Giovanni Bertone (1884 in
Mondovì,
Piedmont
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– 1972 may 10
in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...
) was an Italian automobile designer, known for establishing the
Carrozzeria Bertone business.
Life and career
Bertone was the sixth of the seven sons from a farming family. He had worked as a
carriage wheelmaker, and was employed at
Diatto
Diatto was an Italian manufacturing company founded in 1835 in Turin by Guglielmo Diatto (1804–1864) to make 'carriages for wealthy customers'. In 1874 Guglielmo’s sons, Giovanni and Battista Diatto, began building railway carriages for Comp ...
(1907) when he established his own carriage building and repair shop in ''Corso Peschiera'' (1912).
Being a friend of
Vincenzo Lancia
Vincenzo Lancia (24 August 1881 – 15 February 1937) was an Italian racing driver, engineer and founder of Lancia.
Vincenzo Lancia was born in the small village of Fobello on 24 August 1881, close to Turin; his family tree starts in Fabell ...
, he got contracts from
Fiat and thus entered the automobile design market, his first self made car body being based on a
(Società Piemontese Automobili) S.P.A. 9000 in 1921.
[ Another early success at this time was the ]Fiat 501
The Fiat 501 is a car produced by Fiat between 1919 and 1926. The 501 was Fiat's first model after World War I. Fiat introduced the S and SS sports versions of the 501 in 1921. Fiat
Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (, , ; originally FIAT, it, Fabbrica ...
competition car.[ Subsequently, Bertone also designed many Lancia cars.][ His son ]Nuccio Bertone
Giuseppe Bertone, also called "Nuccio", (4 July 1914, in Turin – 26 February 1997, in Turin) was an automobile designer and constructor. He took over Carrozzeria Bertone from his father, Giovanni after World War II, growing the small business ...
(1914–1997) took over the company in 1950.[
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References
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1884 births
1972 deaths
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People from Mondovì
Italian automobile designers