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Solved - NEH 3164: Lotus Esprit design rending by Giugiaro - 1972
« on: December 13, 2013, 06:42:25 AM »
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Re: NEH 3164
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2013, 05:10:47 AM »
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Re: NEH 3164
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2013, 05:38:37 AM »
Is it a Tom Tjaarda design? Maybe for Ghia?
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Re: NEH 3164
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2013, 05:55:23 AM »
looks quite similar to a De Tomaso Mangousta,i will try that even if it seems too easy ::)
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Re: NEH 3164
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2013, 06:32:20 AM »
Not Tom Tjaarda, not Ghia and not a de Tomaso!
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Re: NEH 3164
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2013, 06:40:16 AM »
Any Maserati Bora connection ?
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Re: NEH 3164
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2013, 07:12:17 AM »
Quote from: mekubb on December 30, 2013, 06:40:16 AM
Any Maserati Bora connection ?

It's not a Maserati..
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Re: NEH 3164
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2013, 09:53:39 AM »
Its a Giugiaro/Ital Design rendering from 1971 for his 1972 Lotus Esprit showcar (AKA the Kiwi or Silver Car).

The wheels are actually Photostated from a photograph of his previous Tapiro Porsche showcar.

The front of this drawing also resembles the Tapiro and the vent design behind the side glass on the rear hatch was later incorporated into his later BMW M1 design.
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Re: NEH 3164
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2013, 04:55:50 AM »
That's right, yes.
It's a bit of an amalgam of all sorts of Giugiaro design cues from the period, the rear side windows reminding me of his earlier Maserati Ghibli and de Tomaso Mangusta.

Here's the source picture; the upper one looks much more like the actual prototype:
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