Alfa Romeo gave them sufficient money and the all-important carte blanche to make their vision a reality. Also inspired by aeronautical themes, the BAT series would finally go official in 1953.

BAT 5, 7 and 9 debuted in 1953, 1954 and 1955, respectively. Carrozzeria Bertone, based in Turin, Italy, was contracted to build these cars with designs from Nuccio Bertone and Franco Scaglione.

Trio of Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica Concepts is offered for the first time together as a lot, is stunning automotive sculptural designs ...

Here's a wonderful little Italian camper van, ideal for a slow-rolling holiday. Yes, Alfa Romeo did really once build vans. And isn't "Autotutto" just fun to say? It won't hit 50 mph, but taking ...

BaT Alfa Romeo adventure part threeAn Amsterdam contact put us in touch with Cees Van Haver at Garage Schellekens. Van Haver knows more about our '64 Alfa than we ever will. 4 Randy Nonnenberg ...

Retro The Alfa Romeo BAT cars sold for £11.5m The three most iconic concept cars ever made a not insignificant amount at auction ...

Alfa Romeo BAT 7 at the 1955 Palm Springs Road Race As the (perhaps apocryphal) story goes, someone borrowed the outrageously styled BAT 7 concept from its California owner at the time and took it ...

This Wild and Wedgy 1993 Alfa Romeo RZ Is Today's Bring a Trailer Auction Pick For the dedicated Alfisti, it's what to buy when you've done the Spider thing to death.

This has all the drama of a Mario Puzo novel, and we just don’t know what to expect. The concept car that Bertone will (or won’t) show in Geneva is reported to be the Alfa Romeo BAT 11 concept.

At the same time in Europe, Alfa Romeo commissioned two Italian design houses - Touring and Bertone - to design prototypes with low drag bodies.

As with almost all the cars we feature on BaT, we always seem to come up with a punch list of changes and tweaks we would make if they were ours. Our blue Alfa is no exception.