Enrico Fumia
Illustration — Fumia (left) with "Grifo d'Oro" and Nuccio Bertone (right), in 1966. Enrico Fumia (born 16 May 1948) is an Italian automobile and product designer. He is widely known for his work with the car design firm Pininfarina, helping to design and package a new sports car version of the Alfa Romeo, which included front-wheel drive and traversely-mounted engines.
Enrico Fumia
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- Born
- 1946 · Turin.
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- Italy
- Occupation
- designer
- Education
- Polytechnic University of Turin
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Fumia (left) with "Grifo d'Oro" and Nuccio Bertone (right), in 1966. Enrico Fumia (born 16 May 1948) is an Italian automobile and product designer. He is widely known for his work with the car design firm Pininfarina, helping to design and package a new sports car version of the Alfa Romeo, which included front-wheel drive and traversely-mounted engines.
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Enrico Fumia (born 1946) is a designer, of Italian nationality. The designer was born in Turin.
Enrico Fumia was educated at Polytechnic University of Turin. The designer worked for Alfa Romeo. Languages used include Italian.
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Today he runs Fumia Design Studio.
• 1966: Fumia wins a Grifo d'Oro Bertone Design competition at age 18. Also this year he is responsible for a front end design of a Siata Spring • 1967: Collaboration with Italian magazines Mark 3 and Autosprint. • 1970: Collaboration with Count Mario Revelli di Beaumont's Office. • 1976: Graduated Aeronautic Engineer at the Politecnico of Turin with an experimental thesis about vehicle's aerodynamics tested at the Pininfarina Wind Tunnel. Same year hired by Pininfarina - in charge of Styling and Industrial Design, Pre-engineering, Models and Prototyping manufacturing. • 1982: Manager at Pininfarina R&D - Models and Prototypes Development. • 1988: Manager at Pininfarina R&D - Design and Development. • 1989: Deputy General Manager at Pininfarina R&D. • 1991: Director of Centro Stile Lancia at Fiat Auto. • 1996: Director of Diversified Design at Fiat Auto. • 1999: Partnership with A. Sessano at Master Design Intl. • 2002: Fumia Design Associati - Design & Engineering Studio. • 2009: Fumia Design Studio - Creative Design Studio.
Notable car designs
Notable car designs
• 1966 - Grifo D'Oro Bertone • 1966 - Siata Spring (front end) • 1977 - Menarini SL (dashboard) • 1981 - Audi Quartz concept • 1981 - Fiat Coupé Brio concept • 1982 - Alfa Romeo 164 • 1987 - Alfa Romeo GTV and Spider, presented in 1994 and 1995. • 1988 - Ferrari F90 • 1992 - Lancia Y • 1992 - Lancia Lybra (partially) • 1995 - Maserati 3200GT and Spyder - Coupé (Interiors) • 1996 - Lancia Kappa Coupé • 2005 - Chery QQme (also known as Chery S16)
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• Illustration — Siata Spring • Illustration — Audi Quartz • Illustration — Alfa Romeo 164 • Illustration — Alfa Romeo GTV • Illustration — Spider and 164 • Illustration — Lancia Y • Illustration — Lancia Lybra SW • Illustration — Maserati 3200 GT Interior
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1946
Enrico Fumia was born in 1946 at Turin.
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- 1.Ray Bonds. The Illustrated Directory of Sports Cars. MotorBooks International. 1–. 1 January 2003. 978-0-7603-1420-3.
- 2.Fumia Design. fumiadesign.com.
- 3.Opinion 2004. fumiadesign.com.
- 4.RARITA' IN CONCORSO A TRIESTE. aavs.it.
- 5.Lancia J by Fumia Design. carbodydesign.com.
- 6.FUMIA DESIGN STUDIO. creastile.net.
- 7.1948 Siata-Fiat 750 Spider Corsa. richardheseltine.co.uk.
- 8.1981 Audi Quartz (Pininfarina). carstyling.ru.
- 9.1983 Fiat Ritmo Coupe (Pininfarina). carstyling.ru.
- 10.When the Poets Dreamed of Angels. driventowrite.com.
- 11.AUTOritratto: un libro di Enrico Fumia, grande car-designer italiano. automoto.it.
- 12.1988 Ferrari F90 (Pininfarina). carstyling.ru.
- 13.5-incredible-ferrari-special-edition-cars. TopSpeed.com.
- 14.Enrico Fumia w szczerym wywiadzie. autokult.pl.
- 15.Enrico Fumia, l'anima di Pininfarina. wheels.iconmagazine.it.
- 16.TURIN IS BACK IN FULL FORCE: LANCIA K WAGON AND COUPE, MERCEDES SLK AND DESIGN CONCEPTS HIGHLIGHT ITALIAN SHOW. autonews.com.
- 17.2005 Chery S16 WOW. carstyling.ru.
- 18.Whatever Happened To. Enrico Fumia. driventowrite.com.
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