The troubled Italian coachbuilder, Bertone, won’t attend the Geneva Motor Show next week and the BAT-11 might never be seen under the spotlights.
The future looks rather blurred for the Bertone which is in the middle of a tragic family business. In last December, Lili Bertone, widow of the company’s founder Nuccio decided to sell the coachbuilder to Domenico Reviglio, founder of Gruppo Prototipo who now runs a company called Keiper. She agreed to sell both the Carrozzeria and Stile Bertone to him in early January, even though she did not control all the shares she had negotiated in the sale. Indeed, her two daughters own 40% of the company and both hold a top position in the firm.
Disagreeing with the sale, they went to court to contest the sale. The sale was stopped by a Turin court, and Domenico Reviglio walked away from Bertone. The bankruptcy court has now appointed three commissioners to determine whether Bertone will indeed have a future.
This is the first time, Bertone won’t attend the Geneva Motor Show in 50 years.
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