Giorgetto Giugiaro

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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.

[edit] Design studios

[edit] Notable designs

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 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)
- 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 4200 Coupe (2002)
- Maserati Spyder (2002)
Nikon
- Nikon F3
- Nikon F4
- Nikon F5
- Nikon F6
Renault
- 19 (1988)
- 21 (1986)
Saab 9000 (1984)
SEAT
- Córdoba (1993)
- Ibiza (1984)
- Ibiza (1993)
- Málaga (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)
Suzuki
- Suzuki SX4 saloon

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