Hi,
On 31-10-2011 3:11, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
I wonder if this is related? http://www.fioravanti.it/ (Power source
for sports cars?)
Probably not according this page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Fioravanti_(engineer)
Kind regards,
MoB
*Leonardo Fioravanti* (born 1938) is an Italian
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy> automobile designer
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_design> and CEO
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO> of Fioravanti
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fioravanti_%28automotive%29> Srl.
He studied mechanical engineering
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering> at the Politecnico
di Milano <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politecnico_di_Milano>,
specializing in aerodynamics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamics>
and car body design. He worked twenty-four years with Pininfarina
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pininfarina>, joining as a stylist in
1964, aged 26, and eventually becoming Managing Director and General
Manager of Pininfarina's research arm, Pininfarina Studi & Ricerche.
Before founding Fioravanti <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fioravanti> Srl
in 1991 he held the positions of deputy General Manager at Ferrari
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari> and the director's role at the
Centro Stile Alfa Romeo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo>.
Fioravanti designed the Ferrari Dino
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Dino>, the Ferrari Daytona
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Daytona>, the Ferrari P5 and P6,
the Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_512_Berlinetta_Boxer>, the Ferrari
365 GT4 2+2 (the forerunner of the Ferrari 400
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_400>), the Ferrari 308 GTB
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_308_GTB>, Ferrari 288 GTO
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_288_GTO> and the Fiat 130
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_130>.
His two sons, Matteo, an architect, and Luca, an attorney, have also
worked with him at Fioravanti Srl.
On January 16, 2009 Leonardo Fioravanti was elected Chairman of ANFIA
Car Coachbuilders Group for a 3 year mandate from 2009 to 2011.
