Giorgetto Giugiaro

Giorgetto Giugiaro (born 7 August, 1938) is an Italian car designer, one of the most influential and prolific ever. He initated the "folded paper" era of the 1970s where the cars were designed with straight lines and sharp edges. As well as a number of supercars, he is responsible for the design of some of the most popular everday vehicles to grace our streets.

Giugiaro has worked for a number of design studios:

• Bertone (1960 - 1965)
• Ghia (1966 - 1968)
• Ital (1969 - 1997)

Some of the notable designs he created include:

• Alfa Romeo Alfasud
• Audi 80
• DeLorean DMC
• Ferrari GT 250 Bertone
• Fiat Panda
• Fiat Punto
• Fiat Uno
• Hyundai Pony
• Isuzu Piazza
• Lamborghini Marco Polo
• Lancia Delta
• Lotus Esprit
• Maserati Ghibli
• Fiat 850 Spider
• Fiat Dino
• Renault 19 and 21
• SAAB 9000
• SEAT Ibiza
• Volkswagen Golf
• Volkswagen Passat
• Volkswagen Polo
• Volkswagen Scirocco

Giugiaro also created the first MPV in 1978, the Lancia Megagamma, which inspired the Nissan Prairie, the first MPV to achieve mass sales.