{"id":84040,"date":"2021-11-10T14:22:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=84040"},"modified":"2021-11-22T07:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T07:57:11","slug":"bizzarrini-5300-gt-strada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/bizzarrini-5300-gt-strada\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you want to tell the story of the Bizzarrini 5300 GT, you have to look at the Iso Grifo A3\/C at the same time. Both cars not only look almost identical, they are virtually identical in construction. Behind both projects was Giotto Bizzarrini, who was Ferrari’s chief designer until the early 1960s. In 1961, he had to leave the company together with five other high-ranking employees due to a dispute with Enzo Ferrari and his wife Laura. Together they founded the new sports car brand ATS. However, Giotto Bizzarrini left the project again quite soon, as he had little room for his own ideas alongside designer Carlo Chiti. With his own design and construction office called Autostar in Livorno, he took care of new projects from 1962. Two years later he changed the company name to Societ\u00e0 Prototipi Bizzarrini and the following year to Automobili Bizzarrini SpA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bizzarrini design for motorsport<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Two early designs from his new company were the Ferrari 250 GT Breadvan and the ASA 1000 GT, as well as the V12 engine for Lamborghini. Next to knock on the door was Renzo Rivolta, who also wanted to get into the sports car market with his Iso brand. The Iso Rivolta IR300 was the first vehicle to emerge. Shortly afterwards, the chassis was further developed for the Iso Grifo. This was also intended for use in motorsports, which is why Bizzarrini designed the A3\/C variant. Under the hood, but far behind the front axle, was the V8 engine of the Chevrolet Corvette with at least 365 hp. Twin carburetors and further engine tuning increased the power in racing mode to up to 420 hp. The A3\/C was already competing in motorsport when the differently styled road version A3\/L wasn’t even in production. The sports car was first seen at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1964. It also competed at Le Mans, Reims, Monza and Zeltweg.<\/p>\n\n\n

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