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“To meet the requirements of the engineering department,
the design itself was heavily compromised,” believed
Gandini. An interesting case in point, the Spicup was an
Bertone soon thereafter.
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After doing the rounds of the motor shows, the Spicup
was sold off to a dealer in Dusseldorf, who in turn sold it
engineering department-led initiative, unlike most of the
other projects, which were, most often, led by the design
department. Apparently, the fallout over differences in
approach led to the exit of Cingolani from Carrozzeria
through Bonhams in 2011.
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to a Dutch gentleman who used the car on a regular basis,
until it was ‘rediscovered’ by famous Belgian automotive
concessionaire and enthusiast, the late Roland D’Ieteren.
He had the car restored in Italy and then auctioned off
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 (THIS COLUMN) If the project had progressed to series
production, these light sketches by Marcello Gandini offer a
glimpse of what the BMW roadster might have looked like.
MARCELLO GANDINI ARCHIVES
 AND  (LEFT) The color combination was very striking with
the interiors complementing the green of the exterior. COURTESY
ROLAND D’IETEREN (ABOVE) AND XAVIER DE NOMBEL (LEFT)
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