Leonardo Fioravanti (b. 1938) is an Italian automobile designer and CEO of Fioravanti Srl. He studied mechanical engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, specializing in aerodynamics and car body design. Before founding Fioravanti Srl, he worked twenty-four years with Pininfarina, followed by a position at Ferrari and the director's role at the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo. Fioravanti designed the Ferrari Dino, the Ferrari Daytona, the Ferrari P5 and P6, …

Giorgetto Giugiaro (August 7, 1938) is an Italian automobile designer. He was born in Garessio, province of Cuneo (Piedmont). He initiated the "folded paper" era of the 1970s where the cars were designed with straight lines and sharp edges. As well as a number of supercars, he is responsible for the design of some of the most popular everyday vehicles driven today. Giugiaro was the winner of the award of Car Designer of the Century in 1999.

Vittorio Jano (April 22, 1891 - March 13, 1965) was a famed Italian automobile designer of Hungarian descent from the 1920s through 1960s. Jano was born "Viktor János" in San Giorgio Canavese, in Piedmont, to Hungarian immigrants, whom arrived there several years before the birth of Jano. He began his career at Fiat in 1911 under Luigi Bazzi. He moved with Bazzi to Alfa Romeo in 1923 and designed the Alfa Romeo P2. The P2 was notorious, winning its first race, …

Jason Castriota is an Italian automobile designer born in Brooklyn, New York. He currently holds the title of Design Team Leader at design studio, Pininfarina. He is responsible for such designs as the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Maserati GranTurismo, the Maserati Birdcage 75th, as well as the Ferrari 612 Kappa. His most recent work is a restyled Enzo Ferrari for American car collector James Glickenhaus, the "Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina".

Giulio Alfieri (July 10 1924 - March 20 2002) was an Italian automobile engineer, affiliated with Maserati in Modena, Italy since 1953, where he was central to the development of racing and production cars in the 1950s and 1960s. Alfieri was born in Parma. After graduating the Politecnico di Milano, he first worked on steam turbines for the ship industry "Cantieri Navali of Tirreno", in Genova, before joining the automaker Innocenti in 1949.

Sergio Pininfarina (born Sergio Farina on 8 September, 1926 in Turin, Italy) is a renowned automobile designer, like his father Battista Pininfarina. After joining his father at Carrozzeria Pininfarina, he quickly became integral to the company, and during his career oversaw many of the designs (particularly Ferraris) for which the company is famous. In 1961 his family surname was changed from Farina to Pininfarina, to match that of the company, …

Marcello Gandini (born on August 26, 1938) is an Italian car designer. After finishing school he received a job as the chief designer at Bertone. In 1980 he left to pursue a career as a freelance designer.

Giovanni Battista "Pinin" Farina (later Battista Pininfarina) (November 2, 1893 - April 3, 1966) was the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company, a name forever associated with many of the best-known postwar sports cars (especially Ferraris). Giovanni Battista Farina was born in Turin, Italy. The tenth of eleven children, his nickname, "Pinin" (little, in Piedmontese), referred to his being the baby of the family.

Walter Maria de’Silva is a car designer from Italy, and currently in charge of all Volkswagen Group design. His long automotive career began in 1972 at Centro Stile FIAT, followed by nine years at I.DE.A Institute, before he was recruited by Alfa Romeo. By 1986, he was made in charge of Alfa's Centro Stile, a role he maintained until the late 1990s.

Gioacchino Colombo (1903 - 1987) was an italian automobile engine designer. Colombo was born in Legnano. He began work as an apprentice to the great Vittorio Jano at Alfa Romeo. In 1937, Colombo designed the 158 engine for the Alfetta and caught the attention of Enzo Ferrari. After World War II, Ferrari asked Colombo to design a small V12 for use in the new Ferrari marque's racing and road cars. Colombo's great work for Ferrari was a tiny 1.5 L V12, …

Ercole Spada (August 26, 1938) is an Italian automobile designer. His most notable designs were made in the 1960s, for the Zagato design studio house, where Spada was chief stylist. During this period some of the most notable sports cars by Aston Martin, Ferrari, Maserati, as well as Alfa Romeo, Abarth, Fiat and Lancia were clothed by Spada's designs. Spada earned a degree in Industrial Engineering from Istituto tecnico Feltrinelli in 1956.

