Author Topic: Solved: GTE 178 - 1966 Bertone Grifo d'Oro winning design by Enrico Fumia  (Read 1558 times)

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Please identify this vehicle concept (what, when, by whom) for a point.
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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2019, 02:32:24 PM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2019, 02:40:50 PM »
Dirk Michael Conrad

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2019, 05:06:11 PM »
Dirk Michael Conrad
Nothing to do with Mr. Conrad

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2019, 07:36:31 AM »
1970s British?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2019, 10:31:41 AM »

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2019, 03:20:42 PM »
Pros?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2019, 04:36:57 PM »
European ?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2019, 06:20:07 PM »

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2019, 06:22:55 PM »
From a Mediterranean country ?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2019, 06:47:30 PM »

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2019, 07:06:39 PM »
Italian ?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2019, 07:11:21 PM »

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2019, 07:24:30 PM »
Michelotti ?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2019, 08:42:01 PM »

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2019, 04:36:01 AM »
Designed for a major Italian manufacturer ?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2019, 09:23:51 AM »
Designed for a major Italian manufacturer ?
No

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2019, 12:48:45 PM »
Is the designer known for other cars ?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2019, 01:27:14 PM »
Is the designer known for other cars ?
Yes

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2019, 01:51:41 PM »
Vignale ?

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #20 on: November 03, 2019, 02:17:23 PM »

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #21 on: November 04, 2019, 02:47:27 AM »
This is the winning design (scale) model built by the eighteen year old Enrico Fumia for the Bertone design award "Grifo d'Oro" in 1966.
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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #22 on: November 04, 2019, 02:53:42 AM »
This is the winning design (scale) model by Enrico Fumia for the Bertone design award "Grifo d'Oro" in 1966
Yes, the winning design in the 'Junior' category. (Fumia was only 18 years old at the time.) The point is yours!

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Re: GTE 178
« Reply #23 on: November 04, 2019, 03:01:41 AM »
Thank you!  :)
Long time ago (!) I made a puzzle on European design. Unfortunately the pics are long gone.
https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/solved-by-many-a-selection-of-european-design-(by-design-ii)/25/
The winning model of the senior category was this one made by Alexander Neumeister who became much more famous later for his designs for high speed trains.
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Re: Solved: GTE 178 - 1966 Bertone Grifo d'Oro winning design by Enrico Fumia
« Reply #24 on: November 04, 2019, 02:30:12 PM »
Additional views of Fumio's winning design: