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arzo, Bertone non presentò      ished car, but a style maquette, lacking the mechanics,
 aquette di stile, priva della   but complete with every other detail. Building of the
 i ogni particolare. La Nuccio   Nuccio “proper”, based on the chassis and mechanics
dalla base meccanica e telai-    of a 2006 Ferrari 430 F1, was completed in time for it
 el 2006, è stata terminata in   to be shown at the next auto salon, in Bejing, which
 al successivo salone, quello    opened on the following 24th April. The Nuccio and
  24 aprile. A prima vista as-   its maquette, at first glance identical, differ only in the
Nuccio e la sua maquette di      lighting system: the completed car is equipped with
 ferenza nell’impianto di illu-  conventional headlights in addition to the LED strip
otata di fari convenzionali in   present on the maquette. By express request of Fer-
ed mostrata dalla maquette.      rari, a long-time user of Pininfarina bodywork, Bertone
 errari, storicamente legata     had to cover up all the prancing horse logos present on
  Bertone ha dovuto coprire      the mechanical parts used, and even today the word
 mpante presenti sulle parti     Ferrari written on the engine valve covers and exhaust
ncora oggi, le scritte Ferrari   terminal is covered with aluminum sheets. After being
 el motore e sul terminale di    exhibited in China, the Nuccio was presented to the
fogli di alluminio. Dopo es-     American market at the Concorso Italiano in Monterey
 la Nuccio è stata portata al    (CA), where it was assigned two awards for its contri-
 rey (CA) per la presentazio-    bution to automotive design. After returning to Europe
 , in quell’occasione le sono    and appearing a few more times at special events, at

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