The father of the Lamborghini Miura dies

Volvo Research Tundra it was probably Gandini’s last work for Bertone before turning to himself.

Gandini had already applied to Bertone in the early 1960s. But Giugiaro made it clear to his boss that he would not tolerate any designer around him. When he resigned in 1965 to go to Ghia, his future assistant Giancarlo Perini reports, Nuccio Bertone hired Gandini as head of design within 24 hours.

Gandini also designed the Countach for Lamborghini

Gandini was 27 years old, like Giugiaro, but an unknown number. Classic Nuccio: As Roger Gloor writes in the book “Bertone. Pioneers of Car Design”, “he never hired designers who were already established.”

Marcello Gandini died in Rivoli at the age of 86. He was considered one of the greatest car designers in Italy.

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That was spot on. Four months later they presented three Studies by Gandini. Supported by Nuccio, Gandini was at his best from 1967 onwards: with Lamborghini Marzal, Alfa Romeo Carabo, Autobianchi A112 Runabout, which became the Fiat X1/9 smart, the Lancia Stratos HF and in 1971 with the Lamborghini Countach LP 500 – a study that became the Countach series in 1973/74.

“Gandini a very simplified geometry”

All wedge-shaped, all flat like ice chips. Gandini did not invent the theme of the wedge, but he made it socially acceptable. But it was about more: “With Marzal and Carabo, Bertone showed what Bertone is all about,” says Paolo Tumminelli, professor of design at the Goodbrands Institute in Cologne, in an interview with AUTO BILD KLASSIK. “Gandini’s vastly simplified geometry: How would an astronaut build a car?” That’s what Bertone had from now on: “Always innovate big. Courage to innovate, to be different.”

Now Marcello Gandini has died in Rivoli at the age of 86. He is considered one of the greatest car designers in Italy.