Bizzarrini Giotto, the Italian brand makes its full entry into the hypercar scene

Giotto Bizzarrini was an important figure in the automotive world, having worked for brands as significant as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari or Lamborghini, though he is undoubtedly best remembered for taking part in the development of the Ferrari 250 GTO and for designing the V12 engine for Lamborghini. In 1960 he founded his own sports car brand, Bizzarrini, which is now rising from the ashes like a phoenix and intends to do so in grand style, with a hypercar of lofty ambitions.

This new era for the Italian brand began in the eyes of the world in 2020 with the 5300 GT Corsa Revival, a very rare sight since Bizzarrini will build only 24 units for wealthy clients around the world. Meanwhile, the brand is fully engaged in the project of the Giotto, a hypercar of which only small sections have been shown, which will also be built in very limited numbers and will serve as the central pillar of Bizzarrini’s future development.

But despite this rebirth, the brand still carries certain echoes of its past, and very good ones at that, with the development of the modern Giotto, which features a carbon fibre body designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro together with his son Fabrizio. This partnership is being revived after 60 years, when Giugiaro, then a member of Bertone, contributed to the design of the Bizzarrini 5300 GT.

A design we cannot yet see in full, but which seeks to combine the classic proportions of the supercars of the past with the central design elements of Bizzarrini. An example can be seen at the front, where it has two pronounced air intakes on the bonnet that meet in the centre and serve both to give greater presence to the Bizzarrini logo, as on the 5300 GT, and to house an ultra-slim LED light unit.

In the profile of the Bizzarrini Giotto we also find echoes of the 5300 GT, specifically in the B-pillar, which has evolved its triangular shape and also houses the rear window, wrapping around the rear and creating the sensation of falling over the wheel arches. Indeed, at the rear the dimensions are more restrained, tapering slightly, giving the design as a whole a teardrop shape that helps achieve a better drag coefficient.

For more technical details and images of the new Bizzarrini Giotto we will have to wait until the brand decides to reveal them, although for now it has confirmed that it will house at its rear a naturally aspirated V12 engine paired with an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. We will not have to wait long for specific details, at least so it seems, as the brand says it will unveil them over the course of this year.