Coachwork by Vignale
![Cisitalia 202SC](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Cisitalia/47-Cisitalia-202SC_DV-16-AI_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 054 SC
Engine number: 075
![Abarth 205](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Abarth/50_Abarth-205-DV-11-AI_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 205-103
![Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Cisitalia/51-Cisitalia-202SC_DV-17_PBC_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 128 SC
Engine number: 250
![Ferrari 212 Export](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/51-Ferrari-212_Export-080F_DV-10-CC_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0080 E
![Ferrari 212 Export](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/51-Ferrari-212_Export-DV_11-GCA_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0106 E
Engine number: 0106 E
![Ferrari 212 Inter](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/51_Ferrari-212_Inter-DV_14-PBC_001-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0159E
Engine number: 0159E
![Ferrari 212 Inter](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/51-Ferari-212-Inter-Cpe-DV_08_PBC-a03-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0161 EL
![Ferrari 212 MM](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/51_Ferrari-212MM_DV_13-PBC-001-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0070M
![Ferrari 340 America](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/51_ferrari-340-AMerica-vignale-dv-22-pbc_dt20-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0082A
![Ferrari 340 America](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/51_Ferrari-340_America-DV-10_GCP_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0140 A
Engine number: 0140 A
![Fiat 1400](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Fiat/51-fiat-1400-vignale_dv-19-eah_08-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 101*020996
Engine number: 034412
![Cunningham C3](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Cunningham/52-Cunningham_C-3_DV-07-RH_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 5210
Engine number: C52-8-8717
![Ferrari 212 Inter](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/53_Ferrari-212_Inter-DV-10-RMM_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0289EU
Engine number: 0289
![Ferrari 225 Sport](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/52_ferrari-225S_vignale_dv-23-pbc_dt30-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0168ED
![Ferrari 225 Sport](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/52_Ferrari_225_ss_Vignale_DV-06-Chris_03-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0160ED
Engine number: 0160ED
![Ferrari 250 S](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/thumbnail_img_0_1952_ferrari_250_s-1.jpg)
Chassis number: 0156ET
![Ferrari 340 Mexico](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/52-Ferrari_340_Mexico_Vignale_Brlnta_Dv-07-PB_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0226 AT
![Ferrari 340 Mexico](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/52_Ferrari-340-Mexico-Spyder-DV-15-PBC-01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0228AT
![Ferrari 342 America](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/52-Ferrari-342-America-DV-17-RMM-01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0232 AL
Engine number: 0232 AL
![Lancia Aurelia](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Lancia/52-Lancia-Aurelia-B52-Vignale-DV-11-PBC_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 1072
![Cunningham C3](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Cunningham/53-Cunningham-C-3-DV-09-RMA-01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: C52843235
![Cunningham C3](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Cunningham/53-Cunningham-C3-DV-12-AI-02-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 5226
![Ferrari 212 Inter](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/54_Ferrari-212_Vignale_DV-14-PBC_007-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0219EL
![Ferrari 250 Europa](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/53_Ferrari-250-Europa-DV-13-BQ_05-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0313 EU
Engine number: 0331 EU
![Ferrari 250 MM](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/53-ferrari-250MM_dv-22-SF_02-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0326MM
![Ferrari 340 MM](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/53_Ferrari_340_MM_Comp_LeMans_DV-07-AI_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0324 AM
![Ferrari 375 America](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/53_Ferrari_375_America_Vignale_TV_05_Pbl_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 0301 AL
![Fiat 1100](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Fiat/53-Fiat-1100-Vignale-DV-16-PBC_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 024545
Engine number: 025389
![Fiat 8V](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Fiat/53-Fiat-8V_Vignale-DV-13-AI_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 106*000051*
Engine number: 104.000*000073
![Fiat 1100](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Fiat/54-Fiat-1100-Vignale-DV-17-QG_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 103.049126
Engine number: 103.000.050579
![Fiat 8V](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Fiat/54-Fiat-8V_Vignale_DV-16-PBC_08-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 000066
![Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Rolls-Royce/54-Rolls-Silver-Wraith-DV_14-BQ_05-200.jpg)
Chassis number: LCLW14
Engine number: L13C
![OSCA MT4](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Osca/55_osca-mt4-2ad_dv-18-pbc-dt033-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 1153
![Fiat 1100 Turismo Veloce](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Fiat/57_fiat-1100-dv-18_ai_001-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 103E127*332266
![BMW 3200](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/BMW/58_BMW_3200-Vignale-DV-13-PBC_001-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 70 184
![Maserati 3500GT](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/59-maserati-3500-GT_proto-dv-22-rmm-04-200.jpg)
Chassis number: AM101.678
Engine number: 101.678
![Maserati 3500 GT](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/61-Maserati-3500GT_DV-09_GC_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 101.1345
Engine number: 101.1345
![Maserati 3500 GTi](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/63-Maserati_3500GT_Spyder-DV-08_HHA_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: AM1011457
![Maserati Sebring I](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/63_Maserati_SebringI_01797_DV-07_Belle_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 01797
![Ferrari 330 GT Shooting Brake](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Ferrari/65-ferrari-330GT_sb-dv-18-q-01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 7963
Engine number: 07963
![Maserati Sebring II](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/65-Maserati-Sebring-s1-DV-15-GCA_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: AM101*02045*
![Maserati Quattroporte](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/66_Maserati-Qttrport-DV-14-CI-01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: AM107*484*
![Maserati Sebring](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/66_Maserati-Sebring-DV_14-GCP-01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: AM101/10-367
![Maserati Mexico](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/67_Masearti_Mexico_1032_DV-07-Belle_01-200.jpg)
Chassis number: AM1121032
![Maserati Sebring](https://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Maserati/67_Maserati-Sebring-DV-11-RMA_02-200.jpg)
Chassis number: 10535
Carrozzeria, Italian meaning coachbuilder, is an individual or company that bodies carriages or automobiles. The name in German is Karosserie. These skills were needed during the early part of the 1900's to fabricate enclosures for rolling chassis. The materials used were mostly wooden or metal. As the evolution of automobile production evolved, manufacturers brought the design and development in-house, making individual coachbuilders a dying breed.
