The Chevrolet Testudo is a Berlinetta from Chevrolet, built from 1963, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: 145 cuin H6. Giorgetto Giugiaro at Bertone drew it.
How it came about
The Chevrolet Testudo is a concept car built by Bertone on a modified Chevrolet Corvair Monza platform. The name comes from the Latin word for "Turtle". The car debuted at the 1963 Geneva Motor Show.
The hardware
Power comes from 145 cuin H6. It weighs 1980 lb. It shifts through a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine hangs behind the rear axle, a layout that gives ferocious traction out of a corner and a reputation to match on the way in. The wheelbase is 2400 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Maserati Quattroporte, the Buick Riviera, the Pontiac GTO — show what else the money bought that year. Its Chevrolet stablemates include the Chevrolet Adra and the Chevrolet C-10.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Chevrolet Testudo — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.