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20 Italian Sports Cars With American V8 Engines

20. Bertone Mantide

Italy loves the Corvette, so over the years, many Italian design houses have produced a version of America’s favorite sports car. And one of the latest is the strange but fast Bertone Mantide. Debuting in 2009, the Mantide is a complete redesign of the Corvette ZR1.

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Photo Credit: GM

It retains all the mechanics, drivetrain and engine, but on a new, lighter and more aerodynamically efficient body. This means the Mantide has a 6.2-liter supercharged V8 delivering 647 HP and slightly better performance numbers. The planned production was 10 examples, but it is unclear exactly how many they actually produced.

Written by
Vukasin Herbez
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