Sergio Sartorelli
{{Short description|Italian automotive designer and engineer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|05|07}}
| birth_place = Alessandria, Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|11|28|1928|05|07}}
| death_place = Turin, Italy
| nationality = Italian
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| known_for = Design at Carrozzeria Ghia, OSI, and Fiat
| occupation = Automotive designer
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Sergio Sartorelli (7 May 1928 in Alessandria – 28 November 2009 in Torino) was a noted Italian automotive designer and engineer.
During his career at Carrozzeria Ghia, OSI, and finally Fiat, Sartorelli became widely known for his work on the Fiat 2300 S Coupé, Karmann Ghia Type 34,{{cite news|url=http://www.mediaindonesia.com/mediaoto/index.php/read/2009/06/06/330/6/Mobil_Legenda_Bernama_VW_Karmann_Ghia|title=Mobil Legenda Bernama VW Karmann Ghia|date=29 June 2009 |work=Otomotif|language=Indonesian|accessdate=31 December 2009}} [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=id&u=http://www.mediaindonesia.com/mediaoto/index.php/read/2009/06/29/330/6/Mobil-Legenda-Bernama-VW-Karmann-Ghia&ei=4eg_S_7TOI6VtgfO4PWFCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA8Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmediaindonesia%2Bkarmann%2Bghia%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26num%3D50 English translation]{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PneRD7LdCLUC&pg=PA63 |title=Volkswagen Cars and Trucks |author=Keith Seume|isbn=9781610592468 }} and the Fiat 126.
He was the honorary president of the Italian Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Club.
Background
As a young teen, Sartorelli had a passion for cars, trucks, trains, and even military vehicles. To mentally escape the depth of World War II, he spent his time filling school notebooks with sketches and building scale wooden models of cars.
After the war he earned a degree in mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin in 1954, followed by 18 months of Military Service in as a cartographer. During his military service, he continued to sketch for Carrozzeria Boano.
After his military service, he was turned down by Boano and Pininfarina, but in 1956 was hired by Ing. Giovanni Savonuzzi at Ghia.{{cite web|title=My experience in the car design with GHIA - OSI – FIAT|url=http://www.karmannghia.it/Sartorelli.htm|website=karmannghia.it|accessdate=11 September 2014}}
Career
Sergio Sartorelli's career at Ghia rose quickly when in 1957, engineer Savonuzzi left Ghia for Chrysler, Sartorelli became Head of the Style Prototypes. After the sudden death of Luigi Segre, owner and chief stylist of Carrozzeria Ghia, Sartorelli left Ghia.
Officine Stampaggi Industriali (OSI) was set up as a parallel and complementary company to Ghia and it was part owned by Luigi Segre. With the death of Segre the partnership disappeared and OSI was left with no styling department. After two years of a freelance relationship with Michelotti, OSI set up its own styling department called Centro Stile e Esperienze OSI, and appointed Sergio Sartorelli as its director. This arrangement lasted from 1965 until December 1967 when OSI reorganized.
In 1968 what was left of Centro Stile e Esperienze OSI, became the Future Studies department at Centro Stile Fiat with Sergio Sartorelli as its head, it was entrusted with the study of design, automotive development, and modeling of prototypes for Fiat.
By 1984 with the car market in crisis, Fiat let Sergio Sartorelli go, and he retired from his design career.
Design work
Sergio Sartorelli's design work included:
Fiat 2300-S-Coupé.JPG|Fiat 2300 S Coupe
1966 Type 34 Karmann Ghia rear.jpg|1966 Type 34 Karmann Ghia
Ghia-Fiat G230S.JPG|Ghia-Fiat G230S
Fiat 500 Ghia Jolly.jpg|Fiat 500 Ghia Jolly
MHV Ford-OSI 01.jpg|OSI-Ford 20 M TS
White left hand drive Fiat 126 produced in 1973 6.jpg|Fiat 126
Fiat Ritmo 75CL (8998214735).jpg|Fiat Ritmo
References
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External links
- [http://www.karmannghia.it/Sartorelli.htm Sergio Sartorelli] Karmann Ghia Italy Club - [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.karmannghia.it/Sartorelli.htm&ei=3NM_S7fvE4SVtgeq2rykCw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCIQ7gEwBQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Sergio%2BSartorelli%2522%2Bwooden%2Bmodels%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26num%3D50 English Translation]
- [http://www.karmannghia.it/Karmann%20Komment%20May%202009.pdf Sergio Sartorelli] Karmann Komment - The official Magazine of the Karmann Ghia Owners Club GB
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