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1970 Porsche Tapiro Concept

Does the BMW M1 Homage concept we saw yesterday try just a little too hard to impress? Does a bear shit in the woods? The gaping maw of modern styling is chewing through heritage designs at an astonishing rate, and starting to look at eras not often remembered fondly for its great cars. Just because the malaise era produced blasé cars doesn't mean there wasn't cool styling. It was 1970 and a young Giorgetto Giugiaro had joined Ital Design and, as his fourth concept car, produced the Porsche Tapiro. The Tapiro was based on the Porsche 914/6 but managed to break all of the Porsche molds.

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1:40 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
4,471 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: Comment on 1970 Porsche Tapiro Concept forget that tiger in a tank, porsche had a real leopard. more »

geneva motor show

Giugiaro Quaranta Concept Fully Revealed, Has Toyota Hybrid Drive Under Strangely Sloping Hood-Windshield Thing

The Giugiaro folks have been teasing us for days with cropped crap shots of the Quaranta concept car they'll be revealing at the Geneva Motor Show next week. Now we've got a set of press photos of the edgy wedge that's been four decades in the coming in all of its full glory. Oh, and we told you it'd be greener around the gills, but did we tell you it's getting Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive? No? Well it will. Again we must tell you — look, but don't touch. We wouldn't want you to hurt yourself on all those sharp pointy parts. Full commentary from the boys at World Car Fans after the jump.

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11:40 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Ray Wert
1,529 views, 41 comments

Latest by Tom: unfortunatly the actual fascia itself is poorly designed.butherface more »

geneva motor show

Giugiaro Quaranta: Giugiaro Concept Named, Third Set Of Teaser Shots Dropped

The good little Italian boys n' girls over at Italdesign have gone ahead and released their third batch of teaser shots of the car we're very much looking forward to seeing in Geneva next month, the Giugiaro Quaranta. We've already shown you a few shots and this hot load rounds out the threesome of teaser shots from the Italian design shop. Oh and yes, that's right — we were also very much right on the name — it's the Quaranta which is Italian for forty. Qua-ran-ta! Quah-ran-tah! Qua-rahn-ta! No matter how you say it, it's sure fun to pronounce, isn't it? Probably as much fun as it'll be to see in person. We'll be careful to not cut our fingers on those sharp lines and creases.

[via Italdesign]

10:40 AM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Ray Wert
661 views, 24 comments

Latest by Mark Miller: Umm, Ray, don't you mean *I* was right on the name? [jalopnik.com] (Not that @やのГ人Ӄ: could give a やのГ人Ӄ.) Granted, Wes did give me credit, so I'm guessing you are using "we" in the sense that you're including me in more »

geneva motor show

Giugiaro Continues To Tease, Releases Another Mystery Concept Photo Ahead of Geneva

Giugiaro has released another teaser image of its forthcoming Geneva concept car. So far nameless, commenter Mark Miller has made an educated guess that it'll be called Quaranta - Italian for forty. 2008 is ItalDesign's 40th birthday. We also predict some sort of hypothetical green power plant, you know the kind that is supposedly capable of saving the world, but is really just some hot air stored under a heavily tinted engine cover. All the speculation will end on March 4th, when the vehicle is officially revealed at the Geneva Motor Show. [Via Giugiaro]


8:45 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Wes Siler
506 views, 7 comments

Latest by Drew P Draws: Didn't Bertone design something like this every year from 1968-1990? I mean, I know Giorgetto got his start there, but how about something fresh? more »

geneva motor show

Giugiaro Readying Mystery Concept Car For Geneva

The big teases at Giugiaro are planning on dropping a hot new concept car on Tuesday, March 4th at the Geneva Motor Show. So far there's no details other than these shots and the promise of an "Exclusive Event," which we assume means a bunch of auto hacks in Fiat fleeces. They've also used the tag line "Nature has never been so powerful," so we're going to go out on a limb here and assume the vehicle will have some sort of green power, maybe a hydrogen fuel cell. Check out our Geneva Motor Show page for full show coverage. [Via Giugiaro]

2:00 PM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Wes Siler
1,041 views, 21 comments

Latest by LuciferV8: I like so far. The back end is a bit boxy though. more »

jalopnik fantasy garage

Maserati Bora

With last weeks whopping, landslide inclusion of the McLaren F1 (96.8% yes) we asked ourselves, "How many more hot-shit performance monsters do we really need in this here Fantasy Garage?" Along with the F1, we've got the king of the world Veyron and the over-performing Ford GT. We've even (somehow) still got the RUF RT12. With that in mind we've decided to slow things down (a bit) and ask you to contemplate a true heart string plucker, the amazing Maserati Bora. And actually for its time, the Bora could fly. Have a look. More »

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12:00 PM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
5,497 views, 101 comments

Latest by n/a: @myself. Gah. Look closer next time, it's a Bora after all... more »

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Driving the Giugiaro Mustang Concept

Our connection over at Fast Lane Daily scored a drive in the Fabrizio Giugiaro-designed Giugiaro Mustang. Some say the orange custom job — with, er, Mustang-skin interior? — hearkens the look of the next-gen Mustang. Could be, though Ford's got a tunnel to get through before we can start thinking about that kind of thing.

