The history of Vignale, the coachbuilder that bodied the first
unforgettable Ferraris of the 1950s – responsible for cars such as the
166 and 212 Inter, the 250 and the 340 MM – narrated through rare
archive photos, many of which previously unpublished.
The
Masterpieces of Style series dedicated to the greats of Italian
coachbuilding – including Zagato, Pininfarina Touring and Giugiaro –
could hardly not have a title devoted to the Turinese atelier founded in
1946 by Alfredo Vignale.
This book covers, model by model, the
entire output of an illustrious marque that was at its peak in the
Fifties and Sixties when, thanks above all to the extraordinary talent
of Giovanni Michelotti, it produced numerous bodies for Ferrari chassis,
along with diverse Fiats with special versions of the 500 and 600. Not
to forget the various Lancias such as the Appia and the Flavia
Convertible and the prolific collaboration with Triumph.