Marcello Gandini

Marcello Gandini (26 August 1938 – 13 March 2024) was an Italian automotive designer mostly famous of Lamborghini sports cars designing.

Marcello Gandini
1969 Autobianchi A112 Runabout e Marcello Gandini.jpg
Gandini and the Autobianchi A112 Runabout, 1969
Born(1938-08-26)26 August 1938
Died13 March 2024(2024-03-13) (aged 85)
NationalityItalian
OccupationAutomobile designer
Known forLamborghini Countach

Biography

He was born in Turin, in the family of a wealthy aristocrat. The father owned a pharmaceutical company.

After graduating from school, he started setting up sports cars. In the early sixties, he became acquainted with Nuccio Bertone, who later offered him to work with a designer in the car studio Bertone. In 1980, he left Bertone to start his freelance designer's career. Since 1990, he works only in small projects.[1]

He designed Lamborghini Miura and Countach (1973),[2] Fiat X1/9, BMW 5 Series, Lancia Stratos and many others.[3][4]

Gandini died on 13 March 2024, at the age of 85.[5]

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References

  1. "Marcello Gandini - Car Designer". Automobile Magazine. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. Banks, Nargess (2021-06-14). "Livro revela os carros preferidos dos colecionadores: Ferraris, Bugattis e Lamborghinis raros e exóticos estão na lista". Forbes Brasil. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  3. "The Lancia Sibilo Was Nuts Even By 1970s Concept Car Standards". Jalopnik. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  4. "Celebrating the Lamborghini Countach – the supercar that fell to Earth". www.classicdriver.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  5. Addio a Marcello Gandini, disegnò le Lamborghini più belle. La Repubblica. 13 March 2024. https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/03/13/news/marcello_gandini_morto_designer_lamborghini-422305078/. Retrieved 13 March 2024. 

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