Photo courtesy Dick Ruzzin
By Dick Ruzzin
In the 1990s I was Director of Design for General Motors of Europe, involved with all design work for GM, exclusive of North America. We had a design contract with Stile Bertone in Turin Italy and did many interesting advanced design projects there, most never revealed to the public. Included was the OPEL MAXX that was a big influence on the Swatch car.
Designers from Opel Design in Germany would spend time in Italy working with the Italians at Stile Bertone. It would be a gross understatement to say that an assignment at Stile Bertone was highly desirable by my designers. [Read more…] about Bertone’s Z.E.R.