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What a difference 50 years makes juxtaposition of Lamborghini Bravo, 1974 & Lamborghini Bravo Marcello, 2024. The original Bravo was designed by Marcello Gandini (1938-2024) when he was head of design at Bertone. It was a proposal for a 2-seat entry-level Lamborghini to sit below the 2+2 Urraco. Independent designer Marco Maltese has updated the styling in tribute to Gandini who passed away earlier this year. His proposal would be based on the Aventador using that car's V12 engine

Marco Maltese on instagram

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Marcello Gandini (26 August 1938 – 13 March 2024)

The father of some definitive road cars, he penned two full generations of Lamborghini starting with the Miura as well as the first Volkswagen Polo, Citroen BX, the Renault 5 Supercinq and numerous others. It is for his far-fetched and futuristic wedged concept cars though that Mr Gandini will probably be best-remembered.

Rest in Power !

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Lancia Sibilo Concept 1978 design de Marcello Gandini pour Bertone. - source Moto Vitelloni - Wheels n' wings.

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1988 Cizeta-Moroder V16T

The Cizeta-Moroder V16T, now known as just the Cizeta V16T, is an Italian sports car (built from 1991 to 1995) developed by automotive engineer Claudio Zampolli in a joint venture with music composer Giorgio Moroder and designed by Marcello Gandini. It was the only product of the Cizeta company. It was developed by a group of ex-Lamborghini employees and initially introduced in Los Angeles in December 1988.

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1970 Lancia Stratos Zero concept car.

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LANCIA STRATOS HF HAILED BY HELICOPTER, 1973

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Marcello Gandini's 1969 Autobianchi A112 Runabout. photo: me

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BMW 2200ti Garmisch | Marcello Gandini | studio_magga

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Lancia Stratos HF Stradale, 1976, by Bertone. A the London Concours this week, the road-going version of Lancia's Ferrari-engined rally car. Whenever I see one of these cars in the flesh I'm always impressed by how compact they are

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Bertone's "RUNABOUT"

The classic 1969 Runabout wedge car from Bertone returns, retaining its nautical style while adding a removable roof.

The 1960s wedge car was a design by the late Marcello Gandini, and its geometric and often sharp lines may recall his master signatures.

The revamped Runabout car stays faithful to its older sibling but in a modernized style.

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Alfa Romeo Montréal design by Marcello Gandini. - source Vitelloni - Wheels n' wings.

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Lancia A 112 Abarth 

As the first-generation Mini forged ahead with its early sales success, Italian carmaker Autobianchi must have been looking on with envious eyes. Its attempt to grab a slice of the pie was launched in 1969 as the A112, a three-door hatchback that used the same (back then) relatively unusual transverse engine/front-wheel drive layout in a marginally larger package.Bertone’s Marcello Gandini, the man behind the Lamborghini Miura, Countach and Diablo, was drafted in to do the design, which to contemporary eyes looks like a very agreeable mash-up between the Fiat 126 and the British Mini. Speaking of Fiat (which had bought the brand a year earlier), under the skin was a shortened 128 Platform, while power came from a 903cc inline-four taken from the 850.The Mini Cooper and Cooper S had proven years before the A112 that tiny cars have performance potential, and it didn’t take Autobianchi long to go down the same route with its creation. It turned to Fiat motorsport arm Abarth for the work, which involved dropping in a 982cc engine with a twin-choke carburettor and a ruder exhaust.In 1975 the capacity was bumped up to 1050cc, with the power climbing to about 70bhp. Doesn’t sound like much, be we are talking about a car that weighed less than 700kg. Continuing the Mini parallels further, the A112 turned out to make a pretty sweet rally car, leading to the creation of the one-make Campionato A112 Abarth series. A112 production lasted all the way up until 1986, by which time Autobianchi had made about 1.2 million of the things. Today, though, survivors are relatively scarce, even back in the A112’s native Italy. You’ve even less chance of finding on in the UK or USA where they weren’t ever sold officially, but there are a few kicking around in both countries.

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📷 Photo above: Marcello Gandini and one of his most illustrious pieces of work, the Lamborghini Miura – regarded by many as the most beautiful car ever made. Photograph: Lamborghini

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