Italdesign Giugiaro
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Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A. (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a design and engineering company and brand based in Moncalieri, Italy, that traces its roots to the 1968 foundation of Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A. by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers product design, project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services to manufacturers worldwide.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". As of 2019, Italdesign employs 917 people.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
On August 9, 2010, Audi (part of the Volkswagen Group) acquired 90.1% of the shares of Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A., including the brand name rights and patents.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The remaining shares were sold to Audi on 28 June 2015, when Giorgetto Giugiaro resigned from the firm.[1]
History
Foundation
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Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani founded Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A. (SIRP), the company that would eventually become Italdesign, on February 13, 1968, in Moncalieri, Italy.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Volkswagen
Volkswagen and Italdesign have a history of working together that dates back to the early 1970s.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Former Volkswagen AG Chairman Ferdinand Piëch apprenticed at Italdesign during the summer of 1972, learning about engineering and design.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Italdesign is responsible for the design of several notable Volkswagen vehicles including the first generation Volkswagen Golf (1974), Volkswagen Scirocco (1974) and Volkswagen Passat (1973) and the Audi 80 (1974).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In May 2010, Italdesign agreed to transfer 90.1% of its shares to Audi AG subsidiary Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. in order to keep Volkswagen's Italian holdings bundled together. The purchase price was not disclosed. The Giugiaro family retained ownership of the remaining shares. Both Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son, Fabrizio Giugiaro, continued to have active roles in the company.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In July 2015 it was announced that Giorgetto Giugiaro had left and sold the remaining shares to Audi AG.
Subsidiaries
Following a large-scale cooperation with SEAT - already dating back to the 1980s - Italdesign created a new firm, Diseño Industrial Italdesign Srl, in SEAT's hometown Barcelona, Spain, in 1992 to design and construct models, master models and prototypes for the Spanish manufacturing industry.[2] This subsidiary became Italdesign Giugiaro Barcelona SL.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 2017, the company founded a daughter company dedicated to building collector vehicles. Named Italdesign Automobili Speciali, the new brand is featured on all vehicles constructed in ultra low series production, aimed at a number of selected collectors. The first car produced was the Zerouno with a production of only five units.[3]
Automobili Speciali Cars
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Cars produced or planned by the new group.
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| Model | Year | built/planned |
|---|---|---|
| Italdesign Zerouno | 2017 | 5/5 [5] |
| Italdesign Zerouno Duerta (Spider) | 2018 | ?/5 [6] |
Acquisitions
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Italdesign acquired ETM (Engineering Technologies Methods), a company founded in 1984 that creates silicone prototypes, allowing the transition from an acrylic prototype to a more refined prototype with characteristics similar to the finished product.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Organization
Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A. is headquartered 10 km south of Turin, Italy, in Moncalieri.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Italdesign has 993 employees and generated over €193 million revenue in 2015.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Under Volkswagen Group ownership, Dirk Grosse-Loheide is the current Chairman and Antonio Casu is the CEO.[7]
Previous CEOs
- Giorgetto Giugiaro (1968–2010)
- Jörg Astalosch (2015–2021)[8]
Automotive design work
Italdesign has been credited for the design of a wide variety of concept and production cars since the firm's founding in 1968.
Concept cars
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Production cars
<templatestyles src = "Column/styles.css" />| Model | Year |
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| Lamborghini Champion | 1998 |
| Lamborghini Champion | 2001 |
| Lamborghini Formula | 1991 |
| Lamborghini Premium | 1995 |
| Lamborghini Runner | 1995 |
| Lamborghini Victory | 1998 |
Notable designers
- Giorgetto Giugiaro (1968–2015)
- Fabrizio Giugiaro
- Carlo Gaino (1980–1987)[14]
- Filippo Perini (2015–)[15]
- Dario Lauriola
References
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External links
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- Coachbuild.com Encyclopedia: Italdesign Giugiaro
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