Marcello Gandini
Marcello Gandini (26 August 1938 – 13 March 2024) was an Italian automotive designer mostly famous of Lamborghini sports cars designing.
Marcello Gandini | |
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| File:1969 Autobianchi A112 Runabout e Marcello Gandini.jpg Gandini and the Autobianchi A112 Runabout, 1969 | |
| Born | 26 August 1938 |
| Died | 13 March 2024 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Automobile designer |
| Known for | Lamborghini 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]
Marcello Gandini Media
- 1977 Bertone designs.jpg
A lineup of Bertone designs from the 1960s and 1970s, most of which Gandini designed
- Arese Museo Storico Alfa Romeo 1968 Carabo 3.jpg
1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo concept
- 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S, front left - Greenwich 2021.jpg
1969 Lamborghini Miura S
- 1970 BMW Garmisch Concept.jpg
1970 BMW 2002ti Garmisch concept
- Lancia Stratos Zero (7522598642).jpg
1970 Lancia Stratos Zero concept
- BMW 528 (E12) – Frontansicht, 22. August 2013, Münster.jpg
1972 BMW 5 Series (1st generation)
- 1974 Lancia Stratos Stradale at Greenwich 2021, front left.jpg
1974 Lancia Stratos Stradale (chassis no. 001656) on display at the 2021 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance. Belongs to the same happy person who owns the ex-Toivonen Delta S4 Corse. First registered in Turin in 1976; hence registered as a '76 with the state of New York.
- Countach Scherentueren.jpg
- Maserati Khamsin.jpg
Maserati Khamsin
References
- ↑ "Marcello Gandini - Car Designer". Automobile Magazine. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "The Lancia Sibilo Was Nuts Even By 1970s Concept Car Standards". Jalopnik. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ↑ "Celebrating the Lamborghini Countach – the supercar that fell to Earth". www.classicdriver.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ↑ 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.