Giorgetto Giugiaro

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Giorgetto Giugiaro

Giorgetto Giugiaro (August 7, 1938) is an Italian car designer. 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 driven today.

Giugiaro was the winner of the award of Car Designer of the Century in 1999.

Giugiaro has worked for a number of design studios:

Some of the notable designs he created include:

Alfa Romeo
* Alfasud (1972)
* Brera (2002)
* Alfetta GT/GTV (1974)
AMC
*Renault Premier (1988)
Audi
* Audi 80 (1978)
BMW AG
* BMW M1 (1977)
* BMW Nazca C2/M12 (1991)
* BMW 3200 CS (1961)
Bugatti Automobiles SAS
* Bugatti EB 118 (1998)
* Bugatti EB 218 (1999)
* Bugatti 18/3 Chiron (1999)
De Tomaso Mangusta (1966)
De Lorean DMC-12 (1981)
Daewoo Motors
*Daewoo Matiz (1997) (former Fiat Cinquecento Lucciola design study)
*Daewoo Leganza (1997)
*Daewoo Magnus (2000 and 2003)
*Daewoo Kalos (2002)
*Daewoo Lacetti (2004)
Ferrari
*250 GT Bertone
*Ferrari GG50 (2005)
Fiat
*Croma (1985)
*Croma (2005)
*Sedici (2005)
*Panda (1980)
*Punto (1993)
*Uno (1983)
*850 Spider
*Dino (1967)
*Palio/Siena (2001-2004)
*Grande Punto (2005)
Gordon Keeble GT (1960)
Hyundai
*Pony (1974)
*Sonata (1988)
*Stellar (1982)
Isuzu
*117 Coupe (1968)
*Piazza (1981)
Lamborghini
*Marco Polo
*Cala (1995)
Lancia
*Delta (1979)
*Prisma (1982)
*Thema (1984)
Lexus GS (1993)
Lotus Esprit (1973)
Maserati
*Bora (1971)
*Ghibli (1966)
*Merak (1972)
*Maserati Quattroporte (1976)
*3200GT
*Maserati Coupe (2002)
*Maserati Spyder (2002)
Renault
*19 (1988)
*21 (1986)
Saab 9000 (1984)
SEAT
*Cordoba (1993)
*Ibiza (1984)
*Ibiza (1993)
*Malaga (1985)
*Toledo (1991)
*Toledo (1998)
Subaru SVX (1991)
Volkswagen
*Golf (1974)
*Passat (1973)
*Scirocco (1974)
*W12 Coupe & Roadster (1997)
Zastava Yugo
*Florida
Zhonghua
*Zhonghua M1/Zhonghua Zunchi (2005)

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] - is Giugiaro's industrial design group

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