Giovanni Michelotti: The Freedom of a Thousand Designs
In the intricate tapestry of automotive design, few names resonate as harmoniously as Giovanni Michelotti.
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This is how Michelotti influenced American fashion trends: The Lilly Ann Ferrari
In the 1950s, Luigi Chinetti, official Ferrari importer for the United Stars, tasked Michelotti with designing a one-off Ferrari 250 MM, later bodied by Vignale, commissioned from him by the owner of…
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Auto e Moto d’Epoca Bologna 2023 best of
Fiat 1100 A Cabriolet Balbo A based on the Fiat 1100 A chassis built by Balbo and unveiled at the 1948 Turin Auto Salon. Fiat 600 Berlinetta Monterosa Unveiled at the 1956…
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Siata 1100 GT Vignale: The yellow gem Ep.21
The Siata 1100 GT shares its bodywork with the Fiat 1100 Charmant, both made by Vignale. Designed by Michelotti, this little yellow gem is part of the Milano Classiche collection in the…
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The Lancia Aurelia Chassis Register (In progress)
We are trying to create a register of all Lancia Aurelia series B50, B51, B52, B53 and B55+B56 chassis.
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The Cisitalia 202: the rolling sculpture
The Cisitalia 202 is particularly important to automotive history both because it was the first car in the world to be permanently exhibited in a modern art museum, the MoMA in New…
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The Lancia Aurelia Fuoriserie
The Lancia Aurelia chassis history From the moment the Lancia Aurelia was unveiled to the public at the , Lancia put a coachbuilder's chassis under construction alongside the classic saloon (B10). According…
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The Car of the Diva: The Lancia Aurelia B52 by Vignale ft. Paolo Milini Ep.16
The collector Paolo Milini tells us the story of this Lancia Aurelia B52 Vignale designed by Giovanni Michelotti. A "fuoriserie" built in two specimens that was the protagonist of the film "La…
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The Fiat 1100 Fuoriserie
An elegant convertible, built in 1949 on the popular Fiat 1100 B chassis by Stabilimenti Farina in very few speciments, remains the emblem of this extraordinary coachbuilding of cars in the early…
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La dolce vita: the Spiaggina beach cars
The birth of the Spiaggina (Spiaggia = Beach) takes place in the immediate post-war period at the initiative of some Italian coachbuilders which transformed small mass production cars in order to make…
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The Fiat 600 Elaborate
The Fiat 600 was undoubtedly the car that accompanied Italy through the economic boom. When it was presented it was very popular thanks to its modern lines, the brilliant engine and a…
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The Lancia Flaminia “Fuoriserie”
The Lancia Flaminia was born as the Lancia flagship model of the 50's and 60's with the aim to replace the glories of the previous Aurelia. More or less when, in 1955,…
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