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Barchetta near the Ponte Umbertino

Barchetta ( Italian pronunciation:  [barˈketta] ) is an Italian word commonly translated into English as "little boat". The term originally referred to a small skiff used 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-seat sports cars .

Etymology [ edit ]

Barchetta Station, Volpajola

Italian [ edit ]

The root of barchetta is barca , the Italian word for "boat". In Italian "small boat" would be piccola 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 is barchette .

French [ edit ]

In French the equivalent term is barquette . The root word barque , 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 ]

A cappello a barchetta refers to a military side cap similar to a bustina. It may also refer to an out-moded three-cornered hat somewhat similar to a tricorne with a less pronounced brim.

A tasca a barchetta or "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 ]

1949 Ferrari 166 MM barchetta

When applied to an automobile, barchetta describes 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 and convertibles .

Origins and use [ edit ]

Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina

The first car to be called a barchetta was a Ferrari 166 MM shown at the 1948 Turin Auto Show . [5] [6] The car was designed by Federico Formenti at Carrozzeria Touring . [7] Giovanni Canestrini, editor of the Italian sporting newspaper La 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 the Ferrari 212 Inter [8] and the Ferrari 250 MM Vignale . [9]

Other manufacturers began to use the name as well, such as the Maserati brothers ' O.S.C.A. MT4 barchetta of 1948, [10] the 1953 Moretti 750 barchetta, [11] and the 1966 Abarth 1000 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 1943 Stanguellini Ala d'Oro. [13]

More contemporary barchette have included the 1991 track-oriented Maserati Barchetta , [14] the Fiat Barchetta of 1995–2005, Ferrari's 2001 550 Barchetta Pininfarina built to mark Pininfarina 's 70th anniversary, [15] the 2003 Lamborghini Murciélago Barchetta Concept, that entered production under Roadster nameplate; [16] the 2001 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Barchetta recreation, [17] the 2007 Bertone Barchetta Concept [18] and the 2018 Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta .

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Icasiano III, Aurelio (6 September 2018). "The unbreakable connection between Naples and the suits it makes" . news.abs-cbn.com .
  2. ^ a b Haajanen, Lennart W. Illustrated Dictionary of Automobile Body Styles . McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, and London. ISBN   978-0-7864-3737-5 .
  3. ^ "Ferrari's Race Cars: An Exclusive Exhibition In Padua" . autoemotodepoca.com . 16 October 2019.
  4. ^ "The Roadster: Siata 208S" . robbreport.com . 17 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b Anderloni, Carlo Felice Bianchi (April 1998). "BARCHETTA...A MYTH" (PDF) . Registro Internationale Touring Superleggera magazine .
  6. ^ a b Davis Jr., David E. (March 2002). "Ferrari's Dreamboat" (PDF) . Automobile Magazine .
  7. ^ "Il Designer Dimenticato" . driventowrite.com . Retrieved 15 December 2020 .
  8. ^ Ahlgrim, Steve (October 2015). "1952 Ferrari 212 Export Barchetta" . www.sportscarmarket.com .
  9. ^ Zal, Pawel. "1952 Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Barchetta" . www.automobile-catalog.com .
  10. ^ "Part 80: O.S.C.A." www.italiantribune.com . 16 November 2017.
  11. ^ "La Storia Della Moretti" [The History of Moretti]. www.automoretti.com .
  12. ^ D., Nick (20 April 2016). "1966 Fiat Abarth 1000 SP" . www.supercars.net .
  13. ^ "The flight of the Stanguellini "Ala d'Oro" " . www.italianways.com .
  14. ^ "Barchetta" . www.maserati.com .
  15. ^ Kacher, Georg (1 September 2001). "2002 Ferrari 550 Barchetta" . www.automobilemag.com .
  16. ^ "Lamborghini Murciélago Barchetta" . www.caranddriver.com . 1 February 2004.
  17. ^ D., Nick (23 April 2016). "2001 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Barchetta" . www.supercars.net .
  18. ^ Cole Smith, Steven (1 March 2007). "Bertone Barchetta Concept" . www.caranddriver.com .

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