Giorgetto Giugiaro

From WOI Encyclopedia Italia

Giorgetto Giugiaro (born 7 August, 1938) is an Italian car designer, one of the most influential and prolific ever. He initiated the "folded paper" era of the 1970s where the cars were designed with straight lines and sharp edges. As well as a number of supercars, he is responsible for the design of some of the most popular everyday vehicles to grace our streets.

Giugiaro has worked for a number of design studios:

• Bertone (1960 - 1965)
• Ghia (1966 - 1968)
• Italdesign Giugiaro (1969 - 1997)

Some of the notable designs he created include:

Contents 1 Alfa Romeo 2 Bugatti Automobiles SAS 3 Ferrari 4 Fiat 5 Lamborghini 6 Lancia 7 Maserati 8 Others 9 External links

Alfa Romeo

• Alfasud (1972)
• Brera (2002)

Bugatti Automobiles SAS

• Bugatti EB 118 (1998)
• Bugatti EB 218 (1999)
• Bugatti 18/3 Chiron (1999)

Ferrari

• 250 GT Bertone

Fiat

• Panda (1980)
• Punto
• Uno (1983)
• 850 Spider
• Dino
• Palio/Siena (2001-2004)

Lamborghini

• Marco Polo

Lancia

• Delta (1979)

Maserati

• Bora
• Ghibli
• Merak

Others

• Premier (1988)
• 80 (1976)
• De Lorean DMC-12 (1981)
• Daewoo Matiz (1997)
• Daewoo Leganza (1997)
• Daewoo Magnus (2000 and 2003)
• Daewoo Kalos (2002)
• Daewoo Lacetti (2004)
• Gordon Keeble GT (1960)
• Pony (1974)
• 117 Coupe (1968)
• Piazza (1981)
• Esprit (1973)
• 19
• 21
• Saab 9000 (1984)
• Ibiza (1986)
• SVX (1991)
• Golf (1974)
• Passat (1973)
• Polo
• Scirocco
• Florida

Giugiaro also created the first MPV in 1978, the Lancia Megagamma, which inspired the Nissan Prairie, the first MPV to achieve mass sales.

In addition to designing cars at least one Bontempi keyboard, the Minstrel, had a Giugiaro-designed case. This is indicated by the embossed label on the underside of the keyboard, which reads:

"Design Giugiaro Made in Italy - Fabriqué in Italie by-par BONTEMPI Potenza Picena (MC)"

External links

• Bontempi Minstrel

Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A.

Abarth: Abarth 1600 1969 Alfa Romeo: Visconti 2004 | Brera 2002 | Schighera GT 1997 | Schighera 1997 | New York Taxi 1976 | Caimano 1971 | Iguana 1969 Bugatti: Bugatti 18/3 Chiron 1999 | Bugatti EB 218 1999 | Bugatti EB 118 1998 | Bugatti EB 112 1993 | Bugatti ID 90 1990 Ferrari: Ferrari GG50 2005 Fiat: Cinquecento Lucciola 1993 | Panda 4X4 Offroader 1980 | Panda 4X4 Strip 1980 Lamborghini: Cala 1995 | Marco Polo 1982 Lancia: Lancia Orca 1982 | Lancia Medusa 1980 | Lancia Megagamma 1978 Maserati: Maserati Buran 2000 | Maserati 2plus2 Coupé 1974 | Maserati Boomerang 1972 AMX: AMX/3

Italian automobile designers

Carlo Abarth | Giulio Alfieri | Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni | Giovanni Bertone | Nuccio Bertone | Flaminio Bertoni | Giotto Bizzarrini | Mario Boano | Aldo Brovarone | Giuseppe Busso | Jason Castriota | Donato Coco | Sergio Coggiola | Gioacchino Colombo | Valerio Colotti | Aldo Costa | Walter de'Silva | Medardo Fantuzzi | Battista Farina | Alfredo Ferrari | Leonardo Fioravanti | Pietro Frua | Marcello Gandini | Giacinto Ghia | Dante Giacosa | Giorgetto Giugiaro | Vittorio Jano | Aurelio Lampredi | Paolo Martin | Alberto Massimino | Giuseppe Merosi | Giovanni Michelotti | Enrico Nardi | Emanuele Nicosia | Sergio Pininfarina | Orazio Satta Puliga | Nicola Romeo | Bruno Sacco | Franco Scaglione | Luigi Segre | Ercole Spada | Ugo Zagato