Alfredo Ferrari (January, 1932 - June 30, 1956), nicknamed Alfredino or Dino, was the only legitimate son of Enzo Ferrari. Enzo decided to name Alfredo after his grandfather. From an early age Enzo was grooming his son to be his successor, and therefore sent him to some of the best schools in Europe. Dino studied engineering in Switzerland. Dino suggested to Enzo Ferrari the development of a 1.5 L DOHC V6 engine for F2 at the end of 1955.

Aurelio Lampredi (June 16, 1917 in Livorno - June 1, 1989 in Livorno) was an italian automobile and aircraft engine designer. He began his career at Piaggio, makers of the Vespa scooter, but quickly moved up to larger engines. He worked at Isotta-Fraschini before World War II, and then joined Reggiane to design aircraft engines. Lampredi's fame brought him to Ferrari in 1946 where he designed a large 4.5 L V12 (the "Lampredi engine") which first saw use in 1950's 257S.

Giuseppe Bertone, called "Nuccio", (Torino, July 4, 1914 - Torino, February 26, 1997) was a famed automobile designer and constructor. He took over Carrozzeria Bertone from his father, Giovanni after World War II, growing the small business to a carbuilding and designing powerhouse. After racing Fiats, O.S.C.A.s, Maseratis, and Ferraris, Bertone moved to construction, agreeing to build his first car, a series of 200 MGs, at the 1952 Turin Motor Show.

Nicola Romeo was an italian engineer and an entrepreneur. Nicola graduated in engineering at the Politecnico di Torino in 1899, after that he worked couple of years abroad and completed second bachelor in electrical engineering in Liège, Belgium. 1911 he returned back to Italy and created "Ing. Nicola Romeo e Co.". The company manufactured machines and equipment for mining industry.

Aldo Costa (born June 6, 1961, Parma, Italy) is currently Head of Design and Development at the Ferrari Formula One team. Costa started his F1 career as the chief designer for Minardi. Costa joined the Scuderia Ferrari in 1995 and in 1998 became assistant to the team's Chief Designer, Rory Byrne. When Byrne announced his intention to retire in 2004, Costa was named as his successor. Byrne credited the design of the 2005 Ferrari to Costa.

Valerio Colotti (Modena, 1925) is an italian automotive engineer, known for his early work with Ferrari and Maserati chassis and transmission systems. He joined Ferrari in 1948, working under Aurelio Lampredi, followed by employment with Maserati (1953-1957), until the company dropped factory works racing. In 1958 he started his own company, known as Tec-Mec ("Studio Tecnica Meccanica").

Carlo Felice Bianchi «Cici» Anderloni was an italian automobile designer, known for several designs for the Carrozzeria Touring company. After studying at the Politecnico di Milano he joined his father Felice Bianchi Anderloni (1882 - 1949) at his company Carrozzeria Touring (1944) and subsequently led the design and production activities, after his father's death (1949).

Orazio Satta Puliga (October 6, 1910 in Torino - 1974) was an Italian automobile designer known from several Alfa Romeo designs. He studied mechanical engineering (1933) and aeuronautical engineering (1935) at the Politecnico di Torino and joined the design department of Alfa Romeo (March 2, 1938), working under the direction of Wifredo Ricart. Satta followed Ricart as head of design (1946), overseeing the 158 and 159, Alfa Romeo 1900, Alfa Romeo Giulietta, …

Pietro Frua (May 2, 1913 - June 28, 1983) was one of the leading Italian coachbuilders and car designers during the 1950s and 1960s.

Donato Coco is an automobile designer, currently chief designer at Ferrari. Born in Italy, Coco studied architecture in Besançon, France, before taking a masters degree in vehicle design at the Royal College of Art in London. Coco rose to become chief designer for small cars at Citroën following a design competition in 1983. There, he oversaw the design of the Xsara Picasso, C2, C3, and C4. He was appointed to the Ferrari role on November 8, 2005, …

Karl (Carlo) Abarth (November 15, 1908 - October 24, 1979) was an Italian-Austrian automobile designer. Abarth was born in Vienna, Austrian Empire. As a teenager, he worked for Castagna in Italy (1925-27), designing motorbike and bicycle chassises. Back in Austria, he worked for Motor Thun and Joseph Opawsky (1927-34), and raced motorbikes, winning his first race in a James cycle in Salzburg on July 29, 1928).

Luigi «Gigi» Segre was an Italian automotive designer and engineer, leading the Carrozzeria Ghia from 1953, when Mario Boano left, until his death. His most famous design was the Karmann-Ghia (1953). He also established the OSI coachbuilding company with Arrigo Olivetti in 1960. Segre died from complications during surgery.

