The A3C GT Strada was the most successful product of the Bizzarrini

Bizzarrini

Bizzarrini S.p.A. was an automotive manufacturer in the 1960s. Founded by former Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and ISO engineer, Giotto Bizzarrini, the company built a small number of highly developed and advanced sport and racing automobiles before failing in 1969....

 automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

 manufacturer in the 1960s.

Designed in 1963, the Strada was launched in 1965. It was similar in concept to the Iso Grifo, also designed by Giotto Bizzarrini

Giotto Bizzarrini

Giotto Bizzarrini is an Italian automobile engineer active from the 1950s through 1970s....

, and even used the Grifo name while in the planning stage. It was later sold as the 5300 GT.

The Strada was powered by a Chevrolet Small-Block engine

Chevrolet Small-Block engine

The Chevrolet small-block engine is a series of automobile V8 engines built by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors using the same basic small engine block...

 displacing 5358 cc and producing 365 hp (272 kW). A four-speed manual transmission

Manual transmission

A manual transmission, also known as a manual gearbox or standard transmission is a type of transmission used in motor vehicle applications...

, de Dion tube

De Dion tube

A de Dion tube is an automobile suspension technology. It is a sophisticated form of non-independent suspension and is a considerable improvement over the alternative swing axle and Hotchkiss drive types. A de Dion suspension uses universal joints at both the wheel hubs and differential, and uses a...

 rear suspension, and limited slip differential

Limited slip differential

A limited slip differential is a type of differential gear arrangement that allows for some difference in angular velocity of the output shafts, but imposes a mechanical bound on the disparity...

 were also used. The aluminum body, designed by Bertone, was a 2-seater. A single spyder

Roadster

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version was also built.

In the end, 133 examples were produced from 1965 through 1969.