Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Styling opinion

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Bertone was a bit scary.  They had closed a large manufacturing
plant outside of Torino, and their beautiful design campus in the
base of the Alps was a ghost town.

Here is a photo looking down into their basement where many/most/all
of their concept cars are stored.  This is just part of the basement,
as my camera didn't have a wide enough angle lens to get it all from
this viewpoint.  We had free run of the cars, climbing
in and around, playing with gadgets, etc.  The Bertone family was
very nice.

Hans.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> 
wrote:
> Agree that all of the design houses had winners and loser - some
> with more than one than the other.
>
> A year or so ago, I visited many of the various designers.  They *all*
> are on hard times.  Zagato appeared to only have one car in process,
> the Ferrari 575.  Their showroom had the car under wraps and I
> didn't get to see it ---- there.  Later I saw it in the fab shop that had
> been subcontracted to build it.  I think it was at Golden Car, but
> a few too many Morettis may have fogged up that memory cell a bit.
>
> Andrea Zagato really got the attention of the ladies.  Sort of an
> Italian Ferrari Bubba?
>
> Attached (if I can size it correctly) is a pic of Zagato's showroom.
>
> Hans.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:22 AM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I love those!!
>>
>> The AM DB4 Zagato is pure sex!
>>
>> http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/61astonmartin_resized.jpg
>>
>> There are winners and losers in all of the design houses. Remember that a 
>> certain houses' trends may have been dictated by their chief at the time. 
>> Gandini was powering Bertone in the 60s and thus the shapes that came out 
>> reflected that. Some of their later work may not have been up to that 
>> standard!
>>
>> What about Ghia and Ital Design??
>>
>> The Pre L Pantera from Ghia was top notch:
>>
>> http://panteraplace.com/page5.html
>>
>> LS
>>
>>
>

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