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Carrozzeria Ghia
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Automotive
Founded
1916; 108 years ago (1916)
Founder
Giacinto Ghia
Headquarters
Turin
,
Italy
Key people
Felice Mario Boano
Services
automotive design, coachbuilding
Owner
Ford Motor Company
Parent
Ford of Europe
Subsidiaries
Ghia-Aigle
Carrozzeria Ghia SpA (established 1916 in Turin) is an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm, established by Giacinto Ghia and Gariglio as "Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio". The headquarters are located at Corso Guglielmo Marconi, 4, Turin. The company is currently owned by Ford Motor Company and focused on the European market through Ford's subsidiary in the region.
Through the years, Ghia has produced many bodies for several automobile manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Jaguar, and Volkswagen.
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manufactured by Chrysler from 1963 to 1964. Italian design studio CarrozzeriaGhia constructed the bodywork, and Chrysler completed the final assembly...
based in Grugliasco in northern Italy. Gruppo Bertone was founded as Carrozzeria Bertone in 1912 by Giovanni Bertone. Designer Nuccio Bertone took charge...
of Pietro Frua when Frua's studio was a subsidiary of the Italian carrozzeriaGhia, and the mechanicals were derived from Volvo's Amazon/122 series. Marketed...
business and engineering acumen during his stewardship and ownership of CarrozzeriaGhia (1953–63), one of an Italy's premier automobile design and coachbuilders...
well as the launch of the Ghia X which was powered by the 2.3 petrol as standard instead of the 2.0 like that on the standard Ghia - and it had a few more...
rear-engine, rear-drive open two/four-seater designed by Pietro Frua of CarrozzeriaGhia, using the floorpan and engine of the Renault Dauphine. Outside of...
613. Vignale was taken over by De Tomaso in 1969 who already owned CarrozzeriaGhia. Shortly after selling, Alfredo Vignale died in a car crash on November...
his career at CarrozzeriaGhia, OSI, and finally Fiat, Sartorelli became widely known for his work on the Fiat 2300 S Coupé, Karmann Ghia Type 34, and...
(37 bhp; 28 kW) at 5200 rpm and 57 N⋅m (42 lbf⋅ft) of torque at 4000 rpm. CarrozzeriaGhia custom manufactured a "Jolly" variant of the 500, inspired by the limited...
construction was contracted out to the Italian coach-building firm of CarrozzeriaGhia. The concept car was lost during the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria...
followed the Karmann Ghia Cabriolet and 1961 the bigger Type 34, the Karmann Ghia 1550, the design of which also came from CarrozzeriaGhia. In the quantities...
numbers. Out of the 28 cars, 13 were bodied by Carrozzeria Vignale, 11 by CarrozzeriaGhia, 3 by Carrozzeria Touring and 1 by Motto. The more-potent (but...
two-seat roadster concept car commissioned by Chrysler and built by CarrozzeriaGhia for the 1955 model year. The car was never put into production, but...
customer's choice. Majority used Touring with coupé or barchetta style. CarrozzeriaGhia produced one-off coupé designed by Felice Mario Boano. Others were...
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different specifications; US models were Base, Decor, Sport, and Ghia, with the Ghia having the highest level of trim. These trim levels changed very...
He also worked with Luigi "Gigi" Segre, of Italian coach builder CarrozzeriaGhia S.p.A. The men forged a strong personal bond, which helped link the...
unique design, featuring a plastic-fiberglass composite body designed by Ghia, a mid-mounted engine and four-wheel drive. The cars were built on behalf...