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Giovanni Michelotti (6 October 1921 – 23 January 1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. His notable contributions were for Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati and Triumph marques.
Oct 15, 2014 · His first commission as an independent designer was a body for a variant based on the Ferrari 166, which would become just the first of many Ferraris he penned throughout his career. Throughout the 1950s, he would work on designs for Maserati, Lancia, and Alfa Romeo as well.
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Jul 21, 2021 · By some accounts, Michelotti has designed 192 Ferrari models throughout his career. Micheletto's fame was growing. In the mid-1950s, he created the A106 sports coupe for the small company Alpine.
Among the legendary sports cars designed by Michelotti in Italy are the Ferrari 166 MM and the Maserati Sebring. In Britain he was responsible for many successful Triumphs, including the famous Spitfire, Stag and TR4. He also designed buses and trucks for British Leyland.
Giovanni Michelotti (6 de outubro de 1921 - 23 de janeiro de 1980 [ 1] ) foi um dos mais reconhecidos e produtivos designers de carros esportivos do século XX. Suas contribuições notáveis foram para as marcas Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati e Triumph Motor Company.
Sep 23, 2018 · He also collaborated with Vignale on the Ferrari 212 Export spyder during the same time frame. Michelotti had a busy four-year tenure that saw him as nearly the sole designer of bodywork at Ghia-Aigle, beginning in 1953. His one-off spider creation on a Renault chassis is considered the inspiration for the original Alpine A110.
Jan 21, 2020 · It’s a difficult task to recap life and work of a car designer, particularly when he is Turin-born Giovanni Michelotti, who designed 1200-plus vehicles, according to a partial survey by Giovanni’s son Edgardo, co-author of this great new biography.
