Enrico Fumia (born 16 May 1948) is an Italian automobile and product designer. He is widely known for his work with the car design firm

Pininfarina Pininfarina S.p.A. (short for Carrozzeria Pininfarina) is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, Turin, Italy. The company was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930. On 14 December 2015, the Indian mu ...

, helping to design and package a new sports car version of the

Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. () is an Italian luxury car manufacturer and a subsidiary of Stellantis. The company was founded on 24 June 1910, in Milan, Italy. "Alfa" is an acronym of its founding name, "Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili." ...

, which included front-wheel drive and traversely-mounted engines. Today he runs Fumia Design Studio.

Career

*1966: Fumia wins a ''Grifo d'Oro Bertone'' Design competition at age 18. Also this year he is responsible for a front end design of a

Siata Spring The Fiat 850 (''Tipo 100G'') is a small rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car manufactured and marketed by Italian car manufacturer Fiat from 1964 to 1973. History Overview Its technical design was an evolution of the successful Fiat 600. The interna ...

*1967: Collaboration with Italian magazines ''Mark 3'' and ''Autosprint''. *1970: Collaboration with Count Mario Revelli di Beaumont's Office. *1976: Graduated Aeronautic Engineer at the Politecnico of Turin with an experimental thesis about vehicle's aerodynamics tested at the

Wind Tunnel. Same year hired by

- in charge of Styling and Industrial Design, Pre-engineering, Models and Prototyping manufacturing. *1982: Manager at

R&D - Models and Prototypes Development. *1988: Manager at

R&D - Design and Development. *1989: Deputy General Manager at

R&D. *1991: Director of Centro Stile Lancia at Fiat Auto. *1996: Director of Diversified Design at Fiat Auto. *1999: Partnership with A. Sessano at Master Design Intl. *2002: Fumia Design Associati - Design & Engineering Studio. *2009: Fumia Design Studio - Creative Design Studio.

Notable car designs

*1966 - Grifo D'Oro

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*1966 -

(front end) *1977 - Menarini SL (dashboard) *1981 - Audi Quartz concept *1981 - Fiat Coupé Brio concept *1982 -

Alfa Romeo 164 The Alfa Romeo 164 (Type 164) is a four-door executive saloon manufactured and marketed by Italian automaker Alfa Romeo from 1987-1998, styled by Pininfarina, and cooperatively designed and sharing platforms and numerous elements with the Fiat ...

*1987 -

Alfa Romeo GTV and Spider The Alfa Romeo GTV and the Alfa Romeo Spider (Type 916) were sports cars produced by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1993 to 2004. The GTV is a 2+2 coupé, and the Spider is a two-seater roadster version of the GTV. Around 39,000 Spid ...

*1988 - Ferrari F90 *1992 - Lancia Y *1992 -

Lancia Lybra The Lancia Lybra (Type 839) is a compact executive car manufactured and marketed by Fiat's premium division, Lancia between 1998-2005, based on the Alfa Romeo 156 floorpan, and replacing the Dedra in Lancia's range. Like the Dedra, the Lybra wa ...

(partially) *1995 - Maserati 3200GT and Spyder - Coupé (Interiors) *2005 -

Chery QQme The Chery QQme (codeproject S16) is a city car produced by the Chinese manufacturer Chery Automobile Chery Automobile Co. Ltd., trading as Chery and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, ''Qirui'' (), is a Chi ...

(also known as Chery S16)

Gallery

1968 Siata 850 Spring, Dutch licence registration 95-14-GE.JPG, Siata Spring Audi Quartz concept by Pininfarina.jpg, Audi Quartz Alfa 164 red 2.0.jpg, Alfa Romeo 164 Alfa Romeo Spider front 20091022.jpg, Alfa Romeo Spider Alfa Romeo GTV V6 TB.JPG, Alfa Romeo GTV Lancia Y 1.2 Fire front.JPG, Lancia Y Lanciy Lybra Kombi titan hl.jpg, Lancia Lybra SW Maserati 3200GT Interieur.jpg, Maserati 3200 GT Interior

References

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