Sentences with word «coachbuilder»

The Zegato Concept was designed by Italian coachbuilder Zagato to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the DB4GT Zagato.

The 2009 Maserati Touring Bellagio Fastback was created by coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera, and is based on a Maserati Quattroporte sedan.

Bentley itself sold the chassis and powertrain, which would then be bodied by one of several European coachbuilders of the era.

For one thing, in cross-section its center depression or «trough «is reminiscent of certain GT coupes of the Italian coachbuilder Zagato in the Fifties and later.

Basically a specialist builder, after World War II they came under Fiat's wing and were an important independent coachbuilder in the late 1940s and»50s.

Superleggera, with is Italian for «super light» is a method for car coachwork construction developed by Felice Bianchi Anderloni of Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring.

Alessio was also a personal friend of Gaetano Ponzoni co-owner of Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera, [6] thus from 1951 - 1958 Alfa Romeo built five different variations of the 1900 unibody chassis specifically for independent coachbuilders.

Mini teamed up with Milan, Italy - based coachbuilder Touring Superleggera to build the Superleggera Vision, a sultry two - seat Mini roadster shown at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este.

Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera has revealed its latest project and it's called the Sciadiersia.

Lamborghini has been known to make radical one - off cars from time to time, and Milanese coachbuilder Zagato has a history of turning special cars into extraordinary ones.

Just one of fewer than 1,400 built for Citroen by French coachbuilder Henri Chapron, the drop - top DS used a specially reinforced frame to compensate for its roofless nature.

The EA47 - 12 was the twelfth of 15 prototypes produced by Turin coachbuilder Ghia.

Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, the German coachbuilder with about 8,000 employees, is a shadow behind the Franco - American accord.

The first post-war Rolls - Royce, the Silver Wraith was often sold as frame for coachbuilders.

Flaminio Bertoni was a tailor's son, a former coachbuilder's apprentice, a painter, an award - winning sculptor, and a witty, characteristically Italian workaholic.

This is one of the latest creations by custom car builder Rick Dore, whose design is inspired by the great 1930s French custom coachbuilders like Figoni & Falaschi.

But the proportions and design of Ford's first purpose - built muscle car in 30 - plus years caught the eyes and sparked the imaginations of a pair of the world's leading coachbuilders in Italy as well.

Let's change that «original» to «period correct,» as this car was first completed by the Swiss coachbuilder Langenthal as a cabriolet.

At Bonhams» automotive auction this summer, held at Quail Lodge in Carmel, Calif. (part of the Monterey Peninsula's annual collector car week), among the standout lots was this sleek, streamlined Fiat 8V Supersonic from 1953, with body designed by the Turinese coachbuilder Ghia Continue reading →

A full - sized wooden styling buck, made by coachbuilder Scaglietti for low production racing variants of the Dino, also features - as do two modern wind - tunnel scale models from Ferrari's more recent past.

Autocostruzioni SD of Turinese coachbuilder Salvatore Diomante also offered a 65 cm longer limousine version, fully equipped with white leather, «abundant burr walnut», mini-bar, video cassette player and many other necessities.

We frequently lament the end of an era when coachbuilders sold their auto show cars to the general public, but every once in a while a modern, running one - off or prototype goes up for auction without decades passing first.

As was the case with many boutique sports cars at the time, Ferrari provided the chassis, engines, and transmissions while custom coachbuilders like Carrozzeria Touring, Ghia, Vignale, and Pinin Farina (then still two separate words) styled bodies to fit the chassis.

Drawing inspiration from a concept penned by German designer Hans Gugelot, Butzi Porsche created a mid-engine targa - top sports car that would be assembled by German coachbuilder Karmann.

Specialist coachbuilder Baur wasted little time in developing a pair of soft - top variants based on the BMW 02 range which were produced until 1975.

The Italian coachbuilder created one of the greatest and truly most beautiful cars of all time with the DB4GT Zagato back in 1960.

[6] The two bodies showed very different lines, as they had been designed and were manufactured for Fiat by two different coachbuilders: the Spider by Pininfarina, and the Coupé by Bertone — where it had been sketched out by Giorgetto Giugiaro.

The Sebring's stunning appearance was first penned by Giovanni Michelotti who previously designed the 3500 GT Spyder through coachbuilder Vignale of Turin.

This brisker performing variant distinguished itself by not being available with a standard coachwork; customers had to select an appropriate one from the choice offered by specialist coachbuilders.

Then, Earle F. Moloney founded Moloney Coachbuilders in 1968 and pioneered the long wheel - based limousine industry.

French coachbuilder Henri Chapron built nearly 1400 DS convertibles, almost all of them with the approval of the Citroën factory, between 1960 and 1971.

He studied architecture early on but ended up one of the first Americans to live and work in Italy, where he would design cars for some of the country's greatest coachbuilders, including Ghia and Pininfarina.

In The Little Corsican, Tom Clarke tells the story of Corsica, the enigmatic coachbuilder which produced some of the most exotic British bodywork of the 1930s, clothing chassis from Bentley, Bugatti, Mercedes and others

Stefan Ittner delves into the history of this renowned Parisian coachbuilder in Carrosserie Vanvooren

Although the biennial Turin, Italy, design extravaganza is only weeks away, top Turin coachbuilders made a big splash at Geneva.

Italian coachbuilder Bertone has unveiled a one - off Aston Martin Rapide at the 2013 Geneva motor show.

His winning car originally was delivered in London as a Model S but was upgraded to SS specification with a supercharged 7.0 - liter engine and lightweight bodywork by British coachbuilder Barker.

The design was penned by six design students under the watchful eye of Italian coachbuilder StudioTorino and Mercedes concept designer Steffen Koehl.

London - based bespoke coachbuilder, Prindiville, is re-entering the tuning scene by announcing three upgrade packages containing both visual and performance enhancements for three of today's iconic cars: the Lamborghini Aventador, the Ferrari 458 Italia and the Range Rover...

DTS and the Escalade full - size luxury SUV are also converted by Cadillac Master Coachbuilders into stretch limousines.

Having already launched a gorgeous version penned by famous coachbuilder Zagato, Aston Martin upgraded the standard version with notable updates on the outside and a more powerful engine under the hood.

We frequently lament the end of an era when coachbuilders sold their auto show cars to the general public, but every once in a while a modern, running one - off or prototype goes up for auction without...

The last Model S shooting brake we were checking out - the work of Norfolk - based coachbuilders Qwest - apparently costs # 70,000 to do.

Land Rover coachbuilder Overfinch will sort you out with some proper styling modifications that'll keep your Evoque looking fresh.