Lorenzo Ramaciotti (born 1948) is an Italian car designer. Ramaciotti started his career with

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 ...

in 1972 and retired in 2005. In 2007 he became Group Chief of Design at

Fiat Group Automobiles Stellantis Italy, formerly known as Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. from 2007 to 2014 and FCA Italy S.p.A. from 2014 to 2021, is the Italian subsidiary of the multinational automaker Stellantis, dedicated to the production and selling of passenger ...

, responsible for all the Fiat Group brands, including Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Maserati. In 2015 he was replaced by

Ralph Gilles Ralph Victor Gilles (; born 14 January 1970) is a Canadian-American automobile designer and executive. In 1992, he joined Chrysler. Gilles styled the North American Car of the Year-winning 2005 Chrysler 300. Gilles also led the design team that cr ...

Career

Ramaciotti was born in

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. He graduated from

Polytechnic University of Turin The Polytechnic University of Turin ( it, Politecnico di Torino) is the oldest Italian public technical university. The university offers several courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning and Industrial Design, and is co ...

with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1972, and joined Pininfarina after graduating. He was appointed General Manager of Pininfarina Studi e Ricerche in early 1988 and in 2002 became Managing Director and CEO of Pininfarina Ricerca and Sviluppo and retired in 2005. In 2007 he joined Fiat Group as Group Chief of Design after being head-hunted by Fiat's CEO

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, overseeing design of all the Group marques. In 2011 he was appointed member of the Group Executive Council.

Designs

Cars design overseen by Ramaciotti at

: *

Ferrari 456 GT The Ferrari 456 and 456M (Type F116) are Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, front-engine grand tourers which were produced by Ferrari from 1992 to 2003. The 456 was a replacement for the front-engine Ferrari 412, 412 as the company's V12-powe ...

Ferrari 550 Maranello The Ferrari 550 Maranello (''tipo'' F133) is a front-engine V12 2-seat grand tourer built by Ferrari from 1996 to 2001. The 550 Maranello marked Ferrari's return to a front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout for its 2-seater 12-cylinder model, 23 ...

Ferrari 360 Modena The Ferrari 360 (Type F131) is a two-seater, mid-engine, rear wheel drive sports car manufactured by Italian automotive manufacturer Ferrari from 1999 until 2005. It succeeded the Ferrari F355 and was replaced by the Ferrari F430 in 2004. Deve ...

Ferrari F430 The Ferrari F430 (Type F131) is a sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari from 2004 until 2009 as a successor to the Ferrari 360. The car is an update to the 360 with exterior and performance changes. It was unveiled a ...

Ferrari 612 Scaglietti The Ferrari 612 Scaglietti (Type F137) () is an executive 2+2 coupé grand tourer manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari between 2004 and 2010. It was designed to replace the smaller 456; its larger size makes it a true 4 sea ...

Peugeot 406 The Peugeot 406 is a large family car that was produced by French automaker Peugeot between 1995 and 2004. Available in saloon, estate and coupé bodystyles with a choice of petrol or turbodiesel engines, the 406 replaced the Peugeot 405 in P ...

Coupe Cars designed by Ramaciotti at Centro Stile FCA *

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Alfa Romeo Giulietta is the name of three different automobiles made by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo: * The first Giulietta (Type 750 and 101) was a rear-wheel drive car made from 1954 to 1965, in 4-door saloon/sedan, coupé, spider and e ...

(2010) *

Maserati Quattroporte VI The Maserati Quattroporte () is a four-door full-size Luxury car, luxury Sports sedan, sports Sedan (car), sedan produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati. The name translated from Italian means "wikt:quattro, four wikt:porte#Italian, ...

(2012) *

Alfa Romeo 4C The Alfa Romeo 4C (Type 960) is a mid-engined sports car produced by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo. Unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the 4C was initially only available as a coupé, with a spider body style coming a few years later i ...

(2013)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramaciotti, Lorenzo 1948 births Living people Engineers from Modena Italian automobile designers Pininfarina people Fiat people