Donato Coco
Donato Coco is an Italian car designer born in Foggia, Apulia, Italy in 1956. He is known for designing automobiles for Citroën, but even more well-known for designing some of Ferrari's recent cars. Coco was Head of Design at Lotus from 2009 to November 2014.
Donato Coco
- Born
- 1956 · Rignano Garganico.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- designer · engineer
- Languages
- Italian
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Donato Coco is an Italian car designer born in Foggia, Apulia, Italy in 1956. He is known for designing automobiles for Citroën, but even more well-known for designing some of Ferrari's recent cars. Coco was Head of Design at Lotus from 2009 to November 2014.
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His works include: • Ferrari 458 • Ferrari California • Citroën ZX at Bertone • Citroën Saxo • Citroën Xsara • Citroën Xsara Picasso • Citroën C3 Lumière concept, Citroën C3 Air concept and Citroën C3 Pluriel concept • Citroën C2 • Citroën C1 • Citroën C3 (First generation) • Citroën C3 Pluriel • Citroën C4 • Ocqueteau RC10
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- 1.Patton, Phil. Lotus Hires Former, Mercedes benz BMW and Ferrari Executives. The New York Times. 2010-12-03.
- 2.Donato Coco Lotus Director of Design. racecar-engineering.com.
- 3.Lotus names Carr as new design chief. Automotive News Europe. 2014-10-23.
- 4.Ex-Ferrari designer new Lotus director. Drive. 2009-12-17.
- 5.Donato Coco Lotus Director of Design. racecar-engineering.com.
- 6.Marsh, Julian. ZX Prototypes. Citroenet.org.uk.
- 7.Popa, Dan. Donato Coco: “Suivre son goût sans être pollué par les tendances”. www.journalauto.com.
- 8.Baruffaldi, Silvia. Citroën Pluriel, the return of fantasy. Auto&Design. 2003-08-20.
- 9.Citroën C2 (2003–2009). Motor Car History.
- 10.Citroën C1 (2005–14). Autocade.
- 11.Donato Coco, designer des petites Citroën. Le Soir Plus.
- 12.SPIEGEL, Jürgen Pander, DER. Citroën C3 Pluriel: Das Ikea-Prinzip. www.spiegel.de.
- 13.Oagana, Alex. CITROEN C4 Review. Autoevolution. 27 August 2009.
- 14.RC10 Ocqueteau, look agressif sur une carène qui a fait ses preuves. Bateaux.com.
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