General the Designer of the teapot.

[maddogmorg]

Was Ercole Spada.

Now might not sound much, i'd never heard of him, but if you look at his history.....

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ercole_Spada[/ame]

Cars he designed.

1960 Bristol GT 407 Z
1960 Aston Martin DB4 GTZ
1960 OSCA 1600 GTZ
1961 Lancia Appia Coupe-Sport Zagato
1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ coda tronca
1961 BMC Mini Cat
1961 Bristol GTZ 5.2
1962 Lancia Flaminia Sport Tubolare
1962 Lancia Flavia Sport
1962 Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ
1963 Alfa Romeo TZ
1964 Hillmann Zimp
1964 FIAT 850 Z
1964 Lancia Flaminia 2800 Super Sport
1965 Lancia Fulvia Sport 1.2 alluminio
1965 OSCA MV 1700 GTZ coupé e spider
1965 Alfa Romeo TZ2
1965 Alfa Romeo Gran Sport Quattroruote
1965 Quattroruote Bikini
1966 Lamborghini 3500 GTZ
1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia Gran Sport *
1967 FIAT 125 GTZ
1967 Rover 2000 TCZ
1968 Lancia Flavia Sport Corsa
1968 Lancia Fulvia Spider
1968 Alfa Romeo Junior Z 1300 (vedi il Registro nel http://www.zagato-cars.com/)
1969 Volvo GTZ 2000
1969 FIAT Zanzara
1969 Lancia Flavia Super Sport
1970 Ford GT70
1972 Iso Rivolta Varedo
1986 BMW E32 Serie 7
1987 Ferrari PPG (telaio 76390)
1988 BMW E34 Serie 5
1988 FIAT Tipo
1989 Lancia Dedra
1990 FIAT Tempra e Tempra Stationwagon
1992 Alfa Romeo 155
1993 Lancia Dedra Stationwagon
1993 Lancia Nuova Delta
1993 Alfa Romeo 155 TI.Z
1993 Nissan Terrano II
1993 Ferrari Testarossa FZ 93
2001 OSCA 2500 GT
2007 TS Codatronca

I'm not sure i can think of any other designers with such a pedigree! Most of those cars are works of art, an Aston martin DB4 GT zagato is virtually priceless!

Any other Fiats got a claim to having such an excellent designer? Giugiaro can't quite compete in my eyes!

 

[swifty100]

Great post

cheers :slayer: Tipo Sedici power !

 

[bludvl_x19]

I think that I have you trumped. I give you Marcello Gandini

• Alfa Romeo Montreal

• Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo

• BMW 5 Series (first gen)

• Bugatti EB110

• Citroën BX

• Cizeta Moroder V16T

• De Tomaso Biguà

• De Tomaso Qvale

• De Tomaso Mangusta

• De Tomaso Pantera 90 Si

• Ferrari Dino 308GT4

• Fiat 132

• Fiat X1/9 (of course)

• Iso Lele

• Lamborghini Countach (game set match )

• Lamborghini Diablo

• Lamborghini Espada

• Lamborghini Jarama

• Lamborghini Miura

• Lamborghini Urraco

• Lancia Stratos

• Maserati Khamsin

• Maserati Ghibli

• Maserati Quattroporte IV (1994–2001)

• Maserati Shamal

• Renault 5 Phase 2

:nerner:

 

[maddogmorg]

there's always somebody who has to spoil it! but you are indeed right. Think you win. lol.

 

[bludvl_x19]

Hey, you can't blame me, youre the one who asked the question...
And making the thread title interesting was your downfall

Sorry though