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October 9, 2024

Amazing Photos of the Chevrolet Testudo

Bertone built the Chevrolet Testudo, a concept car based on a modified Chevrolet Corvair Monza platform that debuted at the 1963 Geneva Motor Show. The car’s name is derived from the Latin word for “Turtle.”

Bill Mitchell, GM’s Vice President of Styling, wanted to increase Corvair sales in Europe by using locally styled versions, resulting in at least two major Italian Carrozzeria submitting designs for the Corvair.

Bertone received a 1962 Corvair 900 (Monza) coupe built in the Willow Run plant, shortened the unibody chassis, and added extra reinforcement. The car’s design was done by Giorgetto Giugiaro, with the aim of merging the two typical views of a car.

The Testudo was powered by the rear-mounted Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 engine that came with the Corvair, with varying descriptions of the specific engine used. The car was completed in just two months. Here below is a set of amazing photos of the Chevrolet Testudo.
















1 comment:

  1. No side rearview mirrors, so that's dangerous, but the side-to-front-to-side visibility is perfect. Many modern cars have heavy thick posts angled up from the back corners of the hood to the roof. If a car or motorcycle or bicycle is coming across at just the right angle when you're pulling out onto the road, bang! To keep that from happening you have to wiggle your head all around, forward and backward as well as across. Meanwhile things are happening where you're not looking, because you have to work so hard to see around the post, and /bang!/ from the other side. I'm thinking of the Prius. The posts are as big as your leg, right in the way of seeing.

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