#marcello gandini

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Lamborghini Countach LP400 ‘Periscopio,’ 1975, by Bertone. R M Sotheby's Paris Auction in February next year is chock-full of treats. An early Countach, looking just the way Marcello Gandini had intended is being offered. The auction listing is laking in details but the pictures are worth a thousand words. The auction estimate is €750,000 - €900,000 EUR

auction listing

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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 by Marcello Gandini at Bertone - Images by kevinvanc & lopresto.official. - 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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" L’automobile è un prodotto costruito industrialmente e destinato alla vendita verso un individuo o un piccolo gruppo di individui, ad esempio una famiglia. Ma andiamo un po’ più in profondità. L’automobile è un oggetto industriale di facile diffusione e di conseguenza capace di influenzare abitudini, di creare fenomeni di moda, di agire sulle tendenze e sui gusti del pubblico. Qui possiamo chiederci allora che cosa sia il design nel campo dell’automobile, a cosa serva. È la parte della progettazione che introduce elementi volti a migliorare l’oggetto, a favorire il successo di un modello. Il design di un’auto la sua prima forma di pubblicità. Il design è comunicazione. Fin qui è tutto molto vero, e anche un po’ noioso. Quello che fa dell’automobile qualcosa di straordinario non c’entra nulla con tutto ciò. L’automobile è un sogno, un desiderio, durato millenni. È per metà un tappeto volante e per metà una casa. È l’oggetto magico che ci dona la libertà di andare in un istante ovunque vogliamo, offrendo al tempo stesso protezione, riparo, spazio che si muove insieme a noi. È libertà. Individuale. Questa per me è l’essenza stessa dell’automobile, a cui si uniscono ancora tanti altri elementi emotivi.

Un’auto è il piacere del possesso di un oggetto levigato, seducente, importante. È anche espressione del lato romantico della meccanica: ovvero l’estensione psicologica delle possibilità fisiche, il proseguimento di noi, del nostro desiderio di velocità, di forza, di perfezione. Di bellezza. E ancora, l’automobile è l’oggetto che più esalta l’unica vera invenzione dell’uomo, l’unico elemento non esistente in natura che l’uomo abbia aggiunto: la ruota. In natura esisteva l’aereo – gli uccelli; la nave – un tronco che galleggia; l’elettronica – il sistema nervoso. La ruota no. C’erano massi tondi, una rondella di tronco d’albero, che potevano rotolare, ma l’uomo ha aggiunto il perno, e da lì ha mosso il mondo. "

Brano tratto dalla Lectio Magistralis di Marcello Gandini tenuta durante la cerimonia di conferimento della Laurea honoris causa in ingegneria meccanica al Politecnico di Torino il 12 gennaio 2024.

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LANCIA STRATOS HF HAILED BY HELICOPTER, 1973

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Lancia Sibilo | Marcello Gandini | Moto Vitelloni

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

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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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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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Lamborghini Espada Series II 1970 design by Marcello Gandini pour Bertone. - source RM Sotheby's.

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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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Italian Wedge SilhouetteHistory

Silhouettes of Italian wedge design concept cars from the late '60s and early '70s, including 1969 Autobianchi Runabout, 1970 Lancia Stratos Zero and 1974 Lamborghini Bravo by Bertone, 1969 Fiat-Abarth 2000 Scorpione by Pininfarina, 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo by Bertone, 1972 Maserati Boomerang by Italdesign and 1970 Ferrari 512 S Modulo by Pininfarina.

This series will available on postcards exclusively for my supporters, who buy me a coffee limited to 50 prints.

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