Bizzarrini P538

Bizzarrini's advanced ideas emerged again with the superb Bizzarrini P538S, P for posteriore, 53 for the 5300 cc Corvette engine, 8 for 8V engine and S for Sportcar. The first car was ordered by USA racer Mike Gammino.

This ultra low barchetta raced in the 1966 Le Mans and was entered in 67 even but did not start. In 1966, after a spin at the very start line, it lasted less than a half an hour. Officially three or four chassis were originally built, but a total of ten chassis are in existence. At least two of these are Lamborghini V12 powered. These V12 powered cars were the long failed Bizzarrini dream: his own engine and own chassis.

In 1968, Giugiaro rebodied one of the P538 as the famous Bizzarrini Manta. Now it resides in Sweden. Some of the P538S replicas or re-editions were built by Salvatore Diomante, Bizzarrini's partner, using DeTomaso Pantera chassis.

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Bizzarrini Kjara

Bizzarrini S.p.A. was an automotive manufacturer in the 1960s. Founded by former Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO engineer, Giotto Bizzarrini, the company built a small number of highly developed and advanced sport and racing automobiles before failing in 1969. Originally named as Prototipi Bizzarrini s.r.l. and changed the name to Bizzarrini S.p.A. in 1966. The marque has been revived with a number of concept cars in the 2000s.

The Kjara project was born in 1998. The Scuderia Bizzarrini built this sport barchetta in close collaboration with Leone Martellucci of University La Sapienza of Roma. The car is powered by a parallel hybrid propulsion system with a 2.5 litre TurboDiesel LANCIA engine and a 40 kW (54 hp) AC electric drive; it was shown at Turin Motor Show 2000.

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