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Italian coachbuilder Bertone is officially bankrupt with $42 million of debt.

It might be time to start saying “buh-bye” to Italian automotive design house Bertone. 

A notorious Italian coachbuilder has reportedly closed its doors in the midst of financial issues.

Bespoke Italian automaker Bertone is nearing bankruptcy according to a recent report.

This weekend, PlayStation 3 gamers in North America will be enjoying Gran Turismo 6 and to hype up the release, Polyphony Digital has released renderings of even more Vision Gran Turismo concepts that will be heading to the game.

What happens when you take the Aston Martin Rapide and transform its body so it’s even longer? You essentially get an Aston Martin Rapide wagon, or as Bertone likes to call it, the Jet 2+2.

Taking the functionality of the Rapide luxury sports saloon to the next-level, a wagon, or “shooting brake” version of the Aston Martin sedan will debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month.

Bertone is heading to the 2013 Geneva Motor Show with a new four-door coupe concept, releasing a teaser of what we can expect early next month.

Designed by a young Giorgetto Giugiaro at Bertone, the car was first revealed at the 1963 Geneva Motor Show. Its styling shows that many car companies took notice and incorporated some of its design language into their future models.

Handled by RM Auctions house, this one of a kind Lamborghini is a fully functioning vehicle. It features a 3.0-liter, V8 engine (as found in the Silhouette from that era) which produces 260 hp. Power is sent to the rear-wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox.

Maserati‘s newest sedan, rumored to be a smaller model comparable to a BMW 5-Series in size, will be built in Italy, after a deal was struck between an Italian labor union and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne.

It may look long and sleek like a full sized luxury saloon, but that is just a part of this concept car’s appeal. Stretching no further than the length of a BMW 3 Series, the Jaguar B99 Concept by design-house Bertone is believed to be a glimpse at what Jaguar is planning as a successor to the failed X-Type.

Famed design house Bertone, of Lamborghini and Alfa Romeo fame, has given Jaguar a hint of Italian flair with the B 99 concept. Slated to be unveiled at Geneva, advance pictures have leaked and given us an idea of what it’ll look like.

The B 99 is what Bertone believes a modern Jaguar should look like, complementing the dramatic lines of the XF and new XJ, with a long, flowing hood and arrow-straight lines. The leaping cat is back in its rightful place on the hood as well, and the ovoid grille suggests the XK and its sporting ancestors.

Rumors from Coventry suggest that Jaguar is preparing a rival to the BMW 3-Series, and while there’s not much known about the extent of the collaboration between Bertone and Jaguar, this could foreshadow that upcoming car.

Click the jump for another picture of what will undoubtedly be one of the showstoppers of the Geneva show.

[Source: Autoblog]