Marco Tencone (born 1967) is an Italian automotive and industrial designer, known for his design of

Lancia Lancia () is an Italian car manufacturer and a subsidiary of FCA Italy S.p.A., which is currently a Stellantis division. The present legal entity of Lancia was formed in January 2007 when its corporate parent reorganised its businesses, but it ...

concept cars.

Career

Tencone has previously been with the

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design company, developing designs for car makers such as

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and

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, as well as other industrial manufacturers such as the French maker of motoring boats,

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. His superior at Pininfarina was

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(born 1948), and when he in 1992 became the director of the new ''Centro Stile''

design group, Tencone joined him there. Under

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(born 1956) he did the

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in 1996, which became the

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production car, and he subsequently became the exterior chief designer of Lancias. The 2002 Fulvia concept was his, under the direction of

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(born 1965) who in 2010 went to

as design director. In 2004 Tencone succeeded

as chief designer, Robinson since then moving to

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. Around 2009, Tencone was added responsibility for the Maserati and Alfa Romeo designs as well, and was in 2014 holding the position as head of design of Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Lancia automobiles. It was in late 2015 reported that he was replaced at Alfa Romeo by Scott Kruger, remaining only at Lancia and Fiat.Luca Ciferri,
FCA design gets more international as non-Italians take key jobs
from Automotive News Europe on October 15, 2015.

Cars he was responsible for

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(2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tencone, Marco 1967 births Living people Italian automobile designers Maserati people Alfa Romeo people Lancia people