NEO 1:43 - Model car - Alfa Romeo Canguro Bertone (1964) Rood

Offered: 1964 Alfa Romeo Canguro Bertone, in red.

This is the NEO Scale Models version, item number NEO43170. It is a ready-built resin model in 1:43 scale, with small parts permanently attached, factory-built. NEO Scale Models has since ceased operations; the model is sold out and has become rare on the second-hand market.

The 1:1 car is a one-off prototype, built by Bertone in 1964 to a design by Giorgetto Giugiaro, then still in his twenties and fresh from designing the Giulia Sprint. Canguro means kangaroo in Italian. The car was built around an Alfa Romeo TZ chassis, chassis number AR 105.11 750101, with a tubular space frame mounted six inches lower than on the original TZ. Alfa Romeo wanted to assess the feasibility of a road-going version of the car.

It made its debut at the Paris Motor Show in October 1964, the first time Bertone had exhibited in the French capital. The Canguro is considered one of the most aesthetically balanced cars of the golden age of Italian design, with an extremely low, flowing profile.
The powertrain is a front-mounted, longitudinal 1.6-liter inline-four, 1,570 cc DOHC with two valves per cylinder, producing 112 hp at 6,500 rpm, with two Weber 45 DCOE carburetors.

The prototype's story nearly ended in tragedy. During filming for a Shell promotional film at the Monza circuit, in the Parabolica corner, the Canguro collided with another one-off Bertone concept, the 1963 Chevrolet Testudo, sustaining severe front-end damage. The car then fell into disrepair, until the wreck was acquired in the 1970s and fully restored only four decades later.

The model depicts the red show car from Paris, without a race number, with a black rear window beneath which the spare wheel is visible.

Specifications:
• Brand: NEO Scale Models, PO box 27, 6660 AA Elst, Netherlands
• Model: Alfa Romeo Canguro Bertone
• 1:1 Year / version: 1964, concept car, one-off prototype
• 1:1 designer: Giorgetto Giugiaro at Bertone
• 1:1 base: Alfa Romeo TZ chassis, chassis AR 105.11 750101
• Color: Red
• Scale: 1:43
• Item reference: NEO43170, EAN 0 874250 431706
• Material: Resin, ready-built, static collector's model, Made in China
• Opening parts: None
• Features: Low fastback coupé with elongated nose, round headlights, side air vents behind the front wheel, Quadrifoglio emblem on the C-pillar, large black rear window with visible spare wheel, silver-colored wheels

Condition:
• Model: In very good condition, as shown in the photos. Glossy red paint, with no visible chips or paint damage.
• Windows: Clear, with no cracks or discoloration. The rear window with spare wheel is intact and firmly in place.
• Details: Emblems, grilles, headlights, and wheels are complete and straight.
• Base: Black base bearing the inscription Alfa Romeo Canguro 1964, in good condition.
• Display case: Transparent display case, with dust and light scratches on the plastic from display, visible in the photos.
• Outer box: Original black NEO outer box with window and NEO43170 label, with wear on the edges and corners and white scuff marks, visible in the photos.

Delivery:
Delivery includes the model on its black base in the transparent display case, in the original NEO outer box, as pictured.