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• Personnel.(Italdesign Giugiaro hires Enzo Pacella)(Webasto Sunroofs Inc. hires Rolf-Peter Baule)(Audi AG hires Axel Strotbek)

  - 2007-06-11

  VW's Kern named ad lobby president Volkswagen board member Michael Kern is the new president of Germany's Advertising Federation, the ZAW. The ZAW represents the interests of German advertisers on a national and international level. Kern,...

  Tags: Audi AG, General Motors Corp., Italdesign, Volkswagen AG, VW

• Italdesign Giugiaro.(News)(Italdesign Vad.ho)(Brief article)

  - 2007-03-05

  Concept car: Vad.ho The Vad.ho has the passenger sitting behind the driver so that the engine can be housed on either side of the sports car's seats. The layout gives the car an ideal weight distribution. The Vad.ho uses the BMW 7-series'...

  Tags: Italdesign

• News digest.(workers of DaimlerChrysler AG, BMW AG and Audi AG demand increase in payments)(Audi introduces new sedans)(Suzuki Motor Corp. predicts its European sales)

  - 2007-02-05

  Giugiaros take control of Italdesign TURIN - The Giugiaro family gained total ownership of Italdesign Giugiaro last month when it bought the half owned by the Mantovani family. Designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and engineer Aldo Mantovani co-founded Italdesign in 1968...

  Tags: Audi AG, BMW AG, Daimler AG, Italdesign, Suzuki Motor Corp.

• Mixed Racer; When you marry an all-American boy to sexy Italian supermodel designers, the result is downright breathtaking.

  - 2006-12-04

  Byline: DUTCH MANDEL The Italian culture is great for ancient history, spectacular wines and soccer champions. Oh, and a populace that seems impeccably dressed. Yeah, the locals know how to drape a shape in high style to accentuate-and hide-what the body has to offer....

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., Italdesign

• Giugiaro's vision of the Mustang debuts at Los Angeles auto show.(News)(Ford Motor Co.)(Brief article)

  - 2006-11-27

  Byline: Luca Ciferri This week at the Los Angeles auto show, Ford will unveil an interpretation of its iconic Mustang created in Italy by Italdesign Giugiaro. It's the second concept car based on an American classic for Fabrizio Giugiaro, 41, son of...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., Italdesign

• Next Mini has Italian roots; Italdesign handles body engineering, chassis, tests for BMW.(Brief Article)

  - 2006-01-23

  Byline: Jens Meiners When the second-generation Mini is launched late this year, its engineering will be Italian, not German like parent BMW or British like the brand. Instead, BMW hired Italian design house Italdesign Giugiaro to coordinate the engineering....

  Tags: BMW AG, Italdesign

• Distilling design.(News)

  - 2005-12-19

  Peter Horbury, credited with putting "Volvo'' and "stylish'' in the same sentence, now devotes his talent to distilling national identities into vehicle designs that resonate with buyers across the globe. We'll hear about Horbury's latest endeavor when the Ford executive director of design...

  Tags: Italdesign

• Calling all Cars fans.(News)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-12-05

  At the AutoWeek design Forum last January the big treat was a peek behind the scenes of Pixar Animation Studios, courtesy of Pixar creative genius John Lasseter. Lasseter wowed the crowd with tales of how a movie story comes together as well as with...

  Tags: Italdesign, Pixar Animation Studios Inc.

• DESIGN MAESTRO.(News)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-11-21

  Say the name Giorgetto Giugiaro and anyone who is anyone in the car design world will usually snap to attention. An automotive hall of fame inductee on both sides of the Atlantic, Giugiaro's name is associated with more than 200 cars, including world-renowned models such as...

  Tags: Ferrari, Italdesign

• Italdesign Ferrari GG 50.(News)

  - 2005-10-31

  "Is the dream of my father to do a Ferrari, but he was never authorized to do it,'' said Fabrizio Giugiaro, Giorgetto's son. Hard to believe the Italdesign founder, with 50 years in the business, never penned a Ferrari all his own (Giugiaro started at Bertone,...

  Tags: Ferrari, Italdesign