Famous Designer of Autoshite - Italadesign

[MrRWD]

They Hyundai Pony was actually designed by a very famous designer:

 

Italdesign Giugiaro

 

 

http://www.italdesign.it/home

 

He Designed Cars like the following, including a lot of Autoshite cars you find here:    

 

• Hyundai Pony: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/hyundai-pony
• Famous Golf GTI: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/volkswagen-golf
• BMW M1: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/bmw-m1
• Maserati 4200 Coupe: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/maserati-4200-coupe
• Dolorean: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/delorean-dmc12  (This was actually styled after the 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe Prototype)

      1974 Pony Coupe Prototype: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/hyundai-pony-coupe

 

Giugiaro Design: This one is still on the road too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sloth in a bowl]

I love the Hyundai Coupe prototype, it's such a shame that such a car was never produced given the body shape.

Simpler and purer than...

 

[MrRWD]

The Scirocco was the same designer as the Pony Coupe Prototype. 

 

VW Sciroco: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/volkswagen-scirocco

 

You can tell he really liked his Hatchbacks. 

 

So was the early Passat. 
 

VW Passat: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/volkswagen-passat

 

Lambourghini Gallardo: http://www.italdesign.it/progetto/lamborghini-gallardo  

(My Fav design he did)

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I always thought the Piazza was similar to the Pony coupe , but looking at them now I'm not so sure.

[dollywobbler]

One of my favourite Ital designs.

[ProgRocker]

I can see how Guigaro arrived at the DeLorean seening that Pony coupé prototype.

 

ItalDesign's namesake:

1982 Morris Ital L 69-RGJ-1 by Stollie1, on Flickr

[MrRWD]

I always thought the Piazza was similar to the Pony coupe , but looking at them now I'm not so sure.

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The funny thing is, the "Pony Coupe Prototype" was going to be called the "Asso Di Fiori" - Ace of Clubs. 

Hyundai asked it to be name the Pony Coupe, at the last minute, as it was built on on the floor pan of a Hyundai Pony. 

 

Five years later, they built the Piazza prototype, and called it the "Asso Di Fiori". 

[e287yba]

I can see how Guigaro arrived at the DeLorean seening that Pony coupé prototype.

 

ItalDesign's namesake:

1982 Morris Ital L 69-RGJ-1 by Stollie1, on Flickr

 

Harris Mann designed this facelift, ItalDesign merely oversaw getting it into production . But ARG got away with stating that ItalDesign designed the Ital hence its moniker - cheeky buggers!!

 

Regards the Pony, ever notice how it looks like a Marina Coupe from some angles (rear 3/4 view, for example)?? George Harriman (from memory) left BLMC in '72 to oversee Hyundai beginning to produce cars - with the paper designs for the Marina Coupe rolled under his arm, by some accounts...

[stoterstangen90]

I can see how Guigaro arrived at the DeLorean seening that Pony coupé prototype.

 

ItalDesign's namesake:

1982 Morris Ital L 69-RGJ-1 by Stollie1, on Flickr

This is mine.....

[Braddon81]

Regards the Pony, ever notice how it looks like a Marina Coupe from some angles (rear 3/4 view, for example)?? George Harriman (from memory) left BLMC in '72 to oversee Hyundai beginning to produce cars - with the paper designs for the Marina Coupe rolled under his arm, by some accounts...

Nearly correct ☺️ It was George Turnbull which went to Hyundai to oversee the Pony's development. Not only did he take the Marina blueprints.. but also some of the body engineering team too! After Hyundai.. he then went to Khodro in Iran in the late 70s to improve productivity in Paykan production....and then on to Talbot in the UK where he shut down Linwood in 1981. It's amazing to think though that a car like the Marina had such a massive influence on the beginning of what now is the global phenomenon of Korean car production. Guigaro did a great job on that Mk1 pony.

[DSdriver]

One of my favourite Ital designs.

 

I hate those headlamps - they look like searchlights for spotting low flying aircraft.

[Braddon81]

The Mk1 k10 Micra is reputedly an Ital designed car that was offered to Fiat and rejected as an original proposal for its 127 replacement which of course eventually became the Uno.

[Timewaster]

I thought the Matiz was supposed to have been a Fiat?