Saturday, March 3, 2012

Giugiaro gets a birthday present.(News)

Byline: Luca Ciferri

Automotive News Europe

Fabrizio Giugiaro provided his father, legendary designer Giorgetto, with a unique gift for this 70th birthday.

Drawing inspiration from his father's original sketches, Fabrizio secretly had a full-sized styling model done of the car that would become the Lamborghini Miura.

The car is important to Giorgetto because he was working on it before he left Carrozzeria Bertone to join rival Carrozzeria Ghia. The mid-engine sports car was supposed to go to tiny Italian automaker Bizzarrini, but Bertone CEO Nuccio Bertone decided to offer the car to Lamborghini instead. …

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