GIORGETTO GIUGIARO

'Giorgetto Giugiaro' (August 7, 1938) is an Italian automobile designer. He was born in Garessio, province of Cuneo (Piedmont).
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.
In addition to designing cars at least one Bontempi keyboard, the ''Minstrel'', had a Giugiaro-designed case. He has designed camera bodies for Nikon, an unused proposal for a next generation Macintosh for Apple, as well as a new pasta shape.^[1]

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Design studios

Notable designs

Notes

External links

Design studios

★ Bertone (1960 - 1965)

★ Ghia (1966 - 1968)

★ Italdesign Giugiaro (1969 - 1997)

Notable designs

★ Alfa Romeo ★ ★ Alfasud (1972) ★ ★ Brera (2002) ★ ★ Alfetta GT/GTV (1974) ★ ★ 159 / 159 SW (2006) ★ 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 hatchback (2002) ★ ★ Daewoo Lacetti hatchback (2004) ★ Ducati ★ ★ Ducati 860GT motorcycle (1975) ★ 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) ★ Ford ★ ★ Ford Mustang Giugiaro (2006) ★ Gordon-Keeble GT (1960) ★ Hyundai ★ ★ Pony (1974) ★ ★ Excel (1985) ★ ★ Sonata (1988) ★ ★ Stellar (1982) ★ Iso Rivolta ★ ★ Iso Grifo (1963) ★ ★ Iso Fidia ★ Isuzu ★ ★ 117 Coupe (1968) ★ ★ Piazza (1981)

★ Lamborghini ★ ★ Marco Polo ★ ★ Cala (1995) ★ Lancia ★ ★ Delta (1979) ★ ★ Prisma (1982) ★ ★ Thema (1984) ★ Lexus GS (1993) ★ Lotus Esprit (1972) ★ Maserati ★ ★ Bora (1971) ★ ★ Ghibli (1966) ★ ★ Merak (1972) ★ ★ Maserati Quattroporte (1976) ★ ★ 3200GT ★ ★ Maserati 4200 Coupe (2002) ★ ★ Maserati Spyder (2002) ★ Nikon ★ ★ Nikon F3 ★ ★ Nikon F4 ★ ★ Nikon F5 ★ ★ Nikon F6 ★ ★ Nikon D3 ★ Renault ★ ★ 19 (1988) ★ ★ 21 (1986) ★ Saab 9000 (1984) ★ SEAT ★ ★ Córdoba (1993) ★ ★ Ibiza (1984) ★ ★ Ibiza (1993) ★ ★ Málaga (1985) ★ ★ Toledo (1991) ★ ★ Toledo (1998) ★ Subaru SVX (1991) ★ Suzuki ★ ★ Suzuki SX4 saloon ★ Toyota ★ ★ Toyota Volta ★ Volkswagen ★ ★ Golf (1974) ★ ★ Passat (1973) ★ ★ Scirocco (1974) ★ ★ Pointer (1980) ★ ★ W12 Coupe & Roadster (1997) ★ Zastava ★ ★ Yugo ★ ★ Florida ★ Zhonghua ★ ★ Zhonghua M1/Zhonghua Zunchi (2005)

Giugiaro also created the first multi-purpose vehicle in 1978, the Lancia Megagamma,^[2] which inspired the Nissan Prairie, the first MPV to achieve mass sales.

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External links

★ Bontempi Minstrel

★ Italdesign, Giugiaro's industrial design group