Aldo Brovarone

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Aldo Brovarone (born June 24, 1926 in Vigliano Biellese , Piedmont , Italy ; † October 12, 2020 in Turin ) was an Italian automobile designer who worked for Pininfarina for over 30 years and designed both luxury and high-volume vehicles.

Life

Aldo Brovarone was born in 1926 in a community near Biellas in Piedmont in northern Italy. He completed a technical and commercial university degree (“Studi tecnico-commerciali”) and initially had the goal of working in one of the textile processing companies that shape the economy of Biellas. As a result of the aftermath of World War II , Brovarone was unable to finish his studies. After the war he worked as a draftsman. In 1949 Brovarone went to Argentina , where he worked as a graphic designer for an advertising agency in Buenos Aires . There he came into contact by chance with Piero Dusio , the founder of the Italian sports car manufacturerCisitalia , who attempted a fresh start in Argentina after economic difficulties in his home country. On Dusio's behalf, Brovarone returned to Italy in 1952 and initially worked briefly for Cisitalia. A recommendation from Dusio enabled him the following year to work for Pininfarina, one of Italy's leading stylists, which existed until 1988.

After his retirement, Brovarone worked occasionally for the Turin-based car body manufacturer Stola .

Pininfarina

At Pininfarina Brovarone received design training from Francesco Salomone and Franco Martinengo. Initially, Brovarone made detailed drawings for the designs of other Pininfarina designers, from the mid-1950s he was also responsible for the design of entire car bodies. Overall, only a few Pininfarina designs are attributed to Brovarone alone; he mostly worked with other Pininfarina designers, especially with Leonardo Fioravanti in the 1970s .

Brovarone's first draft is a special body for the Maserati A6GCS . Two years later Brovarone was responsible for the design of a single copy of the Ferrari 375 America , which had been commissioned by Gianni Agnelli . The car presented in 1955, known as the Ferrari 375 America Agnelli , had an unusual front design with a large radiator opening, a very long bonnet and a panoramic front window . Only a few design features of the car were later adopted for production models.

In 1960 Brovarone designed a show car for the first time: the construction of the Ferrari Superfast II , a study that was presented to the public in 1960, can largely be traced back to him. The shape formed the stylistic basis for the second series of the Ferrari 400 Superamerica ; only the pop-up headlights of the study were not taken over into series production.

Five years later Brovarone designed the “Ferrari Dino GT Speciale”, which two years later after a revision together with Leonardo Fioravanti became the Ferrari Dino 206 , Ferrari's first mass-produced street sports car with a mid-engine.

In the following years Brovarone was involved in the design of high-volume vehicles. Among other things, he was responsible for the external shape of the Peugeot 504 sedan . The Lancia Gamma Coupé , designed by Brovarone, made its debut in 1976 and is considered one of the most beautiful production vehicles of the 1970s and also Brovarone's best design. The Gamma Scala and the Olgiata, four and three-door special versions of the Gamma Coupé, also go back to Brovarone.

In 1974 Brovarone succeeded Paolo Martin as Pininfarina's head of design for about a year.

After his retirement, Brovarone designed a few more studies and individual pieces, which were realized by the Carrozzeria Stola and the related company Studiotorino , among others . In the 21st century, Studiotorino developed a number of detailed solutions for the German sports car manufacturer Ruf , some of which were prepared by Brovarone.

gallery

  • Ferrari 375 America Agnelli

  • Ferrari 400 Superamerica II

  • Ferrari Dino 206 GT

  • Peugeot 504

  • Lancia Gamma Coupe

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Il mondo dell'auto piange il biellese Aldo Brovarone, designer di Pininfarina: tra i suoi capolavori la Ferrari Dino e la F40. In: La Stampa. October 14, 2020, accessed October 14, 2020 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Sergio Chierici: "Un grande maestro di design: Aldo Brovarone". www.virtualcar.it, September 7, 2006, archived from the original on October 5, 2012 ; accessed on January 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Marci Coletto: "Aldo Brovarone: designers, styles Vecchio. '" www.panorama-auto.it, May 20, 2013, accessed on May 25, 2015 .
  4. ^ Carlo Otto Brambilla: "Aldo Brovarone meets his Maserati A6CMS / 53 Berlinetta". www.autodesignclub.com, June 2, 2014, archived from the original on May 24, 2015 ; accessed on January 10, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Description and illustration of the Ferrari 375 Agnelli on the website www.supercars.net. Accessed on May 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ Jan-Henrik Muche: The last contingent. Lancia Gamma - swan song from Turin. Model history of the sedan and coupé. In: Oldtimer Market . Issue 10/2004, p. 187.
personal data
SURNAME Brovarone, Aldo
SHORT DESCRIPTION Italian automobile designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Vigliano Biellese , Piedmont , Italy
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2020
Place of death Turin