"Montreal II" at Geneva

[Bruce Taylor <Bruce.Taylor@domain.elided>]

32 years after the Montreal debut at Expo '67, another big GT coup=E9
dream car from the Bertone - Alfa Romeo partnership was presented at the
press visit to the 1999 Geneva Motor Show this morning.

Describing Bertone's elegant new Alfa 166-based concept car "Bella",
Automobil Revue comments: "Auch an den Montreal, das exklusive V8-Coup=E9=

der siebziger Jahre, soll mit diesem Einzelst=FCck erinnert werden."
(Rough translation: "This unique creation also reminds us of the
Montreal, the exclusive V8 coup=E9 of the seventies").

The Alfa Romeo Montreal precedent is also evoked by Bertone, who
describe the Bella as "an elegant coup=E9 full of zest, for grand tourism=

driving on long trips".  They point out that the restricted luggage
space/rear seat problem of so-called 2+2 coup=E9s has been solved by
fitting the Bella with an unusual tilt-back rear seat and squab.

Over 700,000 visitors are expected to attend the 1999 Geneva Show, which
opens to the public at 9 am tomorrow, 11 March.  The classic car exhibit
this year comprises a collection of treasures from Maharajas of India.

Bruce Taylor
Geneva
http://www.cern.ch/TTC/montreal.html

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