Tokyo Ferrari marks Giugiaro 50th
MATT DAVIS
Posted Date: 10/18/05


At the Tokyo show Giorgetto Giugiaro revealed this one-off anni*versary present to himself—the GG50 show car built in cooperation with Ferrari—to commemorate Giugiaro’s 50th year in the auto design business.

Based on the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, the new aluminum body is 3.2 inches shorter in the rear (without sacrificing trunk space) and is fitted with a full rear hatch. The GG50 incorporates a long Dodge Viper-like side vent for a tauter appearance, while the windshield bottom edge is pushed forward for a more balanced proportion. Front air intakes and the rear diffuser are larger to create greater road-holding at speed. The car rides on 20-inch wheels and tires.


Whether this means a rekindling of a Giugiaro-Ferrari relationship—the last Giugiaro Ferrari was built in 1962 when the designer was still at Ber-tone—isn’t clear. But it’s a nice thought.

Giugiaro in Detroit

Catch Giorgetto Giugiaro, chairman of Italdesign, when he addresses the dinner crowd at the AutoWeek Design Forum on Jan. 11, 2006, during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Watch this space or check autoweek.com for more Design Forum details and sign-up information in the near future.





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2005 Tokyo: Giugiaro explains the design of his Ferrari GG50
LUCA CIFERRI | Automotive News Europe
Posted Date: 10/18/05

To make the GG50 look shorter, Giorgetto Giugiaro reduced the front overhang by 20mm and the rear overhang by 70mm.

That cut the overall length to 4810mm from the 4900mm production car. But he also used a visual trick.

"From a bird's-eye view, all cars look like a rectangle," Giugiaro says. "As a consequence, the dimensions are perceived optically as being the same as the maximum length."

In the GG50, Giugiaro rounded to an extreme the loop between the cowl and the front wheel arches, applying the same treatment to the rear.

"In a three-quarter view, this visual trick makes the car appear much shorter than it really is," he says. "Rather than having a fender lip that clearly defines the body side edge, a seamless line flows toward the center point."

A perfectionist who believes form must follow function, Giugiaro asked his engineers to design a new fuel tank entirely contained below the floor of the trunk.

The redesigned fuel tank allows the rear seatbacks to fold down flat, creating a 1400mm flat cargo area.

To better reach this cargo area, Giugiaro also decided to use a hatchback lid, which is nearly imperceptible at first sight. The GG50 seems to have a classic trunk-lid hinged under the rear window. But the rear window lifts up along with the trunk lid.

Another practical innovation of the GG50 is the sloping rear window.

"Getting in and out of a 2+2 coupe rear seat is never an easy feat, because access is directly proportional to the door's length, which cannot be stretched to the infinite," Giugiaro says.

He kept the 612 Scaglietti's doorframe, but the sloping rear window greatly enhances headroom, making it easier to get in and out of the car.

"It looks like just a minor detail," Giugiaro says. "Only by getting in and out of the car you can really see how easy this has become."

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It looks like the G35, 612, and Cobalt had a three-way.

 

^^

ditto.

 

I was thinking more of 350z than G35... heh

 

looks very Japanese-ish

 

IMO thats the way the 612 Scag should look like. Needs larger wheels, but I like the look overall. The current 612 is too bulbous.

 

haha yeah, that's a nice fast 350z

personally, i would just take a normal 612

 

I like the front, the rest is a bit blah.

 

It looks Japanese, not Italian

 

 

I love Ferraris'....but this one.. ....well let's say the front end of a Nissan 350 , with a side profile of an RX-8 , then stretch the S#iT!...out of it , with an old style rear end Corvette , top it off with rims that look to be made in the deep jungles of China and you get the "Ferrari...whattcha-ma-call it?".....

 

man this is really a very funny ferrari, i will leave it like that...