Barchetta
Barchetta(Italian pronunciation:[barˈketta]) is anItalianword commonly translated into English as "little boat". The term originally referred to a smallskiffused for recreational purposes. It is also applied to some items of clothing, as well as being used in automobile styling, where it describes a class of open-top, two-seatsports cars.
Etymology[edit]
Italian[edit]
The root of barchetta isbarca,the Italian word for "boat". In Italian "small boat" would bepiccola barca.
The use of the diminutive suffix-etta,the feminine form of-etto,confers the sense of something small or tiny with a connotation of endearment or affection towards the object.
The plural form of barchetta isbarchette.
French[edit]
In French the equivalent term isbarquette.The root wordbarque,which in French refers to a boat with three or more masts, is combined with the diminutive suffix-ette.In common use, barquette may refer to a shallow container or tray. Its use when describing an automobile is similar to that of the Italian term.
Clothing[edit]
Acappello a barchettarefers to a militaryside capsimilar to a bustina. It may also refer to an out-moded three-cornered hat somewhat similar to atricornewith a less pronounced brim.
Atasca a barchettaor "barchetta pocket" refers to a breast pocket in a men's suit jacket or blazer cut and trimmed in the curved shape of a boat.[1]
Automobiles[edit]
Description[edit]
When applied to an automobile,barchettadescribes a small car that is open-topped, without provision of a removable or foldable top for weather protection.[2][3]Instead of a full windshield, the barchetta has a low-rise transparent wind deflector that may be a single full width piece, be divided into two sections, or omitted entirely. With an emphasis on performance, unnecessary trim and equipment is kept to a minimum.
The barchetta has full-width enveloping bodywork, in contrast to an early spider corsa, which may have cycle or wing fenders.[2]Later (non-corsa) spiders added more heavily padded seats, interior carpeting and a full windshield, items not found in the more spartan barchette.[4]Some later cars still called barchette were more well-appointed, following the trend of the later spiders andconvertibles.
Origins and use[edit]
The first car to be called a barchetta was aFerrari 166 MMshown at the 1948Turin Auto Show.[5][6]The car was designed by Federico Formenti atCarrozzeria Touring.[7]Giovanni Canestrini, editor of the Italian sporting newspaperLa Gazzetta dello Sport,applied the term to describe the new car's original bodystyle.[6]The name barchetta has been associated with the open 166MM model ever since.[5]
Ferrari built other models also called barchetta, including versions of theFerrari 212 Inter[8]and theFerrari 250 MMVignale.[9]
Other manufacturers began to use the name as well, such as theMaserati brothers'O.S.C.A. MT4barchetta of 1948,[10]the 1953Moretti750 barchetta,[11]and the 1966Abarth1000 SP racing barchetta.[12]
The label was also applied retroactively to cars that had been built before the launch of the Ferrari 166MM, such as the 1943StanguelliniAla d'Oro.[13]
More contemporary barchette have included the 1991 track-orientedMaserati Barchetta,[14]theFiat Barchettaof 1995–2005, Ferrari's 2001550 Barchetta Pininfarinabuilt to markPininfarina's 70th anniversary,[15]the 2003Lamborghini MurciélagoBarchetta Concept, that entered production under Roadster nameplate;[16]the 2001Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato Barchetta recreation,[17]the 2007BertoneBarchetta Concept[18]and the 2018Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta.
References[edit]
- ^Icasiano III, Aurelio (6 September 2018)."The unbreakable connection between Naples and the suits it makes".news.abs-cbn.com.
- ^abHaajanen, Lennart W.Illustrated Dictionary of Automobile Body Styles.McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, and London.ISBN978-0-7864-3737-5.
- ^"Ferrari's Race Cars: An Exclusive Exhibition In Padua".autoemotodepoca.com.16 October 2019.
- ^"The Roadster: Siata 208S".robbreport.com.17 September 2019.
- ^abAnderloni, Carlo Felice Bianchi (April 1998)."BARCHETTA...A MYTH"(PDF).Registro Internationale Touring Superleggera magazine.
- ^abDavis Jr., David E. (March 2002)."Ferrari's Dreamboat"(PDF).Automobile Magazine.
- ^"Il Designer Dimenticato".driventowrite.com.Retrieved15 December2020.
- ^Ahlgrim, Steve (October 2015)."1952 Ferrari 212 Export Barchetta".www.sportscarmarket.com.
- ^Zal, Pawel."1952 Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Barchetta".www.automobile-catalog.com.
- ^"Part 80: O.S.C.A."www.italiantribune.com.16 November 2017.
- ^"La Storia Della Moretti"[The History of Moretti].www.automoretti.com.
- ^D., Nick (20 April 2016)."1966 Fiat Abarth 1000 SP".www.supercars.net.
- ^"The flight of the Stanguellini" Ala d'Oro "".www.italianways.com.
- ^"Barchetta".www.maserati.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2021-08-04.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Kacher, Georg (1 September 2001)."2002 Ferrari 550 Barchetta".www.automobilemag.com.
- ^"Lamborghini Murciélago Barchetta".www.caranddriver.com.1 February 2004.
- ^D., Nick (23 April 2016)."2001 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Barchetta".www.supercars.net.
- ^Cole Smith, Steven (1 March 2007)."Bertone Barchetta Concept".www.caranddriver.com.
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