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Giorgetto Giugiaro designer of the Ferrari
GG50
Photo: Automotive Intelligence
Proving his mettle
with the Ferrari GG50, Giorgetto Giugiaro paints in glowing colors
a great adventure
"To mark 50 years of
activity in the world of car design, I decided to sculpture a Ferrari
to the memory of that great adventure and enjoy it with my family".
Giorgetto Giugiaro fashioned and commissioned a project that spilled
into stretching horizons, in that he became concurrently - for the
first time ever -supplier and customer of the new car.
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Rather than
being a spellbound step into tomorrow, the ultimate outcome
of all this is an expression of today - a Ferrari graced
by his initials, GG, followed by the digit 50 by way of
epitomizing his debut into the world of car design in September
1955 -imbued by an imposing, unmistakable artistry capturing
sky-high ergonomics and outstanding space on board.
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Created along the lines
of the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, and retaining the same basic mechanics,
the Ferrari GG50 is a little shorter in length than the original
model, with a fastback tail conspired to conceal the underlying
hatchback lid. The rear seatbacks can be folded down to create,
thanks to the new fuel tank, a flat trunk platform one meter and
40 centimeters deep. All that was checked and verified with the
Ferrari Technical Direction support.
The idea of creating
a Ferrari to mark 50 years of activity in the world of car design
took shape in September 2004 at the Paris Motorshow, where Giorgetto
Giugiaro talked about this flight of fantasy directly with the President
and CEO of Ferrari Luca di Montezemolo who cued the model around
which the vehicle concept should be developed: the 612 Scaglietti
12 cylinders four-seater coupé.
Montezemolo also gave
Giugiaro two inputs: although no restrictions would be posed on
creative-thinking, the vehicle must be perfectly in keeping with
the Ferrari tradition and transmit a sensation of compactness, even
being highly enjoyable.
Giugiaro started to
work on the project in February 2005. Once the VR green light was
given, seeing onset was full-scale plaster model milling, as duly
completed in April. Along with the 1.1 scale mock-up put in place
to test out the ergonomics and ease-of-access interior concepts,
starting to see construction at the beginning of June was the running
prototype.
Photos:
Ferrari
(March
3, 2006)
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