In the early 1950's, Italian automobile coachwork and design company, Carrozzeria Bertone set out to create three unique prototype vehicles known as the Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica cars, or the 'B.A.T' cars. These three cars, which were all designed by Italian automobile coachwork designer, Franco Scaglione, demonstrated unprecedented aerodynamics, and incredibly futuristic designs.

Starting with the first 'B.A.T' car, the Alfa Romeo Berlina Aerodinamica Tecnica 5, chassis AR1900 01396. This dark gray car was fabricated in 1953, and was followed by the light-blue colored Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 7 of 1954 (chassis AR1900C 01485), and finally, the silver Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 9d of 1955 (chassis AR1900 1600), the final car of this series.