Unibody construction has mostly eliminated the need for coachbuilders. Many coachbuilders were purchased or merged by the automobile manufacturers. Others became highly specialized and worked on a contract basis, mostly for high priced, luxury automobiles.
Alfredo Vignale was born in 1913 in the country of Italy. During his teenage years he worked for Stabilimenti Farina, managed by Giovanni Farina, the older brother of the famous coachbuilder, Pinin Farina.
By 1946 he had established himself, built a reputation, and opened a shop in Grugliasco, at Via Cigliano, Turin. His first body creation was a 1948 Fiat 500, followed by a Fiat 1100. His work continued, creating bodies for prominent customers such as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Cisitalia, Fiat, Maserati and Lancia.
His coach-work was mostly for low volume automobiles. By 1961 he had opened a factory in Crugliasco, Turin for the purpose of automobile production. Most were built atop of Fiat chassis. The vehicles produced include the Vignale 125/Samantha, Vignale 1500, and Vignale 850 - to name a few.
At the close of 1969, Alfredo Vignale sold his coachbuilding business to DeTomaso Automobili. By this point in history, Ford owned many businesses, such as Ghia and DeTomas. So essentially, Ford now owned the Vignale business. The factory was used to build the DeTomaso Pantera super car.
Three days after Alfredo Vignale sold his business, he was killed in an automobile accident while driving a Maserati.
Aston Martin is owned by Ford which now owns Ghia. In 1993, at the Geneva Auto Show, Aston Martin unveiled a concept car dubbed the Lagonda Vignale. The name Vignale was able to be used because of ownership. Since that time, the name 'Vignale' has appeared on a Ford concept car.
Unibody construction has mostly eliminated the need for coachbuilders. Many coachbuilders were purchased or merged by the automobile manufacturers. Others became highly specialized and worked on a contract basis, mostly for high priced, luxury automobiles.
Alfredo Vignale was born in 1913 in the country of Italy. During his teenage years he worked for Stabilimenti Farina, managed by Giovanni Farina, the older brother of the famous coachbuilder, Pinin Farina.
By 1946 he had established himself, built a reputation, and opened a shop in Grugliasco, at Via Cigliano, Turin. His first body creation was a 1948 Fiat 500, followed by a Fiat 1100. His work continued, creating bodies for prominent customers such as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Cisitalia, Fiat, Maserati and Lancia.
His coach-work was mostly for low volume automobiles. By 1961 he had opened a factory in Crugliasco, Turin for the purpose of automobile production. Most were built atop of Fiat chassis. The vehicles produced include the Vignale 125/Samantha, Vignale 1500, and Vignale 850 - to name a few.
At the close of 1969, Alfredo Vignale sold his coachbuilding business to DeTomaso Automobili. By this point in history, Ford owned many businesses, such as Ghia and DeTomas. So essentially, Ford now owned the Vignale business. The factory was used to build the DeTomaso Pantera super car.
Three days after Alfredo Vignale sold his business, he was killed in an automobile accident while driving a Maserati.
Aston Martin is owned by Ford which now owns Ghia. In 1993, at the Geneva Auto Show, Aston Martin unveiled a concept car dubbed the Lagonda Vignale. The name Vignale was able to be used because of ownership. Since that time, the name 'Vignale' has appeared on a Ford concept car.
Q: What manufacturers did Vignale create coachwork for? A: Vignale created coachwork for (at least) the following manufacturers: Abarth, BMW, Cisitalia, Cunningham, Ferrari, Fiat, Lancia, Maserati, OSCA, Packard, Rolls-Royce, Siata, Triumph Q: What body styles did Vignale create? A: Vignale created (at least) the following body styles: B52 Coupe, Berlinetta, Cabriolet, Continental Coupe, Convertible, Convertible Coupe, Coupe, Geneva Coupe, Roadster, Sedan, Series 2 Convertible, Spider, Spyder, Victoria, Vignale Sedan, Wagon