Would You Pay $2.1 Million for a New Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa?

• Bizzarrini has built 24 recreations of its famous 5300 GT Corsa from 1965 Le Mans, most sold in Europe. Now the car is coming to the US on a grand tour that will start at Monterey.

• Like the original, the Corsa Revival is powered by a 327 small-block Chevy V8, this one making 400 hp.

• Price is $2.1 million at current exchange rates.

When you think of the great Italian carmakers who made the coolest Italian sports cars, you immediately think of Ferrari and Lamborghini, men who put their own names on the factory sign and on the cars they made. But there was one other name that is less familiar: Bizzarrini.

Engineer and designer Giotto Bizzarrini was truly one of the great minds of racing and sports car history. His influence was felt on some of the most significant cars ever made, from the Ferrari GTO to the Lamborghini Miura. He was instrumental in building both the Testarossa V12 at Ferrari and the V12 engine that Lamborghini continued to use in one form or another up until 2010.

After he left Ferrari and Lamborghini, he started his own company. The cars he made under his own name now regularly bring half a million dollars at auction. Of those, the Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa was the greatest, winning its class at Le Mans in 1965 with beauty and elegance unmatched at the time.

Giotto Bizzarrini died earlier this year, but his company had been revived in 2020 under new owners. Those owners have announced plans for a super car called the Giotto and have been building this “revival” of the 5300 GT Corsa for the last two years in Europe.

Now the new Bizzarrini company has embarked on a tour of the US, showcasing the 5300 GT Corsa “recreation,” which consists of a single-piece composite body over a steel frame. Inside is a roll cage and fuel cell that meet FIA regulations for racing and, indeed, one of these just competed successfully at the historic race at Spa.