Giovanni Michelotti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovanni Michelotti

Italian designer (1921-1980)

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1921

Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1980

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, car designer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Giovanni Michelotti (6 October 1921 – 23 January 1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century.
His notable contributions were for Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati and Triumph marques.
He was also associated with truck designs for Leyland Motors, and with designs for British Leyland (including the Leyland National bus) after the merger of Leyland and BMC. Born in Turin, Italy, Michelotti worked for coachbuilders, including Stabilimenti Farina, Vignale, Ghia-Aigle, Scioneri, Monterosa, Viotti and Allemano, before opening his own design studio in 1959.Towards the end of his life, asked whether he had ever designed anything other than cars, Michelotti acknowledged that virtually all of his design work had involved cars, but he admitted to having designed a coffee making machine shortly after the war.