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Bizzarrini Ohydrates. p. A. was an Italian automotive manufacturer inside 1960s founded by ex- Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO professional, Giotto Bizzarrini. The company built a small number of highly developed and advanced sport and racing motor vehicles before failing in 1969. Notable models include the actual 5300 GT Strada along with the P538S.Originally Prototipi Bizzarrini ersus. r. l., the name was modified to Bizzarrini S. p. A. in 1966. The Bizzarrini marque may be revived with a number of concept cars in this 2000s.Giotto Bizzarrini was delivered in Livorno, Italy in 1926. His father was some sort of rich landowner who originated in a family with robust roots in Tuscany along with the city of Livorno. His grandfather, also named Giotto Bizzarrini, was a biologist who had worked with Guglielmo Marconi on his or her inventions, especially the radio, following which one of the Livorno Library sections seemed to be named The Bizzarrini Stockpile.Bizzarrini graduated as an engineer inside University of Pisa within 1953. He taught briefly before joining Alfa Romeo throughout 1954. He worked for Alfa Romeo via 1954 to 1957. He began working for Ferrari in 1957, eventually becoming controller connected with experimental, Sports and GT auto development. He worked at Ferrari to be a developer, designer, test driver, and chief engineer for five years. His developments there involved the Ferrari 250 TR, the Ferrari 250 GT SWB (Brief Wheelbase Berlinetta or Berlinetta Passo Corto), and the 1962 Ferrari 400 GTO.

Bizzarrini has been fired by Ferrari throughout the "palace revolt" of 1961. He became part of Automobili Turismo e Sports activity (ATS)), a company started through the ex-Ferrari engineers to make a Formula 1 single seater and a GT sport car, the A. T. S. Serenissima.One of ATS's financial backers, Count Giovanni Volpi, owner of Scuderia Serenissima, hired Bizzarrini to improve a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, with chassis number #2819GT to help GTO specifications. This resulted in the actual Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo generally known as the "Breadvan".Bizzarrini's engineering company, Societa Autostar, was commissioned to design and style a V-12 engine for the GT car to end up being built by another discontented Ferrari customer, Ferruccio Lamborghini. Lamborghini considered the resulting engine to get too highly strung, and ordered that the item be detuned.

Bizzarrini worked since 1964 pertaining to Iso Rivolta and produced three models: Iso Rivolta GT, Iso Grifo both A3L and also A3C versions. His work was to formulate a pressed steel body chassis for Iso vehicles. Renzo Rivolta hired him as consultant to the Iso Gordon GT project which became the Iso Rivolta GT. The Iso Gordon GT prototype was developed from the Gordon-Keeble. The Gordon Keeble GT has been designed in 1960 by Giugiaro. Bizzarrini tested the car and was impressed by the powerful V8 Corvette engine and also the rear De Dion tube employed for the GT:'Rivolta received me test the prototype. I liked its De Dion pipe and especially the Corvette powerplant. It was the very first time I had driven 1. It was superior to help Ferrari's engines, having the same power but using a more immediate throttle reaction. 'The Iso Rivolta GT has been a Giugiaro designed some seater with beautiful physique, speed, comfort and handling, and was a successful car for ISO along with 799 units sold. Powered by a 327ci Chevrolet Corvette V8 engine using a classic De Dion back suspension design with pressed steel monocoque bodywork in excess of pressed steel frame framework. Unveiled to the click in 1963, production continued until 1970.The Iso Grifo A3L seemed to be a monstrous idea for the super coupé, the L coming coming from Lusso. The result of this brilliant Giugiaro and Bizzarrini working together, it was based with a shortened Iso Rivolta GT framework and was debuted with the 1963 Turin show. The Grifo epitomised the 1960s Italian style featuring a handsome low and broad handmade bodywork. It was the quickest production car tested by simply Autocar Magazine in 1966 having a top speed of one hundred sixty mph (260 km/h). Later versions of your Grifo were powered by the big block Chevrolet Corvette 435 bhp (324 kW; 441 PS) powerplant. These 90 handbuilt units are distinguishable by the raised "pagoda style" deal bonnet. Some of these Iso Grifo 7 Litri products were rebuilt later with a whole lot larger engines.

The concept of Bizzarrini was to utilize the 3AL cars for competition. The competition versions on the Grifo were named Iso Grifo A3C, C for Competizione or maybe Corsa. A new lightweight riveted aluminium body was designed in addition to built by Piero Drogo. It was an more boldly designed machine, oriented to endurance backgrounds. It uses normal ISO underpinnings even so the engine was moved further back the chassis frame than the Grifo A3L, protruding well into the driver's cabin, fitted with hot cameras and fed by some big Weber carburettors, giving more than 300 bhp (298 kW; 406 PS).