Paolo Martin
Paolo Martin | |
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Automotive, boat and motorcycle designer | |
| Known for | Fiat 130 Coupe, Rolls-Royce Camargue and the Ferrari Modulo |
Paolo Martin (born 1943) is an
Ghia where he styled the Ferrari Dino Berlinetta Competizione,[1] Ferrari Modulo concept, Fiat 130 Coupé and the Rolls-Royce Camargue
.
Background and career
Ferrari Modulo.
Born in
Ghia
.
Martin's work has included motorcycle and boat design, as well as automotive projects for
Zagreb, Croatia.[3]
Design work
Martin's work has received varied reception. In 2005, the
Daily Telegraph called the Fiat 130 Coupé a "majestic blend of severity and grace, boldness and subtlety, sharp angles joined by soft curves, a true catwalk beauty, a masterclass that was widely copied in the Seventies but never equaled."[4]
After its debut at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show, the
Jalopnik's 2008 competition for the top ten best "Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s."[5]
By contrast, the
Autoblog said the Camargue had been ranked "conspicuously low on the list," adding the Camargue "really was horrid, no matter how well it sold."[10] Responding to the Telegraph list, noted automotive journalist James May said the Camargue "is not ugly, either. It has presence, like that pug-faced but well-dressed bloke down the pub."[11]
Series production designs
Martin's design work that has seen series production includes:
- Triumph Spitfire (with Giovanni Michelotti)
- Fiat 130 Coupé[12][13]
- Rolls-Royce Camargue[12][14][15]
- Peugeot 104[16]
- Lancia Beta Montecarlo
- Stutz IV-Porte and Royale
Concept designs
His concept design work has included:
- Dino Berlinetta Competizione (1967)[17]
- BMC 1800 Aerodinamica(1967)
- Fiat Dino Parigi (1967)
- BLMC 1100 Aerodinamica(1968)
- Bentley T1 Pininfarina Coupé Speciale (1968)[18]
- Alfa Romeo P33 Roadster (1968, later rebodied),[19]
- Fiat Dino Ginevra (1968)
- Fiat 128 Teenager (1969)
- Ferrari Sigma (1969)
- Ferrari Modulo[12] (1970)
- Alfa Romeo P33 Cuneo (1971)[20][21]
- NSU Ro 80 "2 porte +2" (1971)
- Ford Fiesta Blue Car (1972, Ghia)
- Fiat Gobi (1984, Maggiora)[22]
- Lotus Eminence (1980)[23]
- Fiat Halley (1985, Maggiora)[24]
- Nissan Hurricane Li-Ion (1986)[25]
- Fiat Freely Savio (1987, Carrozzeria Savio)[26]
- Fiat Topolino Concept (2008,[27] for Ruoteclassiche Italian magazine)
- Citroen 2CV Concept (2008).[28]
References
- ^ "Dream – 1967 Ferrari Dino 206 Competizione". Conceptcarz.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Ferrari Modulo story". Car Body Design, 30 October 2007.
- ^ "Report: Auto(r) 2011 Design Conference". Car Body Design, 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Fiat 130 Coupe: Exotic, regal and hedonistic, this coupé represented one of Fiat's finest moments, says Martin Buckley". London: The Daily Telegraph via Telegraph.co.uk, 20 September 2005. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s". Jalopnik.com, Dec 30 2008.
- ^ "Dream – Cars of the Future Since 1950". Car Design News, Nick Hull, 28 Nov 2008. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013.
- ^ "In Pictures: 10 worst cars chosen by our readers". Toronto: The Globe and Mail, Peter Cheney, Globe and Mail Update, Monday, Feb 22, 2010. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ISBN 9781582346380.
- ^ "The 100 ugliest cars". London: The Daily Telegraph, Telegraph.co.uk, 25 Aug 2008. 10 September 2008.
- ^ "Tie a pork chop around its neck - Telegraph counts down 100 ugliest cars". Autoblog.com, Aug 30, 2008.
- ^ "James May's greatest hits: the ugliest cars of all time". London: The Telegraph.co.uk, James May, 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012.
- ^ a b c Chapman, Giles (15 March 2005). "Italian style for the many and the few". The Independent. London. Retrieved 30 June 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Fiat 130 Coupè Archived 2008-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. Paolo Martin Designer, retrieved April 1, 2008
- ^ "Rolls-Royce Camargue 1975". Trauma Auto Archive. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ "Rolls-Royce Camargue". Paolo Martin Designer. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ "Peugeot 104". Paolo Martin Designer. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
- ^ "Ferrari Dino Berlinetta Competizione". Car Body Design, 21 September 2007.
- ^ "Bentley T1 'Coupe Speciale/1968". bestinsketch.it. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Fusi, Luigi. Alfa Romeo All Cars From 1910. Emmetigrafica, 1978, p. 687.
- ^ "1971 PININFARINA ALFA ROMEO P33 CUNEO". archivioprototipi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "33 Spider "Cuneo" - 1971". museoalfaromeo.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Fiat – Gobi". carrozzieri-italiani.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Lotus Eminence Project". burritodetodo.tumblr.com. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Fiat – Halley". carrozzieri-italiani.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Nissan Hurricane Li-ION Concept". Car Body Design, 31 January 2008.
- ^ "1987 SAVIO FIAT FREELY". archivioprototipi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Fiat Topolino Concept". Car Body Design, 2 July 2008.
- ^ "Citroen 2CV Concept". Car Body Design, 6 June 2008.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paolo Martin.
- Paolo Martin's Website
- Video: Paolo Martin, sketches from the 1980s
- Video: Paolo Martin completing a car rendering with Künstler chalks and markers on Canson cardboard
- Design: Sketches by Paul Martin for Giovanni Michelotti (1961-1966) (translated from Italian)
- Pininfarina's Paolo Martin revisits the Ferrari Modulo with Enzo-based design study
- Pininfarina Ferrari Dino 206C Competizione, Paolo Martin, 1967
- 1970 Ferrari Modulo