Bertone Removed From Vision GT Stable

bertone-vision-gt-2If you were still hopeful for the Bertone Vision Gran Turismo car to come along to GT6 despite the company’s real world problems, you’re out of luck. Eagle-eyed GTPlanet members and F5 key enthusiasts caught a refresh of the Vision GT section of the official Gran Turismo website and Bertone no longer appears there as a participating manufacturer.

This probably doesn’t come as too much of a surprise to many. The century old Gruppo Bertone encountered significant financial hardship in 2013 before eventually declaring bankruptcy in April 2014. However the image licensing rights to the brand were sold to a Milan-based company named Bertone Design with the intent to revive the famous name – Bertone has been responsible for many iconic cars including the Lamborghini Countach and Miura.

bertone-vision-gt-1While this may have lead to some hoping for the Vision GT car to be merely delayed, it seems that the inevitable has now happened and what looked to be quite a creative take on the VGT brief will now never be realised. This comes as extra disappointment as the renderings of the car you see here were themselves only revealed in March 2015, quite some time after the original company had foundered.

The troubles in Turin hadn’t escaped the notice of the Gran Turismo fan community and indeed when we were invited to speak to Kazunori Yamauchi about Vision GT last month at Goodwood we put the question of Bertone to him:

GTPlanet: What’s the current status of the Bertone VGT car?
Yamauchi: The company has gone now, so it’s really difficult. It’s really unfortunate – we had high expectations from the design.

It seems as if the question has prompted the change to the official site to reflect Bertone’s defunct status, though the marque still appears on the in-game Vision GT list. It’s likely that this will change with the next game update.

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Comments (46)

  1. celtiscorpion73

    While I like the Vision cars, it’s ok to see one drop off. As for the game, I hadn’t realized until now how far it’s progressed. I lost all my data on my hard drive and have been without internet for a few weeks. So, I’m stuck at version 1.0 until I get internet again and it’s like going to the stone age. Pretty sure any of you would appreciate the changes that have been made thus far…

  2. vette858

    Maybe this is a sign telling you that you need update the looks of standard cars so they won’t looks so terrible compared to premium cars -_- like seriously?, they look terrible THE DONT EVER HAVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AR YOU KIDDING ME? I’m still trying to keep hope for gt and it’s getting hard now

    1. Skarmory

      but kaz knows they look terrible and that’s why the semi premiums exist, it’s something. he’s expressing enough interest to at least clean them up even if they never get interiors

  3. Whitefalcon63

    Well by the look of this car they must of had an expensive drug habit that sent them broke. It’s still a shame to see them go however. And sure some of these cars may seem a little crazy but if we can send a satellite a few billion miles out to space to get a few photos of a dwarf planet surely these cars can be made possible. There’s a lot more smarter people than us working on these kind of projects.

  4. infamousphil

    The Bertone was looking to be a Deltawing Super Evolution. Maybe a version that would better help me locate where the rear tires were. What would GT do if Bertone Design contacted them about the project that they now have imaging rights to?

  5. go6

    Is this a hoax? How come they didn’t update the game if they weren’t going to include the car? I’m not saying the sources are wrong, I’m just being very hopeful that it may still come around, even if its not essentially BERTONE themselves, maybe we will at least receive a vehicle of some sort?

  6. Griffith500

    Definite loss, even if it was only I who was looking forward to it.

    I’m sure some sweatshop somewhere is knocking out an E30 or some GT3 car or other for the rest of you. :P

  7. NART512

    Not even mad Bertone left. Whatever that thing is they made doesn’t live up to the incredible designs they’ve had in the past.

  8. TheEvstar93

    I really hope they don’t remove Lamborghini from the list. That’s the one i’m most looking forward to.

  9. Monatsende

    VGT has totally changed now. I mean, a bit.

    But hard facts sometimes hurt. Bye bye, awesome looking, futuristic, Delta Wing-ish car, I wouldn`t race anyway…

  10. Oyashiro-sama

    I feel sad about Bertone going kaput, but couldn’t care less about that stupid looking batmobile VGT car. Or maybe antmobile? Don’t even know…

    1. Kovu

      I feel exactly the same way. It’s sad for Bertone. But – the car is one of those VGT concepts I’d unlock with the special seasonal event – and never touch again.

  11. binbin90

    first it was Alfa Romeo and now Bertone, it’s a bit saddening. Even though the VGT cars don’t appeal to everyone, it’s nice to see concept designs from the manufacturers themselves….

  12. Jayson619

    RIP BERTONE

    Now I’m praying that Lamborghini won’t be next! Haven’t seen any sketches and still very worried.

  13. JDmsz

    GTPlanet should of asked, ” What’s the current status of Gran Turismo 7?” Now that would of been a good response to read from him.

    1. Famine

      The invite was to interview about Vision GT. Asking questions not related to the topic you’ve been invited to interview about is a good way to not get an answer, to not get any other answers and to not get an invite again.

      So no, I shouldn’t “of” asked that.

  14. Northstar

    Good ridance, the novelty of these insane cars wore off with the Chaparral so one less is a good thing.

    1. nocturnalgrey

      Speak for yourself. VGT’s are the best thing to hit the “sim” racing genre in quite a long time.

    2. Northstar

      Once you get cars with magical laser power it stops being a sim and turns into ridge racer. I’ve liked most of the VGT cars, but this, the Chapparal, and the SRT just make me question what GT is actually trying to be.

    3. infamousphil

      As if you don’t know NorthStar… GranTurismo is an encyclopedia of automobilia first… that happens to be a really cool looking driving simulator second… that can now be shared and experienced on a global scale via the internet thirdly.

      It would be nice if all fans would enjoy the VGT cars, but when you say stuff like ‘… one less is a good thing…’ suggest no one likes it… and you wind up sounding like a spoiled little turd. I know you’re probably not but take a minute glance into the man in the mirror ;)

    4. Northstar

      Where did I say no one likes them? I just said I don’t like them. And yes, when you are trying to be an automotive encyclopedia these cars don’t help. It would be like if Websters decided to just start putting made up facts in their encyclopedias.

    5. infamousphil

      It was in response to your first post and your second post was overlooked… sorry bout dat ;)

      Possibly the first concept l was introduced to was the Mecedes-Benz C111. It appeared in the World Book Encyclopepia, circa 1969 or 71. The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry had a GM Firebird lll on display for many years. Though neither concept were producted as a whole, both served as test cars for other development such as engines, doors, suspensions, electronics… read about it ;)

      The coolest thing about PD’s VGT project is the “what if” factor. And omt… who the hell thunk of a tricycled-like prototype le Mans car?!

    1. wvmgmidget

      I now want my coffin filled with pepperoni when I die. Back on topic: this is sad news, I was really looking forward to taming this beast.

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