Flaminio Bertoni was an automobile designer, responsible for some of the most radical reconceptualisations of automobiles ever. He worked in the years following World War II. Before his work in industrial design, Bertoni was a sculptor. Contemporary journalists often noted that he followed a "clean sheet" approach to design, taking absolutely nothing for granted.

Sergio Coggiola is an Italian designer mainly known for his design of automobiles. He has worked on Saab Sonett III, Volvo 262C, Lancia Thema Coupè, Fiat Punto Surf, Fiat Brava Sentiero, Pontiac CF 428 and many more.

Medardo Fantuzzi (Bologna, 1906 - Modena, 1986) was an Italian automotive engineer, known for his Carrozzeria Fantuzzi body workshop. He and his brother, Gino Fantuzzi were famous for their affiliation with Maserati, where they got involved in building the Maserati A6 GCS (44 built 1953-55), Maserati 350S and Maserati 200S.

Giuseppe Merosi (December 8, 1872 in Piacenza - March 27, 1956) was a famous Italian automobile engineer. Originally trained as a building surveyor, before he discovered his gift for the automotive engineering. He gained first experiences at Bianchi and the running department of Fiats. Soon he was hired (1910) as a new chief engineer to new company A.L.F.A which was established to Portello in Milan.

Franco Scaglione was an Italian automotive designer, famous for his aerodynamic B.A.T. (Berlina Aerodynamica Technica) designs while working for Bertone. Scaglione was born in Florence. His studies of aeronautical engineering were interrupted by World War II, after which he started working for Pininfarina, but soon was employed by Bertone.

Giacinto Ghia was an Italian automobile coachbuilder, founder of Carrozzeria Ghia. He was a test driver at Rapid and Diatto, getting seriously injured (1915). He established «Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio» with his partner Gariglio (1921). After seeing his factory eradicated (1943) he died of heart failure.

Alberto Massimino (1895 in Torino - 1975 in Modena) was an italian automotive engineer. He studied mechanical engineering in Switzerland and worked for FIAT (1924-28), where he followed Vittorio Jano who had left for Alfa-Romeo. The 1500 ccm, 12-cylinder 806/504 was driven by Pietro Bordino in the Gran Premio di Milano (1927). He also had a short stay at Alfa Romeo and Stabilimenti Farina before joining Scuderia Ferrari (1938-44), …

Felice Mario Boano was an italian automobile coachbuilder. With Giorgio Alberti, he bought the Carrozzeria Ghia in Torino when their friend Giacinto Ghia died (1944). At Ghia he and Luigi Segre were central in several low-roofline designs; the Alfa Romeo 2500 CC, Lancia Aurelia (1950), Karmann-Ghia (1953), Chrysler K200, Alfa Romeo 1900SS, and some Ferrari 166 of berlinetta style.

Dante Giacosa (January 3, 1905 - March 31, 1996) was an Italian car designer, one of the greatest light car designers of all time. His work covered a large range from minicars to sports cars, using all the different layouts as and when they were the best solution at the time to meet the design parameters. Born at Rome, he studied engineering at the Turin Polytechnic until 1927. After completing his compulsory military service he joined Fiat in 1928, …

Emanuele Nicosia is an automobile designer from Italy. He worked at Pininfarina for many years, designing the Jaguar XJS spyder in 1979 and working on the Ferrari GTO and Testarossa. Later, he worked on the interior design of the Lamborghini Diablo and Bugatti EB110. Today, he is at Project 1221 working on the MF1 supercar.

Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. Born in Turin, Italy, Michelotti worked for a number of design houses and owned his own design studio in Italy. He influenced numerous car designs, including a number of Triumphs such as the Spitfire and GT6, the Maserati Spyder, BMW 700, Alpine A106, DAF 55, Prince Skyilne Sport, the Leyland P76 and the Reliant Scimitar SS1 as well as the Volvo 66.

Giuseppe Busso (Turin 1913 - Arese, Milan 2006) was an Alfa Romeo and Ferrari engineer, born in Turin and graduated at industrial engineering. In 1937 he started working for Fiat in aviation engine department. In January 1939 he entered to Alfa Romeo, where he worked under guidance of Ing. Orazio Satta Puliga. Main responsibility was racing car engines. In 1946 he was become technical director for Ferrari and took part of developing Ferrari 125 Sport 1.5 L V12 engine.