
Savonuzzi’s role in the design of the Cisitalia 202 was significant but unheralded. The Cisitalia 202 at the New York Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Jerry Lehrer.
From the VeloceToday Archives, March, 2011
By Pete Vack
During a career that spanned all facets of automobile design, mechanical innovations and inventive research, Giovanni Savonuzzi was not only a superb stylist but also a brilliant engineer – a rare combination of technical prowess and design artistry fused by his training in aeronautics.