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  1. Dante Giacosa (3 January 1905 - 31 March 1996) was an Italian automobile designer and engineer responsible for a range of Italian automobile designs — and for refining the front-wheel drive layout to an industry-standard configuration.

    • Industry Standard Front Wheel Drive Layout
    • 31 March 1996 (aged 91), Turin, Italy
  2. Apr 2, 1996 · April 2, 1996. Dante Giacosa designed some of Europe's most popular automobiles, but he was best known as the "father of the 500," the chubby little car that symbolized Italy's postwar economic...

  3. Apr 2, 1996 · Dante Giacosa, the auto designer whose career at Fiat spanned nearly half a century and who brought forth such models as the Fiat 500, which motorized Italy in the 1950's, died Sunday in Turin....

  4. Dante Giacosa ( Roma, 3 gennaio 1905 – Torino, 31 marzo 1996) è stato un ingegnere e designer italiano, considerato uno dei maestri della scuola motoristica italiana [1] . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Pensiero. 3 Riconoscimenti. 4 Autovetture nel cui progetto è coinvolto. 4.1 Fiat 500 (Topolino) 4.2 Fiat 508 C/1100 "Nuova Balilla. 4.3 Fiat 2800.

  5. Sep 23, 2018 · In This Article. Category: Magazine. This is an excellent, highly opportune time to review the accomplishments of Dante Giacosa, a vital individual in the world of Italian cars whose work was underappreciated in our neighborhood during pretty much his entire lifetime.

    • Jim Donnelly
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  7. Dante Giacosa. 500f city car. designed 1957 (this example 1968) Not on view. The 500 City Car, commonly referred to as the Cinquecento, was launched by Fiat in 1957. Conceived as an economical car for the masses, this compact, rear-engine automobile was highly popular first in Italy and later throughout Europe.

  8. The automobile engineer Dante Giacosa, who worked for the Italian car maker Fiat for almost half a century and designed the iconic Fiat 500 - the Cinquecento - in all its incarnations as well as numerous other classic models, died on this day in 1996 at the age of 91.

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