A surprise gift of Giorgetto Giugiaro's 70th birthday

Special GIFT In automotive history, the name of designer Giorgetto Giugiaro is very well known since he was still working for Carrozzeria Bertone, then Ghia until founded his own company with many car design works from various brands, even some of them became legendary cars.

Giorgetto Giugiaro recieved a surprise gift on his 70th Birthday private party from his son Fabrizio of a full-sized styling model of the last car he designed at Bertone. (Picture from: MotorAuthority)

One of them may be this never-before-seen design made by Giorgetto Giugiaro for Lamborghini in the 1960s. This design work was created by him while still worked for Carrozzeria Bertone and was originally intended for the Bizzarrini sportscar.

The car is significant because it eventually became the Lamborghini Miura (left), which is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful sports cars Lamborghini has ever made.. (Picture from: AutomotiveNewsEurope)

Because he moved to work for Ghia, the design was offered by then Bertone' CEO, Nucio Bertone to Lamborghini. And the design completed by his successor at Bertone, Marcello Gandini into what would become we know today as a legendary mid-engine sportscar named the Lamborghini Miura, which debuted at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show.

Front view of the Lamborghini Giugiaro full-scaled model presented for Giorgetto Giuguaro's 70th Birthday in 2008. (Picture from: ClassicAndRecreationSportsCar)

As we all know that today  the Lamborghini Miura could be considered one of the most beautiful sports cars Lamborghini has ever done and Giorgetto’s contribution to the car is often overlooked.

Rear view of the Lamborghini Giugiaro full-scaled model presented for Giorgetto Giuguaro's 70th Birthday in 2008. (Picture from: ClassicAndRecreationSportsCar)

As times went by, the original design sketches were found by his son Fabrizio when looking through his fathers old papers and so decided to create a full size mock-up secretly for his fathers 70th birthday surprise gift in August 7, 2008. The car model was on display during a private party at Giorgetto’s home in the hills of Turin on September 20.

After leaving Carrozzeria Ghia, Giorgetto Giugiaro opened his own design studio named Italdesign Giugiaro in February, 1968. In 2010, as much as 90.1% of his company stakes was bought by Lamborghini, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group. And followed in 2015, Giorgetto sold the remaining stake to Audi, so otomatically together with his son Fabrizio should left Italdesign. In the same year, they also founded new studio named GFG Style. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | AUTOMOTIVENEWSEUROPE | CLASSICANDRECREATIONSPORTSCARS | CARSTYLINGRU | MOTORAUTHORITY | ID.MOTOR1 ]

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