All articles by Giancarlo Perini
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Special BMW Z8 by Bertone at the Geneva Motor Show
Feb 10, 2003 - The exotic “fuoriserie” is back at Bertone. The showcar the famous Italian coachbuilder will be unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show early next month is a sort of dream-car rather than a sophisticated concept-car.
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Lamborghini to build its own 'Centro Stile'
November 7, 2002 - Lamborghini will celebrate its 40th anniversary next year with the much-expected Baby Murcy (actually a completely new Lamborghini with a 500hp V10 powerplant powering an aluminium 2 seater coupe, so far known as the L140) with a new design centre that (according to his god-father Walter ...
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Aston Martin DB7 Zagato unveiled at Pebble Beach
August 19, 2002 - Aston Martin is presenting a special derivative of its successful DB7 at this years Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Monterey, California. Designed and to be built in association with Italian coachbuilder and historic partner Zagato, the new sports car is called Aston Martin DB7 Zagato. The ...
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Pininfarina develops two new Chinese cars
June 11, 2002 - Pininfarina has designed two new and cute cars for Hafei, their Chinese patron.
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First glimpse of next-generation Maserati Quattroporte at 'Artedinamica'
April 24, 2002 – It has taken a very long time but finally Pininfarina has had its way and has succeeded in the design of a top class four-door sport sedan for Ferrari.
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Ferrari FX prototype to be revealed in Tokyo
Apr 17, 2002 - The design prototype of Ferrari's fastest road car ever, the Ferrari FX will debut in Tokyo at 'Artedinamica: Ferrari and Maserati at the Contemporary Art Museum of Tokyo' on April 26th, and from April 27th to July 14th the exhibition will be open to the public.
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Andreas Zapatinas appointed as head of Subaru Advanced Design
Apr 03, 2002 - Fuji Heavy Industries, the Japanese conglomerate that produce and sell Subaru cars, has appointed Greek designer Andreas Zapatinas as head of Advanced Design.
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Bertone concept vehicle for the 2002 Geneva Motor Show
Feb 11, 2002 - Bertone celebrates the 90th anniversary of the companying this year, under the leadership of Mrs Lilli Bertone, widow of the late Nuccio Bertone and president of the independent companies of the Bertone Group.
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New Range Rover unveiled at Design Museum in London
London’s Design Museum has been the venue of the first preview of the all-new Range Rover.
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Ten Design Awards presented to Clean Cars in the 2001 Michelin Challenge Bibendum.
November 9, 2001- Los Angeles, California.There are 700 million car of all sorts on the road around the world today. By the middle of the century they are expected to virtually triple to 2 billion, according to Edouard Michelin, the young and enthusiastic President and CEO of the Michelin Group, ...
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Renault to present spectacular top of the range V8 sports car at Frankfurt Motor Show
August 31, 2001 – Renault Design is to unveil another of their impressive show cars at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Nissan to unveil 5 door Primera and two concept vehicles at Frankfurt Motor Show
Aug 8, 2001 - Nissan has big plans for the Frankfurt Motor Show, and even bigger plans for the subsequent motor show in Tokyo.
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News from Italy 4
The international design community is eagerly waiting for the Frankfurt Motor Show where an ocean of new designs is expected to flood the huge halls hosting the largest and least human friendly motor show.
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News from Italy
Roberto Testore and Juan José Diaz Ruiz recently invited several hundred European journalists to share the strong and clear message they told their Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Lancia dealers, in what is considered the most important and critical dealers convention ever in the history of the Italian group.
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Mercedes-Benz Vaneo - The Renault Scenic challenger to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show
July 9, 2001 - The car world is changing quickly and so is Mercedes-Benz, if one is to judge by its new Midi MPV, the new Vaneo.
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News from Italy
Prototipo, the fast growing Italian group that is now renowned world-wide for its product-testing know-how and facilities, has reportedly reached a co-operation agreement with SZ Design, directed by Andrea Zagato. The agreement has not yet been officially announced.
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News from Italy
Stola Group has just unveiled a unique Boxster Fuoriserie at the “Design in Movimento” exhibition promoted and organised by Automobilia at the “Palazzo dell’Arte” in Milan, Italy.
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Lamborghini Diablo successor to debut in September
The long awaited successor to the still radical Lamborghini Diablo will not be unveiled “sometime in June or July” as previously hoped. Well informed Lamborghini car owners already knew the day the car was planned to be presented. That date was to be June 24th.
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New Honda Advanced Design Studio in Milan
Segno Milano S.r.l. is the latest car design studio to open in Milan, not too far from the Mercedes-Benz studio that is already active in Como. The mission of Segno Milano is to look at all sorts of trends, fashion and life style of the metropolis and to produce advanced ...
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Fioravanti to show Alfa Romeo Spider with hard top at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show
Feb 25, 2001 - Renowned car designer and engineer Leonardo Fioravanti is going to surprise visitors of the Geneva Show with the very attractive design of a two seater spider that could be one of the sports cars Alfa Romeo and GM keep talking about.