4 'giants' design Vinfast cars for Vietnamese people
The 20 Vinfast car models that are being "referendumed" and causing a stir in the community are all designed by world-famous designers.
In fact, the most beautiful cars of the century are all the work of four world-famous car designers: Pininfarina, Zagato, Torino Design, Italdesign. Below is a brief information about them and some of the car models associated with their names.
1. Pinifarina (1930)
As one of the oldest and largest car designers in the world. Pininfarina is famous for expressing a design philosophy with the idea of beauty combining elegance, simplicity and comfort, focusing on male customers. Pininfarina is known as the designer who shaped the Ferrari car brand today.
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The Cadillac Allante is one of the legendary models designed by Pininfarina. |
Pininfarina's 10 iconic designs are 1960 Peugeot 404, 1987 Alfa Romeo 164, 1968 Ferrari 365 GTB/4, 1987 Cadillac Allante, 2006 Ferrari P4/5, 2008 Maserati GranTurismo, 1987 Ferrari F40, 1984 Ferrari Testarossa, 1966 Alfa Romeo Spider, 2003 Ferrari Enzo.
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The SUV was designed by Pininfarina for Vinfast. |
2. Zagato (1919)
Zagato designs are typically characterized by a rounded roofline and are mostly limited editions.
In 2011, Aston Martin collaborated with Italian design house Zagato to create one of the most beautiful cars of the past century, the V12 Zagato Vantage. The 510-horsepower car was painted in Diavalo Red with a muscular beauty beyond imagination.
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V12 Zagato Vantage, the most beautiful car of the past decade. |
In 2016, the two continued to combine to launch the Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Concept, a carbon fiber car with an engine based on the 569-horsepower 6-liter Vaquish V-12.
In an interview with the press, founder Andrea Zagato revealed interesting information:
“Most car companies tend to favor male customers because they have male engineers. Meanwhile, 60% of cars are chosen by women, not men. Today, the decision to buy a car is driven by the aesthetics of a car. None of our customers buy a car without the green light from their wives.”
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Zagato car model designed for Vinfast. |
3. Torino Design (2006)
Torino Design is headquartered in the Italian automotive capital of Turin. Although it was born later than the three designers Pininfarina, Zagato, Italdesign, in the past 10 years, Torino Design has been the designer of famous car brands such as Ferrari, Fiat, Lancia, Pininfarina, Alfa Romeo. Simply because the founder of Torino Design was also a famous name before, separating to open his own studio since 2006. Torino Design's strength is creating unique and convenient car body shapes.
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V-12 model designed by Torino Design. |
Torino Design's standout design is a new supercar concept powered by a V-12 hybrid system.
Power comes from a 3.8-liter V-12 engine and a pair of electric motors. The V-12 is mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission and drives the rear wheels, while the electric motors power the front...
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Torino Design created a radiator grille based on the image of Vietnamese terraced fields on the Vinfast car model. |
4. Italdesign (1968)
Italdesign, although a design company, also has extensive experience with small-volume car production (such as the Audi Q2). According to CEO Joerg Astalosch, Italdesign is capable of handling all stages of a car's development, from styling to testing, validation and launch. The designs are famous for their practicality, with the Fiat Panda and Uno being two styles.
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The famous Zerouno designed by Italdesign. |
Italdesign has just launched a supercar at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. The V-10-powered supercar that has attracted the attention of automakers and customers is called "Zerouno", the first version of the Italdesign Automobili Speciali. The car's all-carbon fiber body allows it to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds, along with a top speed of over 330 km/h.
In March 2017, Italdesign and Airbus came up with a solution to traffic congestion with a hybrid car and plane. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, Airbus and Italdesign called the flying car Pop.Up.
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The car model designed by Italdesign for Vinfast is receiving many votes from Vietnamese consumers. |
20 car models designed exclusively for VINFAST come from 4 world-famous car design studios, which have created "legendary masterpieces" for Audi, Bentley, BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Rolls-Royce... Pininfarina, Zagato, Torino Design and Ital Design have brought VINFAST an impressive, trendy and classy collection. |
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