If you look at almost any modern high-horsepower supercar, you will see the work of Marcello Gandini. Sharp lines, doors that swing up, the low stance, all were influenced by auto designer Gandini’s seminal work, the Lamborghini Countach.
Look at almost any modern high-horsepower supercar and you will see the work of auto designer Marcello Gandini. Sharp lines, a low stance, doors that swing up; all were influenced by Gandini’s seminal work, the Lamborghini Countach. The Countach and its predecessor, the Lamborghini Miura, are widely regarded as the first modern supercars, creating the template for a vehicle category that still marks the pinnacle in automotive performance and design.
When driving, rear visibility is afforded by a temporary rearview mirror that attaches to the nearly horizontal windshield. Starting from nuts and bolts Gandini’s interest in automobiles started with machinery rather than design. When he was five years old his father bought him a Meccano set, the metal building toy known as an Erector Set in the United States. Children could build cars, airplanes and machines with thin metal sheets and bars held together by tiny nuts and bolts.
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