Donato Coco
Donata Coco is an Italian car designer born in Foggia, Italy in 1956.[1] He is known for designing automobiles for Citroën, but even more well-known for designing some of Ferrari's recent cars.[2]
His works include:
- Mercedes Benz W168
- Mercedes Benz A160
- Ferrari 458[3][4][5]
- Ferrari F430 (including Ferrari F430 Scuderia and Scuderia Spider 16m models)[citation needed]
- Ferrari 599XX[citation needed]
- Ferrari California[citation needed]
- Citroën Xsara Picasso[6]
- Citroën C3 Lumière concept, Citroën C3 Air concept and Citroën C3 Pluriel concept[7]
- Citroën C2[8]
- Citroën C3[9]
- Citroën C3 Pluriel[10]
- Citroën C4[citation needed]
Coco was hired to Lotus as their new Head of Design in 2009.
References[]
- ^ Patton, Phil (2010-12-03). "Lotus Hires Former, Mercedes benz BMW and Ferrari Executives". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ^ "Donato Coco Lotus Director of Design". racecar-engineering.com. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ Beissmann, Tim (17 December 2009). "Ex-Ferrari designer new Lotus director". Car Advice. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "designer". Retrieved 2017-12-28.
- ^ Diehlman, Steve (15 December 2009). "Designer Donato Coco Leaves Ferrari; Joins Lotus". Automobile Magazine. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Popa, Dan. "Donato Coco: "Suivre son goût sans être pollué par les tendances"". www.journalauto.com. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- ^ Baruffaldi, Silvia (2003-08-20). "Citroën Pluriel, the return of fantasy". Auto&Design. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- ^ "Citroën C2 (2003–2009)". Motor Car History. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "Donato Coco, designer des petites Citroën". Le Soir Plus (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- ^ SPIEGEL, Jürgen Pander, DER. "Citroën C3 Pluriel: Das Ikea-Prinzip". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-23.
Categories:
- Italian automobile designers
- Living people
- 1956 births
- Automotive biography stubs