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Giovanni Michelotti 29 Sept. 2023

Il primo evento organizzato da carrozzieri-italiani.com in collaborazione con il club 8Volanti Tazio Nuvolari

Con grande orgoglio possiamo ufficializzare il primo di una serie di eventi dedicati al design automobilistico nati dalla collaborazione tra carrozzieri-italiani.com e il Club 8Volanti Tazio Nuvolari.

Nel primo appuntamento abbiamo l’onore di ospitare Edgardo Michelotti, figlio di uno dei più importanti designer della storia automobilistica italiana e non solo: Giovanni Michelotti. Considerato una “mattita libera”, Michelotti ha iniziato la sua carriera presso gli Stabilimenti Farina per collaborare successivamente con quasi tutti carrozzieri italiani come freelancer. Le sue collaborazioni più strette sono state con Allemano e Vignale con cui ha creato le più spettacolari Dream Car degli’anni 50 e 60 come la Fiat 8V Demon Rouge e la Fiat 1100 TV Antibes. Nella seconda fase della sua carriera ha rilanciato marchi come Triumph e BMW rifiutando sempre la direzione dei centri stili più blasonati dei marchi automobilistici mondiali rimanendo coerente con il suo spirito libero. Nella sua carriera, Giovanni Michelotti ha disegnato 192 Ferrari e si stimano  circa 1200 autovetture. È tuttavia impossibile fare un computo preciso in quanto Michelotti non imponeva alle Case a cui consegnava i disegni di comunicare il suo nome, né di mettere marchi vari sulle carrozzerie.

L’evento organizzato in collaborazione con il Club 8Volanti Tazio Nuvolari di Mantova, (già celebri per il Concorso d’Eleganza della Città di Mantova) si svolgerà in una location suggestiva: Il Museo Tazio Nuvolari in centro di Mantova e sarà presentato dal fondatore di carrozzieri-italiani.com Andreas Scheidl e Carlo Caraffini del Club 8Volanti.

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The first event organised by carrozzieri-italiani.com in cooperation with the 8Volanti Tazio Nuvolari club

It is with great pleasure that we can officially announce the first of a series of events dedicated to automotive design born from the collaboration between carrozzieri-italiani.com and the 8Volanti Tazio Nuvolari Club.

In our first appointment we have the honour of hosting Edgardo Michelotti, son of one of the most important designers in Italian automotive history: Giovanni Michelotti. Considered a “free pencil”, Michelotti began his career at Stabilimenti Farina and later worked with almost all Italian coachbuilders as a freelancer. His closest collaborations were with Allemano and Vignale, with whom he created the most spectacular Dream Cars of the 1950s and 1960s. In the second part of his career, he relaunched brands such as Triumph and BMW, always rejecting the direction of the world’s most renowned automotive design centres while remaining consistent with his free spirit.

The event, organised in collaboration with the 8Volanti Tazio Nuvolari Club of Mantua, (already famous for the Concorso d’Eleganza of the Città di Mantova) will take place in an evocative location: the Tazio Nuvolari Museum in the centre of Mantua and will be hosted by the founder of carrozzieri-italiani.com Andreas Scheidl and Carlo Caraffini of the 8Volanti Club.

Seats will be limited and reservations are appreciated by sending an email to:
info @ carrozzieri-italiani.com

The whole event will be broadcast on our official YouTube channel.

Stay tuned, the second guest of the October event will be revealed shortly.

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Celebrating 115 years of Carrozzeria Garavini, the brand sees its rediscovery and relaunch in the world of cars, design and elegance.

At Garavini, craftsmanship, manufacture and uniqueness come together to create works of art on wheels that go beyond the concept of a simple means of transport to become symbols of passion and refinement.

115 years after its foundation, the company has decided to start again with the Alfa Romeo 4C, in the 10th anniversary year of the model’s presentation, in collaboration with the IAAD in Turin. This partnership between the historic brand and the design institute represents an opportunity to create a high-end sports car that combines outstanding Italian aesthetics with the best technologies.

Poltu Quatu immediately turned out to be the ideal location for the premiere of the project, thanks to the famous Concours d’Elegance which, as the perfect combination of worldliness, elegance and the joy of living the dolce vita, allows the meeting from all over the world of those enthusiasts who, more than anyone else, can appreciate the value and style of a vision such as Garavini’s.

The project takes its inspiration from the 1930s Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 by Garavini, the star of the Italian Dolce Vita and the birth of the classic car movement in Italy. The Garavini Perenne represents an extraordinary sports car that combines the Italian tradition of elegance and style with innovation and high quality craftsmanship. Garavini’s tribute to the model, the 4C, which, with its debut 10 years ago, decreed the real relaunch of Alfa Romeo, is no coincidence: symbolic value, as happens in all valuable initiatives, has a decisive weight in the conception and realisation of unique products.

The soul of the project is Luca Babbini, a young entrepreneur with experience in research and development for various industries, in particular the automotive industry. Babbini’s path, which started at IAAD and has been refined through subsequent collaborations, has always been linked to a passion for luxury, not so much as a material passion, but derived from the emotion that an object or an experience conveys.

“When I crossed Garavini’s path,” explains Luca Babbini, Garavini Design Director, “with family origins and values that can be traced back to mine, I thought it was a sign: the awareness of this affinity has allowed us to give life to a new chapter, a reality in which passion for craftsmanship, luxury and family heritage come together. The Garavini Perenne will be an opportunity to enhance the Turin area but in an international key, thanks to the freshness and desire to do that only a young team, such as that of Garavini and that of the IAAD master’s degree course in Transportation Design, can guarantee.”

On 8 July on the occasion of the Poltu Quatu Classic, a preview of the concept on which the students of the IAAD master’s course in Transportation Design are working, reasoning and declining the Garavini values of elegance and attention to detail, aimed at creating a modern classic with a first series of 15 examples, which aspires to become a timeless model, a source of inspiration for the present and the future. The lines are classic, inspired by a sporty use that smells of fresh air and speed. Driving pleasure is at the heart of the design with a set-up dedicated to usability on the road as well as on the track.

Again Luca Babbini: ‘The valorisation of young people is a key aspect of the project: it always seems, in the common narrative, that unreachable challenges and moments of continuous crisis await us, but the future is full of opportunities and style and beauty are not a closed chapter. The creation of new classics is the true ambition of a project, which looks to the future aware of its past but with the confidence that it can still make a difference. The Turin area, then, is rich in excellent craft realities with which to create synergies and develop a true pole of high craftsmanship. There is nothing to stop us from looking beyond the automotive field and broadening the declination of our values with incursions into other sectors… in short, there is a lot to build on, and the Garavini lifestyle begins today with Garavini Perenne.

The result of this partnership is a high-end compact sports car with a sculptural aesthetic design. Garavini is committed to satisfying a discerning international audience that appreciates the art of automotive design and Italian craftsmanship. The ability to excite both long-time enthusiasts and new customers is a challenge Garavini sets itself, aiming to create a fascinating and successful future for the brand.

The Garavini Perenne will be released in 2025.