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U Spy: Italdesign Giugiaro's Geneva-Bound Volkswagen Concept Cars
Carscoop reader Torben tipped us off this morning about the addition of two Volkswagen concept cars penned by the Italdesign Giugiaro studio at the European patent office. Given the recent reports on the world premiere of two new design studies from Italdesign Giugiaro to mark its integration to the VW Group at the Geneva Salon next week, we'd say it's almost certain that these are the cars being readied for the Swiss motor show. The first concept is a tall and narrow five-door hatchback model with seating for four passengers, while the second model appears to be a sportier looking three-door variant with a lower roofline and more aggressive lines, in the likes of the Scirocco. We can't tell for sure, but it is possible that these two cars are roughly the same size as the Polo.
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Giorgetto Giugiaro Quits His Company, Audi Buys Remaining Stake
One of the most famous designers in the automotive industry, Giorgetto Giugiaro sold his remaining stake of the Italdesign Giugiaro SpA to Audi and resigned from the company’s board. Read more »...
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Audi Nanuk Quattro V10 Diesel Concept Has Italdesign Giugiaro Parcour Written All Over It
Earlier this year in Geneva, Italdesign Giugiaro stole the show with its striking Parcour studies. Audi seems to have liked the Parcour’s styling so much that it decided to use it on one of its own concept cars. Being the owner of Italdesign Giugiaro...
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With A Little Help From Vw, Italdesign Giugiaro Looks Into The Future With The Brivido Concept [updated]
It's been close to two years since the Volkswagen Group took a 90.1 per cent stake in Italdesign Giugiaro and exactly one year after the Italian company celebrated the marriage with the VW-branded Tex Coupe and Go! MPV concepts at the 2011 Geneva...
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Geneva Show: Giugiaro's Emas Italian Kei Cars
Italdesign Giugiaro's latest design study is a three-car plug-in collection debuting under the name EMAS, which stands for Eco Mobility Advanced Solutions (Emas also means "gold" in Malay). Built in collaboration with Proton and Lotus Engineering,...
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Italdesign Structura With 420hp W12 Spotted In Monaco
Now here's a car you don't ever expect to see driving on the road among ordinary vehicles. As was the case with Italdesign's one-off Ferrari-based GG50 that we showed you in a previous article, the uniquely styled 1998 Structura concept minivan...
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