10:00 AM on Sat Aug 18 2007
By Mike Spinelli
1,993 views, 4 comments

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Only in Geneva: One Man's One-Off Ferrari Concept Is Another's Daily Driver

Seriously, if you were Giorgietto Giugiaro, wouldn't you drive your one-off Ferrari concept car across the Alps to Switzerland? And once you got there, wouldn't you just slam it into a parking garage, in sight of all the plebes' Ford Focus C-Maxes and Renault Twingos? The Winding Roadies caught Giugiaro's Ferrari GG50, which was a gift to himself on occasion of his family firm's 50th anniversary. It even has road mud. We'd imagine him saying something like, "The car, she is made to be driven, not kept like in a root cellar next to the dried cod, like grandmother." Maybe not exactly like that. – Mike Spinelli More »

5:34 AM on Wed Mar 7 2007
By Mike Spinelli
1,750 views, 11 comments

Latest by TPSreports: This post made me think of that line by the Cameron Frye character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off regarding his father's Ferrari 250GT California: He never drives it… he just rubs it with a diaper! more »

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Geneva Showcase: Giugiaro VAD.HO

What happens when a famous Italian design house builds a conceptual two seater around BMW's Hydrogen 7 motor? Hilarity is bound to ensue. Actually, ItalDesign-Giugiaro's VAD.HO concept is less hilarious than future-slick. It looks like one of those Pinewood Derby cars built by some kid's dad who works at NASA. It's got an asymmetrical layout, with the laterally oriented cockpit to one side, and the BMW liquid hydro engine to the other (the whole thing is about the size of a Ferrari Maranello). The cockpit has some neato video terminals, with an interface and optical technologies designed for aerospace applications. All controls can be manipulated by joysticks; one in the rear works only with the IT system. Aside from being a tech piece, the VAD.HO is also the showcase car for ItalDesign's new identity, which trades on the name of its founder, Giorgietto Giugiaro. – Mike Spinelli More »

7:41 AM on Tue Mar 6 2007
By Mike Spinelli
2,221 views, 4 comments

Latest by CUL8R: That would be cool if the hid a camera on the back of the drivers seat that was a little lower ;) so that the driver could see everything. more »

alternative energy

Geneva Pre-Show: Italdesign-Giugiaro Hydrogen Concept

The Italdesign-Giugiaro group, aka Giorgietto's Playhouse, created this concept racer as a showcase for the Italian design shop's new corporate identity. It's called the Vadh , and it's powered by a mid-mounted engine of some displacement running on liquid hydrogen. Joysticks control the in-line two seater, and all of its components are drive by wire. No details yet, other than that it'll be unveiled to some fanfare at the Geneva show next week. – Mike Spinelli More »

12:15 PM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Mike Spinelli
1,201 views, 7 comments

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Two Giugiaros on the Giugiaro Mustang

Heir to the Giugiaro design legend, "little" Fabrizio offers a designer's eye look at the Giugiaro Mustang concept that bears his name. He also predicts the start of a new era in design in Detroit, a statement uttered so frequently during the past 30 years, it's got no more gravity than a recipe for Chex Mix. Special cameo by papa Giorgetto. – Mike Spinelli More »

9:24 AM on Thu Jan 18 2007
By Mike Spinelli
112 views, 4 comments

retro

eBay Find of the Day: Have Ghia 450 SS Will Travel to Port of Rotterdam

What happens when the most celebrated Italian designers get their hands on a Mopar catalog? Nothing much, these days (perhaps a Bertone-tuned Jeep Compass?). But there was a time when such pairups were as fruitful as the Rossellini-Bergman mashup. One such fruit was the Ghia 450SS, a Barracuda-powered model, designed by Giorgetto Guigiaro and built by Ghia's coachworks. Only 52 450SSs were hand built, and one of the specimens recently surfaced on the eBay machine. Still, with only 10 hours left as of this writing, and not a single bidder — at an opening price of $69,500 — we'd imagine the market hasn't quite raised its voice on these classics, the buying of which is still only a style play. Low supply plus low demand equals, huh? – Mike Spinelli [UPDATE: More on the 450SS from David at Hemmings] More »

8:29 AM on Fri Dec 29 2006
By Mike Spinelli
304 views, 3 comments

Latest by stupac: So... were you watching the Isabella Rossellini / Dean Kamen show last night? How did she age from 36 to 56 in just ten years? more »

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Jalopnik Late-Night: Photo Fun With Autoblog Frank!

