Giugiaro’s Masterpiece

The Panda’s story began in August 1976, when then-Fiat CEO Carlo De Benedetti tasked Giugiaro to design a new “French style” small car. Little did he know that the result would be nothing less than an industrial design masterpiece.

Matteo Licata
Roadster Life
Published in
5 min readFeb 12, 2021

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Red Fiat Panda in Florence
The 1980 Fiat Panda is Giugiaro’s favorite project of all (c. Stellantis Emea Press)

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Matteo Licata
Roadster Life

I’ve been obsessed with cars for as long as I remember and, after working in automobile design for a decade, now I’m a lecturer, a published author, a YouTuber