The Bertone BG110 is the world’s first hypercar “supplied with fuel made from plastic waste.”

The Bertone name is legendary in the realm of performance automobiles—the Alfa Romeo Montreal, the Lamborghini Countach and the Miura were all shaped by the Italian coachbuilder before it folded in 2014 after over a century of business. Now under new ownership, Bertone is staging a comeback with a bold hi-po hypercar featuring ambitious fuel tech to match.

Owners Mauro and Jean Franck Ricci, founders of a globally successful engineering consultancy, are revitalizing the Bertone name with a mid-engined supe called the GB110. Predicted performance specs include 1,100 horsepower, zero to 62 mph in 2.79 seconds, and a top end in excess of 236 mph—all on fuel made from plastic waste in partnership with “Advanced Plastic to Fuel Technology” specialists Select Fuel.

“We believe that de-pollution will require different solutions with combinations of technologies. Plastic waste needs to be treated as a valuable resource. Through our partnership with Select Fuel we take
what was once waste and convert it back into its original form” CEO Jean-Franck Ricci said in a statement.

Details are currently vague, but based on a stated “development of chassis based on components from a German manufacturer” and the inclusion of door handles and mirrors from the Lamborghini Huracan, Road and Track posits…