by Gauk
Tue, Nov 1, 2016 10:50 PM

Giorgetto Giugiaro (born 7 August 1938) is probably Italy's most famous automobile designer.

He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was born in Garessio, Cuneo, Piedmont.

Giugiaro was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002.

In addition to cars, Giugiaro designed camera bodies for Nikon, computer prototypes for Apple, Navigation promenade of Porto Santo Stefano and even developed a new pasta shape "Marille", as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation.

Giugaro's earliest cars featured tautly arched shapes, such as the Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Bertone, De Tomaso Mangusta, Iso Grifo, and Maserati Ghibli. However, as the 1970s approached, Giugiaro's designs became increasingly angular, culminating in the "folded paper" era of the 1970s. Straight-lined designs such as the BMW M1, Maserati Bora, and Maserati Merak followed before a softer approach returned in the Calà, Maserati Spyder, and Ferrari GG50.

Studios

  • Bertone (1960–1965)
  • Ghia (1966–1968)
  • Italdesign Giugiaro (1968–2015)
  • GFG Progetti (2015-)

Notable designs

  • Alfa Romeo
    • 2600 Sprint (1961)
    • Giulia Sprint GT/GTV (1963)[6]
    • Canguro concept car (1964)
    • Iguana concept car (1968)
    • Caimano concept car (1971)
    • Alfasud (1972)
    • Alfetta GT/GTV (1974)
    • Sprint (1976)
    • Brera concept car (2002)
    • 156 facelift second series (2003)
    • Visconti concept car (2004)
    • 159/159 SW (2005)
    • Brera (2005)
  • American Motors
    • Eagle Premier (1987) [7]
  • ASA
    • 1000 GT (1962)
  • Aston Martin
    • DB4 GT Bertone 'Jet' (1961)
  • Audi
    • 80 (1978)[5]
  • BMW
    • 3200 CS (1961)
    • BMW Spicup concept car (1969) [8]
    • M1 (1977)
    • Nazca M12 concept car (1991)
    • Nazca C2 concept car (1992)
    • Nazca C2 Spider concept car (1993)
    • M1 Homage Concept (2008)
  • Bugatti
    • EB 118 (1998)
    • EB 218 (1999)
  • Buick
    • Park Avenue Ultra (1989-1990 interior seating)
  • Cadillac
    • Sixty Special (1989-1993 interior seating)
  • Daewoo
    • Lanos (1996)
    • Matiz (1997)
      (former Fiat Cinquecento Lucciola design study)
    • Leganza (1997)
    • Magnus (2000 and 2003)
    • Kalos hatchback (2002)
    • Lacetti hatchback (2004)
  • De Tomaso Mangusta (1966)
  • DeLorean Motor Company
    • DMC-12 (1981)
  • Ferrari
    • 250 GT SWB Bertone (1960)[6]
    • Ferrari GG50 (2005)
  • Fiat
    • 850 Spider (1965)
    • Dino Coupé (1967)
    • Panda (1980)[5]
    • Uno (1983)
    • Croma (1985)
    • Punto (1993)[5]
    • Palio/Siena (2001)
    • Croma (2005)
    • Grande Punto (2005)
    • Sedici (2005)
  • Ford
    • Ford Mustang concept car (1966, 2006)[9]
  • GreenTech Automotive (2008)
    • MyCar NEV
  • FSO
    • Polonez (1978)
  • Gordon-Keeble
    • GT (1960)
  • Hyundai
    • Pony (1974)
    • Excel (1985)
    • Sonata (1988)
    • Stellar (1982)
  • GreenTech Automotive
    • GreenTech MyCar (2003)[10]
  • Iso Rivolta
    • Rivolta IR 300 (1961)
    • Grifo (1963)[6]
    • Fidia (1967)
  • Isuzu
    • 117 Coupe (1968)
    • Piazza/Impulse (1981)
  • Italdesign
    • Aztec concept car (1988)
    • Quaranta concept car (2008)
  • Lamborghini
    • Marco Polo concept car (1982)
    • Calà concept car (1995)
  • Lancia
    • Megagamma concept car (1978)[11]
    • Delta (1979)
    • Prisma (1982)
    • Thema (1984)
  • Lexus
    • GS (1993)
  • Lotus
    • Esprit (1972)
    • Etna concept car (1984)
  • Maserati
    • Ghibli (1966)
    • Bora (1971)
    • Merak (1972)
    • Quattroporte (1976)
    • 3200 GT (1998)
    • Maserati 4200 Coupé (2002)
    • Spyder (2002)
  • Mazda
    • Mazda Familia (1963)
    • Mazda Luce (1965)
  • Porsche
    • Tapiro concept car (1970)
  • Proton Emas concept car (2010)
  • Renault
    • 21 (1986) [12]
    • 19 (1988) [13]
  • Saab
    • 600 (1980)
    • 9000 (1984)
  • SEAT
    • Ibiza (1984)
    • Málaga (1985)
    • Proto T & TL concept car (1989-1990)
    • Proto C concept car (1990)
    • Toledo (1991)
    • Córdoba (1993)
    • Ibiza (1993)
    • Toledo (1998)
  • Simca
    • Simca 1000 Coupé (1962)
    • Simca 1200S (1967)
  • Skoda 720 concept car (1972)[14]
  • SsangYong
    • Korando (2010)
  • Subaru
    • Alcyone SVX (1991)
  • Suzuki
    • Cervo (1977–1982)
    • Carry (1969)
    • SX4 (2006)
  • Toyota
    • Alessandro Volta concept car (2004)
  • Volkswagen
    • Karman Ghia convertible (1965 prototype)
    • Passat (1973)
    • Golf (1974)[5]
    • Scirocco (1974)
    • Jetta (1979)
    • W12 Coupe & Roadster concept cars (1997)
  • Zastava
    • Yugo
    • Florida (1988)
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