{"id":1033,"date":"2015-07-06T10:11:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T10:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2019-04-01T10:08:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:08:16","slug":"legendary-giugiaro-quits-audi-takes-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/legendary-giugiaro-quits-audi-takes-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Giugiaro Quits Audi Takes Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\r\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\"><\/p>\r\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/legendary-giugiaro-quits-audi-takes-charge\/#The_styling_and_engineering_company_built_by_legendary_car_designer_Giorgetto_Giugiaro_has_become_Audis_property_now\" >The styling and engineering company built by legendary car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro has become Audi\u2019s property now.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/legendary-giugiaro-quits-audi-takes-charge\/#Who_broke_the_news\" >Who broke the news?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/legendary-giugiaro-quits-audi-takes-charge\/#What_kind_of_work_he_did\" >What kind of work he did?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/legendary-giugiaro-quits-audi-takes-charge\/#What_made_Italdesign_Giugiaro_different\" >What made Italdesign Giugiaro different?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_styling_and_engineering_company_built_by_legendary_car_designer_Giorgetto_Giugiaro_has_become_Audis_property_now\"><\/span>The styling and engineering company built by legendary car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro has become Audi\u2019s property now.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Starting at the age of 17, giving the world some brilliant car designs, legendary car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro has finally sold his 90.1 percent stake in Italdesign Giugiaro SpA to Audi. He has retained 9.9 per cent stake for himself and his son, Fabrizio. On Sunday, June 28, Giugiaro sold his remaining stake to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/category\/audi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Audi<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_broke_the_news\"><\/span>Who broke the news?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The news first came from the announcement made in an email by Giugiaro himself, stating that both, him and Fabrizio, his son, have resigned on Monday from the Italdesign Giugiaro board. It also has been added that he has willingly surrendered his position of honorary chairman.<\/p>\n<p>The statement issued by Italdesign Giugiaro says that Giorgetto Giugiaro has left to give more time to his personal interests, the statement also adds that company\u2019s development would not be influenced with this change of hands. The company will keep growing and by the year-end, since its takeover in 2010, the company will have hired 250 additional employees.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_kind_of_work_he_did\"><\/span>What kind of work he did?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giorgetto_Giugiaro\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Giorgetto Giugiaro<\/strong><\/a> started at the age of 17 as a car designer at Fiat. He then worked at Bertone and Ghia, a Turin-based coachbuilders. Then in 1968, he finally started his own company. He has designed about 100 production cars during his career as the professional designer. His work included the first generations of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/eng-model.asp?part=all-vw-golfdiesel-engine&amp;mo_id=31358\" target=\"_blank\">Volkswagen Golf<\/a><\/strong>, Panda, Audi 80, and Fiat Punto.<\/p>\n<p>He also worked on some famous sport cars such as the De Tomaso Mangusta, Maserati Ghibli and Bora, Lotus Esprit, Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT and Brera. In the European Automotive Hall of Fame in Geneva in 2001, he was one of the 13 charter inductees.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_made_Italdesign_Giugiaro_different\"><\/span>What made Italdesign Giugiaro different?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Unlike its rivals, Italdesign Giugiaro provided car makers with services like design, engineering, prototyping and testing. 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