Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A.
TypeSubsidiary (S.p.A.)
IndustryDesign
FoundedTurin, Italy February 13, 1968 (1968-02-13) as Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A.[1]
Founder
  • Giorgetto Giugiaro
  • Aldo Mantovani
[1]
FateControlling interest acquired by Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. (August 09, 2010)[2][3]
Headquarters
Moncalieri
,
Italy[4]
Area served
Worldwide[5]
Key people
Dirk Große-Loheide[6] Chairman
Antonio Casu CEO
ServicesStyling, Engineering, Pre-Series, Testing & Validation, Industrial Design
Revenue€193 million (2015)
OwnersVolkswagen Group Audi
Number of employees
917 (2019)[7]
ParentLamborghini
Websiteitaldesign.it
Footnotes / references
[8]

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Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. 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.[1][8] 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.[5] As of 2010, Italdesign employs 800 people.[3][1][4]

On August 9, 2010, Volkswagen Group subsidiary Audi's subsidiary Lamborghini acquired 90.1% of the shares of Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A., including the brand name rights and patents.[2][3] The remaining shares were sold to Audi on 28 June 2015, with Giorgetto Giugiaro resigning from the firm at the same time.[9]

History

Foundation

Giugiaro logo on 2005 Maserati 4200 GT

Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani founded Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A., the company that would eventually become Italdesign, on February 13, 1968, in Moncalieri, Italy.[1][8]

Volkswagen

Volkswagen and Italdesign have a history of working together that dates back to the early 1970s.[3]

Former Volkswagen AG Chairman Ferdinand Piëch apprenticed at Italdesign during the summer of 1972, learning about engineering and design.[10] 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).[11]

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.[2][1][7][10] 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.[12] This subsidiary is known today as Italdesign Giugiaro Barcelona SL.[8][13] In 2017 the company founded a daughter company dedicated to building collector vehicles. Named ITALDESIGN AUTOMOBILI SPECIALI, the new brand will feature on all vehicles constructed in ultra low series production, aimed at a number of selected collectors. The first car to be produced is the Zerouno with a production of only five units.[14]

Automobili Speciali Cars

Italdesign Zerouno

Cars produced or planned by the new group.

AUTOMOBILI SPECIALI cars[15]
ModelYearbuilt/planned
Italdesign Zerouno20172/5
Italdesign Zerouno Duerta (Spider)20180/1 [16]

Acquisitions

Italdesign acquired SALLIG, a company founded in 1960 that designs and builds acrylic, cast iron and zamak matrices for automotive, aeronautical and household appliance prototypes.[8]

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.[8]

Organization

A 2005 Ferrari GG50 ("Giorgetto Giugiaro 50"), marking Giugiaro's 50 years in design. On display in the Italdesign-Giugiaro showroom in Moncalieri, Italy

Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A. is headquartered 10 km south of Turin, Italy, in Moncalieri.[4] Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services.[5]

Italdesign has 993 employees and generated over €193 million revenue in 2015.[1]

Under Volkswagen Group ownership, Rupert Stadler is the Chairman of the Board and Jörg Astalosch is CEO.[17]

