has been revived, and supply of its first new automobile in many years is now full.

We’re after all speaking about Bizzarrini, the corporate based in 1964 by Ferrari 250 GTO engineer Giotto Bizzarrini and accountable for the gorgeous 5300 GT sports activities automobile.

The unique Bizzarrini solely survived till 1969 however the firm was revived in 2020, with the brand new proprietor, Kuwaiti investor Rezam Al Roumi, planning to supply each a contemporary supercar in addition to continuation examples of the 5300 GT.

The continuation automobile, generally known as the Bizzarrini 5300 GT Revival Corsa, is the automobile that was simply delivered. Simply 24 buyer examples are deliberate, with manufacturing dealt with at Bizzarrini’s newly constructed facility within the U.Okay. Buyer deliveries are anticipated to run via 2023.

The group at Bizzarrini relied on greater than a thousand unique drawings and paperwork, plus an unique 1965 5300 GT Corsa race automobile, when going about creating the continuation automobile and the manufacturing processes for it. A few of the individuals who labored on the unique automobile again within the ’60s had been additionally in a position to present some enter.

The fashionable Bizzarrini additionally studied an earlier instance of the 5300 GT that gained its class and completed ninth total within the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, with some parts from that profitable racer reproduced for the continuation automobile. Impressively, the group additionally had an unique physique panel that had been hidden from mild all these years, and this was color-matched to realize the shade of Rosso Corsa that will likely be utilized to all 5300 GT Revival Corsas. Every of the vehicles can even have a white numbered roundel, with the proprietor in a position to specify the quantity utilized to their automobile.

Bizzarrini 5300 GT Revival Corsa manufacturing

Bizzarrini 5300 GT Revival Corsa manufacturing

Bizzarrini 5300 GT Revival Corsa

The ensuing design is true to the unique other than modifications required for contemporary laws, particularly the FIA’s Appendix Okay laws for historic racing occasions. New gadgets embrace the roll cage, unbiased rear suspension, and disc brakes at every nook. The fashionable Bizzarrini additionally designed a brand new gasoline tank, formed particularly to suit a void within the chassis, versus utilizing the unique gasoline tank design positioned deep within the sills in addition to behind the motive force.

Like the unique, the 5300 GT Revival Corsa includes a tubular metal body. There’s additionally a period-specific 5.3-liter V-8 with Weber carburetors and a peak output falling someplace between 400 and 480 hp. Contemplating the automobile weighs simply 2,711 kilos, efficiency needs to be scintillating.

Ought to the client need, the automobile may also be constructed to 5300 GT Strada specification to be used on the street. Bizzarrini can even construct the physique out of carbon fiber, until the customer desires the automobile to verify to historic racing laws, through which case fiberglass will likely be used, similar to the unique.

Bizzarrini 5300 GT Revival Corsa

The worth for one begins at 1.65 million British kilos (roughly $1.67 million). Nevertheless, as is generally the case with such vehicles, all construct slots are doubtless already gone.

As for what’s subsequent, Simon Busby, Bizzarrini’s advertising chief, has confirmed a supercar.

“We relaunched Bizzarrini earlier this 12 months as the beginning of a long-term imaginative and prescient; this primary buyer supply is a vital step alongside the street to totally realizing that imaginative and prescient,” he mentioned. “As we proceed to supply the remainder of this collection of autos we are going to proceed constructing on the fervour and values of the founder with the following stage of the continued improvement of our trendy supercar.”