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I think they were a reasonably large car, perhaps a bit shorter than an Iso Grifo - again only an impression but all large GT cars I've seen from the 60s (eg Maserati Ghibli, Facel Vega, Iso Rivolta & Grifo) have been the same basic size.
The cars had a steel multitube chassis with fibreglass body, and were styled by Giugiaro (as a 21yo trainee at Bertone) - there are definite similarities to the later Alfa coupes. As mentioned they had the Corvette 327 V8 with a de dion rear axle and 4 wheel disc brakes. The car was shown at the 1960 Geneva motor show but did not go into production until 1964. Apparently the car was priced too low and they went broke (twice) and made only 100 or so vehicles.
ps no danger of me attempting to tune into BBC2 tonight!
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