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[15]
ModelYear
Abarth 1600 GT1969
Alfa Romeo Brera2002
Alfa Romeo Caimano1971
Alfa Romeo Iguana1969
Alfa Romeo New York Taxi1976
Alfa Romeo Scighera1997
Alfa Romeo Visconti2004
AMC AMX/31969[18]
Aston Martin Twenty Twenty2001
Audi-Karmann Asso di Picche1973[19]
Audi Q22017
Bizzarrini Manta1968
BMW M11971
BMW Nazca C21991
BMW Nazca C2 Spider1993
BMW Nazca M121991
BMW-Karmann Asso di Quadri1976
BMW-Karmann Cheetah1971
Bugatti 18/3 Chiron1999
Bugatti EB1121993
Bugatti EB1181998
Bugatti EB2181999
Bugatti ID901990
Chevrolet Corvette Moray2003
Daewoo Bucrane1995
Daewoo d'Arts1997
Daihatsu D-Compact X-Over2006
Ferrari GG502005
Fiat Croma 8V2005
Fiat Firepoint1994
Fiat Panda 4x4 Strip1980
Ford Maya1984
Ford Maya II ES1985
Ford Maya II EM1985
Ford Mustang by Giugiaro2006
Frazer Nash Namir2009
Hyundai Pony Coupé1974
Isuzu Asso di Fiori1979
Italdesign Asgard1988
Italdesign Aspid1988
Italdesign Aztec1988
Italdesign Biga1992
Italdesign Brivido2012
Italdesign Capsula1982
Italdesign Cinquecento1992
Italdesign Columbus1992
Italdesign Davinci2019
Italdesign Formula1996
Italdesign Giugiaro Brivido2012
Italdesign Giugiaro Clipper2014
Italdesign Giugiaro Gea2015
Italdesign Giugiaro Go2011
Italdesign Giugiaro Parcour2013
Italdesign Giugiaro Quaranta2008
Italdesign Giugiaro Vad.Ho2007
Italdesign GTZERO2016
Italdesign Lucciola1993
Italdesign M81978
Italdesign Machimoto1986
Italdesign Marlin1984
Italdesign Parcour2013
Italdesign Structura1998
Italdesign Tex2011
Italdesign Together1984
Italdesign Touareg2000
Italdesign Voyah i-Land2020
Italdesign Zerouno2017
Jaguar Kensington1990
Lamborghini Calà1995
Lamborghini Marco Polo1982
Lancia Medusa1980
Lancia Megagamma1978
Lancia Orca1982
Lexus Landau1994
Lotus Etna1984
Maserati Boomerang1972
Maserati Buran2000
Maserati Coupé 2+21974
Maserati Kubang2003
Maserati Medici1974
Maserati Medici II1976
Mitsubishi Nessie2005
Nissan GT-R502018
Oldsmobile Incas1986
Proton Emas2010
Renault Gabbiano1983
Saipa Tiba2008
SEAT Proto C1990
SEAT Proto T1989
SEAT Proto TL1990
Škoda 7601973
SsangYong C2002008
Suzuki Microutilitaria1969
Toyota Alessandro Volta2009
Volkswagen Karmann Cheetah1971
Volkswagen Orbit1986
Volkswagen Porsche Tapiro1970
Volkswagen Tarek2003
Volkswagen Tex2011
Volkswagen W12 Roadster1998
Volkswagen W12 Syncro1997
Voyah i-Free2020
Voyah i-Land2020
Production cars[15]
ModelYear
Alfa Romeo 156 Facelift2002
Alfa Romeo 1592005
Alfa Romeo Alfasud1971
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint1976
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT1974
Alfa Romeo Brera2005
Audi 801978
Besturn B502009
Besturn B702006
Brilliance BS22009
Brilliance BS62001
Chevrolet Aveo/Daewoo Kalos2002
Citroën C3 Pluriel[20]2003
Daewoo Lacetti2003
Daewoo Lanos hatchback1997
Daewoo Lanos notchback1996
Daewoo Leganza1997
Daewoo Matiz1998
Daihatsu Move1998
DeLorean Alpha52022
DMC DeLorean1981
Eagle Premier1987
Fiat Croma1985
Fiat Croma2005
Fiat Duna/Prêmio1985
Fiat Duna Weekend1986
Fiat Grande Punto2005
Fiat Idea2003
Fiat Palio/Siena2000
Fiat Palio Weekend2000
Fiat Panda1980
Fiat Punto1993
Fiat Punto Cabrio1993
Fiat Sedici/Suzuki SX42006
Fiat Uno1983
Ford Capri (interior)1989
Hongqi HS52019
Hyundai Excel1985
Hyundai Pony1974
Hyundai Sonata1988
Hyundai Stellar1983
Isuzu Gemini/Spectrum1984
Isuzu Piazza/Impulse1981
Iveco Massif/Campagnola2008
Lancia Delta1979
Lancia Prisma1982
Lancia Thema1984
Lotus Esprit1972
Maserati 3200 GT (exterior)1998
Maserati Bora1971
Maserati Coupé (exterior)2002
Maserati MC122004
Maserati Merak1972
Maserati Quattroporte1976
Maserati Spyder (exterior)2001
Morris Ital1980
Proton Prevé2012
Proton Suprima S2013
Renault 191988
Renault 211986
Saab 90001984
SEAT Córdoba1993
SEAT Ibiza1984
SEAT Ibiza1993
SEAT Málaga1985
SEAT Toledo1991
SEAT Toledo1998
Ssangyong Korando[21]2010
SsangYong Rexton2001
Subaru Alcyone SVX1991
Suzuki SX42007
Suzuki Carry1969
Toyota Aristo/Lexus GS1991
Volkswagen Golf1974
Volkswagen Passat1973
Volkswagen Scirocco1974
Zastava Florida1987
Industrial vehicles
ModelYear
Lamborghini Champion1998
Lamborghini Champion2001
Lamborghini Formula1991
Lamborghini Premium1995
Lamborghini Runner1995
Lamborghini Victory1998

Notable designers

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 VOLKSWAGEN AG 2010a.
  2. 1 2 3 VOLKSWAGEN AG 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Automobilwoche 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 Italdesign 2011a.
  5. 1 2 3 Italdesign 2011.
  6. ↑ Chairman 2020 Dirk Große-Loheide since April 1st, 2020 (even as Audi), downloaded 9. June 2020
  7. 1 2 Italdesign 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conceptcarz 2011.
  9. ↑ Ciferri, Luca (2 July 2015). "Legendary car designer Giugiaro quits company that bears his name". Automotive News.
  10. 1 2 Ciferri 2010.
  11. ↑ Italdesign 2011b.
  12. ↑ "ITALDESIGN CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY AT PARCO VALENTINO" (PDF). www.italdesign.it. Italdesign. p. 4. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  13. ↑ AUDI AG 2012.
  14. ↑ "Italdesign Automobili Speciale". Italdesign. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  15. 1 2 3 "Projects". italdesign.it (official website). Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "All the news by Italdesign, in order to be always up to date". Italdesign news. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Italdesign Company". Italdesign. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  18. ↑ AMC AMX#AMX/3
  19. ↑ "1973 Audi Asso di Picche by Italdesign". diseno-art.com.
  20. ↑ https://autodesignmagazine.com/en/2003/08/citroen-pluriel-la-rivincita-della-fantasia/
  21. ↑ "Ssangyong relaunches brand with Giugiaro-designed Korando". Cardesignnews. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  22. ↑ "Carlo Gaino". automotivedesignconference.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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