Comments by "Lynott Parris" (@DenUitvreter) on "American Mind Blown By European Concept Cars" video.

  1. The recently deceased Marcello Gandini is the designer of the Stratos Zero (working for the Bertone design house), he made fame with the Lamborghini Miura, later he did the Lambo Espada, he went angular and hexagonal with that Volvo Tundra, that was very much like the Citroen BX that went into production in 1982 and became a bestseller. The bizarre looking big citroen from 11.50 became the Citroen C6 production, still pretty bizarre looking, great car but not a bestseller at all. The Oli is a driving concept and there are videos of test drives on YT. It's an extremely interesting concept, kind of the modern 2CV. The Aston Marting Bulldog was done by William Towns, who also did AM's angular luxury saloon the Lagonda that went into production and is a firm opinion divider. The angular trend was actually set by Giorgetto Giugiaro with his Maserati Boomerang, the Lotus Esprit and later the DeLorean. Giugiaro also did the VW Golf I. There were 3 main design houses in the 70's and 80's. Pininfarina, who did most Ferraris and lots of Peugeots, but also the Cadillac Allante. Bertone did most Lamborghinis, a few Maseratis like the Khamsin(Gandini again) and a few Citroens. And the 3rd is Guigiaro's Ital Design. Zagato was there too but he is the mad hatter who exclusively designs opinion dividers and was only allowed to do a few production cars. Alfa Romeo and Lancia mostly but also a few 60's Aston Martins.
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