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15-584: The Lamborghini Marco Polo , or Italdesign Marco Polo , was a styling exercise by Italdesign Giugiaro . Introduced in 1982 at the Bologna Motor Show , the Marco Polo was inspired by the Lancia Medusa concept car designed by Italdesign two years prior. The design was originally intended for an upcoming DeLorean DMC-24 sedan, but DMC ran out of money before the concept was finished. Italdesign then recycled

30-437: A company founded in 1960 that designs and builds acrylic, cast iron and zamak matrices for automotive, aeronautical and household appliance prototypes. Italdesign acquired ETM (Engineering Technologies Methods), a company founded in 1984 that creates silicone prototypes, allowing the transition from an acrylic prototype to a more refined prototype with characteristics similar to the finished product. Italdesign-Giugiaro S.p.A.

45-527: A four-seater, has only two doors of the gullwing style, like the ones used on the Marzal , which can be opened from either the front or back seats. This article about a modern automobile produced after 1975 is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Italy -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Italdesign Giugiaro Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. ( Italian pronunciation: [italdiˈzain dʒuˈdʒaːro] )

60-406: A history of working together that dates back to the early 1970s. Former Volkswagen AG Chairman Ferdinand Piëch apprenticed at Italdesign during the summer of 1972, learning about engineering and design. Italdesign is responsible for the design of several notable Volkswagen vehicles including the first generation Volkswagen Golf (1974), Volkswagen Scirocco (1974) and Volkswagen Passat (1973) and

75-539: Is CEO. Italdesign has been credited for the design of a wide variety of concept and production cars since the firm's founding in 1968. Italdesign Zerouno The Italdesign Zerouno is a sports car produced by Italian automotive styling house Italdesign Giugiaro and was introduced in 2017. The Zerouno is the first car sold under the name of the Moncalieri design house and was created by their Italdesign Automobili Speciali division. The name means "Zero One", as it

90-542: Is a design and engineering company and brand based in Moncalieri , Italy, that traces its roots to the 1968 foundation of Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A. by Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani. Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers product design, project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services to manufacturers worldwide. As of 2019, Italdesign employs 917 people. On August 9, 2010, Lamborghini ( Volkswagen Group ) acquired 90.1% of

105-512: Is also limited to 5 cars. The car is powered by the mid-mounted 5.2 litre naturally aspirated V10 engine ( used in the Audi R8 and Lamborghini Huracán ) and produces 602 hp (449 kW; 610 PS) at 8,250 rpm and 520 Nm (383.5 lb ft) of torque at 6,500 rpm, with power going to all four wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission . The Zerouno uses a modular carbon fibre and aluminium chassis and has body work made of carbon fibre . It has

120-564: Is headquartered 10 km south of Turin, Italy, in Moncalieri. Best known for its automobile design work, Italdesign also offers project management, styling, packaging, engineering, modeling, prototyping and testing services. Italdesign has 993 employees and generated over €193 million revenue in 2015. Under Volkswagen Group ownership, Rupert Stadler is the Chairman of the Board and Jörg Astalosch

135-477: Is the first production vehicle from Italdesign's low production sports car division, Italdesign Automobili Speciali. The Zerouno coupé was introduced in 2017 at the Geneva Motor Show and had a limited production run of 5 units, all of which, according to the company, have been sold. The coupé had a base price of US$ 1.7 million. The Zerouno Duerta (roadster) was introduced at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show and

150-471: The Audi 80 (1974). In May 2010, Italdesign agreed to transfer 90.1% of its shares to Audi AG subsidiary Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. in order to keep Volkswagen's Italian holdings bundled together. The purchase price was not disclosed. The Giugiaro family retained ownership of the remaining shares. Both Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son, Fabrizio Giugiaro, continued to have active roles in the company. In July 2015 it

165-450: The company founded a daughter company dedicated to building collector vehicles. Named Italdesign Automobili Speciali, the new brand is featured on all vehicles constructed in ultra low series production, aimed at a number of selected collectors. The first car produced was the Zerouno with a production of only five units. Cars produced or planned by the new group. Italdesign acquired SALLIG,

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180-450: The design into a concept for Lamborghini. The wheels on the Marco Polo are standard DeLorean alloys covered by hubcaps. The Marco Polo is not a running prototype, rather the design is only a painted plastic model for aerodynamic research. The Lamborghini badge on the nose of the car was not to imply any design program undertaken with the factory but was a compliment paid by Giugiaro to the famous manufacturer that became noteworthy for pushing

195-468: The limits of automotive design. Although Lamborghini has a more exciting image to its products, Giugiaro decided to give this study a less aggressive line, preferring instead to focus on aerodynamic efficiency in order to provide a quieter passenger compartment and higher speed while maintaining fuel consumption. As such, the Marco Polo features a Cx of 0.24, compared to the Medusa's 0.26. The Marco Polo, while

210-450: The shares of Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A., including the brand name rights and patents. The remaining shares were sold to Audi ( Volkswagen Group ) on 28 June 2015, when Giorgetto Giugiaro resigned from the firm. Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aldo Mantovani founded Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi S.p.A. (SIRP), the company that would eventually become Italdesign, on February 13, 1968, in Moncalieri, Italy. Volkswagen and Italdesign have

225-558: Was announced that Giorgetto Giugiaro had left and sold the remaining shares to Audi AG. Following a large-scale cooperation with SEAT - already dating back to the 1980s - Italdesign created a new firm, Diseño Industrial Italdesign Srl, in SEAT's hometown Barcelona , Spain , in 1992 to design and construct models, master models and prototypes for the Spanish manufacturing industry. This subsidiary became Italdesign Giugiaro Barcelona SL. In 2017,

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