Bertone ready to finance Lancia niche model

If Lancia makes a coupe cabriolet, it will include the folding hardtop from Car Top Systems that appeared on the Bertone Suagna concept at the Geneva auto show.

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Luca Ciferri

April 03, 2006 05:00 AM

TURIN -- To secure its future, troubled Italian coachbuilder Bertone is ready to invest E150 million to build a coupe cabriolet for Lancia, sources say.

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