Prolific designer's huge portfolio includes Lamborghini Countach, Lancia Stratos and Citroën BX, to name a few
Legendary car designer Marcello Gandini, who shaped some of the best known and most revered Italian cars of all time, has died at the age of 85. The Turin native, widely recognised as one of the most prolific and influential car designers of his era, made a name for himself in the mid-1960s while working for the storied Bertone design house, where he was responsible for such icons as the Lamborghini Miura, Lancia Stratos and the Ferrari 308/GT4 - Maranello's only Bertone-designed car.
Arguably his best-known creation was the Lamborghini Countach, which is defined by its aero-optimised, wedge-shaped silhouette - a Gandini hallmark that has come to be emblematic of experimental car design in the 1970s and 1980s - and which still has a huge influence today.
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