Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century.
Born in Turin, Italy, Michelotti worked for a number of design houses and owned his own design studio in Italy. He influenced numerous car designs, including a number of Triumphs, the Maserati Spyder, BMW 700, Alpine A106, Daf 55, the Leyland P76 and the ReliantScimitar SS1. One of his first was the LanciaAprilia Coupé.
Michelotti did transact business in Wyoming as a securities agent in violation of W.S. The Wyoming Securities Division believes that Investors A and B were unsophisticated investors, at least to the extent of covered call writing and margin, as demonstrated, at a minimum, by Investor AÂ’s request for assistance from Mr.
Michelotti for violations arising as a result of or in connection with the allegations contained herein and is in lieu of further civil or administrative proceedings.
Michelotti against the Secretary of State and the State of Wyoming arising as a result of or in connection with any aspect of the allegations contained herein and is in lieu of further civil or administrative proceedings.
Michelotti’s long standing association with Triumph started in 1956 when, during the development of their new small car (at the time, known as “Zobo”), they were approached by a jobbing Italian stylist, who offered to produce a body style for this car for the sum of £3,000.
This model would form the basis of the Triumph Herald, and needless to say, Webster was so impressed he used the designer, Giovanni Michelotti, to design all of the companyÂ’s subsequent cars (with the notable exception of the Karmann-styled TR6).
Harry Webster had donated a Triumph 2000 for Michelotti to use for a basis for this car, but when the Triumph chief saw the prototype, he snapped it up for himself and had the car returned to Triumph for evaluation.
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