What Are Your Favorite Marcello Gandini Car Designs? (Here’s the Big List)

Italian car designer Marcello Gandini passed away yesterday (March 13, 2024) at age 85. He leaves behind a mind-bogglingly deep catalog of contributions to automotive aesthetics. There's no more fitting discussion for today's question post than this: What are your favorite Marcello Gandini car designs?

I had to pluralize this prompt from "what's your favorite" to "favorites." While trying to expand my appreciation for Gandidi's work, I realized he touched far more car designs than even what I thought were the deep cuts.

For me, the Lamborghini Diablo is a total basic-boy choice but I can't deny it's one of my faves. That was truly the supercar of my childhood and I will always love looking at those cars. But among the slightly lesser-known items, I think I have to call out the Alfa Romeo Navajo—a truly bonkers-looking space car that looks right out of the original Star Wars movie.

If you're looking for a quick but neat contextualization of Gandini's big designs, this video from LA's Petersen Museum is a nice little piece: