The teardrop silhouette achieved a drag coefficient of 0.36 — a figure that went unmatched by any production car for three decades.
Hydropneumatic spheres replaced steel springs, maintaining a constant ride height regardless of passenger count or cargo weight.
The one-spoke steering wheel kept the instrument cluster fully visible, turning driver visibility into an act of deliberate design.
Bertoni sculpted each aluminium panel so reflected light travels in unbroken streams from nose to tail, defining shape without a single hard edge.