That's me, half-loaded, pretending to share a laugh with the master of retrofuturism, J Mays, at the Italdesign Giugiaro Mustang launch party. I'm apologizing in advance about the chest hair. When I drink, I get warm. And Ford was handing out the free booze, not me... – Jonny Lieberman More »

11:16 PM on Thu Dec 7 2006
By Jonny Lieberman
139 views, 12 comments

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Viva La Mustang! Viva Free Booze! Viva La Lara Flynn Boyle! Giugiaro 'Stang Launch Party

Yes, yes — Giorgetto's son and J Mays fired up the engine of the savagely orange Italdesign Mustang. But the highlight of the night was when Autoblog Frank, fueled by the courage only whiskey and Diet Coke can provide, began talking about how hot Lara Flynn Boyle's Victoria's Secret stylings in Men in Black II were, while seated on a couch next to Lara Flynn Fucking Boyle!! Why was Ms. Boyle there? Why were the martinis leading me to believe she was checking me out? Why is the "low tire pressure" warning light in my car on? Viva Los Angeles, Los Jalopniks and all our rowdy friends. – Jonny Lieberman More »

10:00 AM on Wed Nov 29 2006
By Jonny Lieberman
349 views, 9 comments

Latest by racerx: It's easy mmmkay. more »

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Ciao, Pony: Giugiaro Mustang Concept Revealed

If you thought the Ford Mustang was a fine car, just not quite Italian enough, you'll probably get all weepy when the company unveils a new Giugiaro-designed concept car at the Los Angeles show. (That is, unless you think Lambo doors are just too Italian.) The design house smoothed out the Mustang's retro design, giving it a more modern, sleeker look — which some might assume hearkened the next-gen model, set for 2010. But Ford execs will likely say this is purely a styling exercise, not an augur of what's to come. The concept also gets the GT's 4.6-liter V8, supercharged and tweaked by Ford Racing to get in the range of 500 hp. We'll see more during the LA press preview days tomorrow and Thursday. – Mike Spinelli More »

7:37 AM on Tue Nov 28 2006
By Mike Spinelli
18,390 views, 16 comments

Latest by fjork_duf: Ok am I stupid or does this definitely mean that Ford feels threatened by the yet-to-be released Chevy Camaro? Just a look at the overall package definitely makes it clear to me that they've been studying the new camaro. With more »

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Spy Photos: Giugiaro Mustang Coming to Los Angeles Show

Thanks to Dutch car mag, Autovisie, we've got tentative proof the top-secret Giugiaro Mustang — a concept car reported to be a joint project of Ford design boss J Mays and ItalDesign's Fabrizio Giugiaro — exists in sheetmetal form. Set for a debut at the Los Angeles auto show later this month, the Italianized 'Stang will, according to Wards's Auto have the most powerful Mustang engine developed to date. It's not the first time an Italian had his way with a Mustang; at the 1965 New York Auto Show, Nuccio Bertone's showed off his company's 100th design — a prototype Ford Mustang commissioned by Automobile Quarterly and designed by then Bertone sidekick, Giorgetto Giugiaro. – Mike Spinelli More »

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7:38 AM on Thu Nov 16 2006
By Mike Spinelli
1,000 views, 4 comments

Latest by JCWhitless: Bah, still isn't going to have a retractable top more »

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Italiadesign Giugiaro Puts Fine Italian Hand to Next-Gen Mini

Those who were expecting the next-generation Mini Cooper to be a product of German engineers channeling Britain's moddish '60s (an efficiently rendered acid trip, to be sure) should realign their expectations toward those country's romantic neighbors. In fact, the 2007 Mini will have more French and Italian in it than a Latvian prostitute at the G8 conference. According to AutoWeek the drivetrain will be a product of France's Peugeot-Citroen, while the body and chassis engineering is being handled in its entirety by Italiadesign Giugiaro. More »

9:00 AM on Wed Jan 25 2006
By Mike Spinelli
166 views, 6 comments

Latest by jmhm2003: "more French and Italian in it than a Latvian prostitute at the G8 conference" Now that's f#$kin' witty! more »

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Ferrari to Show Giugiaro-Designed Concept in Tokyo

Auto designer Giorgietto Giugiaro is celebrating is 50 years in the business not with cake (well, maybe with cake too) but with a concept Ferrari coupe that he says marks his "great adventure" in the world of car design. That concept is the Ferrari GG50, a compact 2+2 coupe built on a shortened version of the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti platform. It also appears suspiciously similar to the 600 "Imola" (or Testarossa) coupe that's destined to replace the current Ferrari 575M [violin theme builds]. More »

8:18 AM on Tue Oct 18 2005
By Mike Spinelli
1,574 views, 4 comments

Latest by quick5pnt0: Looks somewhere inbetween the Rx8 and Rx7 to me. more »