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Despite the fact that the friendship between Ugo Zagato and Enzo Ferrari dates back to the times of the Alfa Romeos of Scuderia Ferrari, twenty years before the founding of Maranello-based company, the 1949 166 Panoramica is to be considered the first Zagato bodied Ferrari.
The Ferrari 166 MM Panoramica, commissioned by gentleman driver Antonio Stagnoli, is a milestone in the evolution of the GT coupé concept. In 1950, however, the car was lost as Zagato transformed that very same chassis into a barchetta. Thanks to the photometric process and to the support by Ferrari Classiche, the vanished coupé came back to life in 2007, to celebrate the 60 years of the Prancing Horse.
The car with which Zagato inaugurated the “Panoramica” series in 1947 was a Fiat “1100”, characterized by a large and bright passenger compartment, in which the transparent surfaces were expertly made with a mix of crystal and Plexiglas, an experimental material that allowed the curvature.
Ferrari and Zagato have crossed paths several times, and each occasion has generated something special and unique. These contacts have always arisen out of…
The 1910s: Aeronautics Ugo Zagato was born in Gavello, near Rovigo, on June 25, 1890. He began his coachbuilding career in 1919 when he…
[…] 166 MM Zagato Panoramica was born, and it was Ferrari’s first coupe. It was modern and came with Plexiglas windows that […]