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Lorenzo Ramaciotti

Italian car designer (born 1948)

Lorenzo Ramaciotti (born 1948)^[1] is an Italian car designer. Ramaciotti started his career with Pininfarina in 1972 and retired in 2005. In 2007 he became Group Chief of Design at Fiat Group Automobiles, responsible for all the Fiat Group brands, including Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Maserati. In 2015 he was replaced by Ralph Gilles.

Career

Ramaciotti was born in Modena.

He graduated from Polytechnic University of Turin with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1972, and joined Pininfarina after graduating.^[2] He was appointed General Manager of Pininfarina Studi e Ricerche in early 1988 and in 2002 became managing director and CEO of Pininfarina Ricerca and Sviluppo and retired in 2005.^[1]

In 2007 he joined Fiat Group as Group Chief of Design after being head-hunted by Fiat's CEO Sergio Marchionne,^[3] overseeing design of all the Group marques. In 2011 he was appointed member of the Group Executive Council.

Designs

Cars design overseen by Ramaciotti at Pininfarina:^[2]

Ferrari 456 GT
Ferrari 550 Maranello
Ferrari 360 Modena
Ferrari F430
Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
Peugeot 406 Coupe^[4]

Cars designed by Ramaciotti at Centro Stile FCA

Alfa Romeo Giulietta (2010)
Maserati Quattroporte VI (2012)
Alfa Romeo 4C (2013)

Gallery

Ferrari 360
Peugeot 406 Coupe
Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Alfa Romeo 4C

References

^ ^a ^b "The Italian Legend Steering Car Design for Fiat-Chrysler". Bloomberg. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Who's Where: Lorenzo Ramaciotti appointed Chief of Design for Fiat Group". Car Design News. 28 May 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ "11 Questions for Maserati's Head of Design". Maxim. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ "Meet the king of Italian car design". Top Gear. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

External links

Official website

Fiat Automobiles S.p.A.

Established 2007 – A marque of Stellantis

Related companies

Predecessor

Fiat S.p.A. (1899–2014)

Parent

Stellantis Europe (2021–)
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (2014–2021)

Subsidiaries
and divisions

Current	Abarth Fiat Professional Stellantis Heritage
Former	Fiat Aviazione (1908–69) Fiat Concord (1954–80) IAVA Fiat Ferroviaria (1880–2000) Fiat Industrial (2010–13) Iveco Autobianchi (1955–95) Ceirano (1899) Innocenti (1990–96) SCAT (1929–32) Sevel Argentina (1980–99) Simca (1934–58) Società Piemontese Automobili (1926)

Current models

Cars	500 500e Argo Cronos Mobi Panda Tipo/Egea
Crossovers/SUVs	500X 600 Fastback Pulse
Vans	Doblò Ducato Fiorino (Latin America) Scudo/Ulysse
Pickup trucks	Strada Titano Toro
Abarth	595

Historic models
(List)

1980–2019	124 Spider Fullback Panorama Argenta Uno Oggi Regata Croma Duna/Prêmio Viaggio Tipo (Type 160) Tempra Cinquecento Coupé Punto Linea Grande Punto Ulysse Barchetta Bravo Bravo/Brava Marea Palio Scudo Siena Grand Siena Multipla Seicento Stilo Albea Idea Panda II Croma II Sedici Talento 500L Fiorino (Europe)
1950–1979	1400 Campagnola 8V 1900 1100/103 600 1200 500 1200/1500/1600 Cabriolet 1800 2100 1300 1500 2300 850 124 124 Sport Coupé 124 Sport Spider Dino 125 128 130 127 126 132 X1/9 131 133 147 Ritmo/Strada
1920–1949	510 520 "Superfiat" 502 519 509 503 507 512 520 521 525 514 515 522 524 508 Balilla 518 Ardita 527 1500 500 "Topolino" 508 C 2800 1100
1899–1919	4 HP 6 HP 8 HP 10 HP 12 HP 16-20 HP 24-32 HP 60 HP Brevetti 1 Zero 2B 70 501 505
LCVs	1100 T 238 241 242 900T Daily Fiorino Marengo Penny