by Daniel Strohl

The long and slow collapse of the Bertone coachbuilding corporation appears as though it will come to an end this month as Lilli Bertone, the widow of company scion Nuccio Bertone, has put up for sale the last vestiges of the company, including dozens of concept cars and the rights to the Bertone name itself.

After Nuccio Bertone's death in 1997, the once Turin-based company – which included both a coachbuilding factory and a design firm – saw a variety of leaders, but ultimate control always rested with Lilli Bertone and her two daughters, Barbara and Marie-Jeanne.

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