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Ercole Spada (born 26 July 1937 in Busto Arsizio) is an Italian automobile designer. His most notable designs were produced in the 1960s, for the Zagato design studio house, where Spada was chief stylist.
Ercole Spada (1937-) is yet another automobile designer to come out of Italy, a country known for its great love of the arts and style. Still working today, Spada was born in Busto Arsizio, near Milano, the son of a textile factory engineer.
Ercole Spada ( Busto Arsizio, 26 agosto 1937[ senza fonte]) è un designer automobilistico italiano . Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 Gli inizi. 1.2 Affermazione a Zagato. 1.3 La parentesi Ford, Audi e BMW. 1.4 Il periodo all'IDEA. 1.5 La fondazione della Spadaconcept. 2 Modelli progettati. 2.1 Zagato. 2.2 BMW. 2.3 I.DE.A. 2.4 Spadaconcept.
Jun 1, 2014 · Spada had not only found a creative outlet for his two passions – art and cars – but also displayed an appetite for aerodynamic excellence right from the off. Most notably, he applied the Kamm-inspired ‘coda tronca’ (literally meaning ‘truncated tail’) design to the updated Alfa SZ, and many of its later relatives such as the TZ1 ...
The Spadaconcept has its origins in one of the most important car designers ever: Ercole Spada. He was born in 1937 in Busto Arsizio (Varese): passionate about cars and design since childhood, he graduated as an industrial expert in 1956 and four years later he joined Zagato.
The name Codatronca is a dive into the past for classic car enthusiasts, a tribute to the aerodynamic competition bodies that Ercole Spada applied to models such as the Giulietta SZ and Giulia TZ during his years at Zagato and Alfa Romeo.
May 31, 2022 · Penned by design wunderkind Ercole Spada for Zagato in the mid-1960s, this Lancia Flavia Super Sport was used as a prototype for design and aerodynamic studies before becoming Elio Zagato's personal daily driver. Now this well-preserved piece of Italian motoring history is up for sale.
