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Last weekend, the Concorso d’Eleganza Festival Car took place between Santena and Revigliasco Torinese, and GFG Style couldn’t miss it.

Following the success of the world premiere at the Salone Auto Torino, and by popular demand, we presented the one-offs Top. L and Top. J - two never-before-seen interpretations of the new Fiat Topolino created by Fabrizio Giugiaro in collaboration with Lapo Elkann - flanked by the iconic Bugatti EB 112 from the Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro Collection, a display of nearly 50 cars, concepts, prototypes, and design models that trace the extraordinary creative journey of father and son, now officially recognized as a museum within the the ASI - Automotoclub Storico Italiano network.

Fabrizio Giugiaro, who attended the event as a judge for the Concours d’Elegance, explained how the Top. L and Top. J projects stem from a long-standing friendship between him and Lapo, their shared love for cars and design, and the desire to take one of the smallest and most affordable cars on the market and experiment with it, transforming it into something surprising that evokes excitement and fun.

The second edition of Salerno Design Week opened on Wednesday, the 16th, with the exhibition “Il segno che diventa leggenda (The mark that becomes a legend)”, dedicated to the career of Giorgetto Giugiaro.

The exhibition, running through Sunday at the Diocesan Museum and curated by Studio Opera LTB, showcases some of his most iconic projects, highlighting both Giorgetto’s artistic and industrial sides: alongside some of the most famous objects and cars realized by the “car designer of the century” - such as the DeLorean DMC12 - are displayed original paintings and hand-drawn sketches.

During the speech that followed the opening - in which Giugiaro shared his personal and professional experiences, delighting the audience with the richness and variety of his anecdotes - the event organizers presented the master with a lifetime achievement award.

This year’s Salone Auto Torino was a huge success, allowing GFG Style to showcase to the public the wide range of services it offers, embodied in a selection of cars that was more extensive than ever before.

At the design center’s booth in the Giardino Ducale, visitors could admire not only the Top. J and the Top. L - the two special-edition Fiat Topolino models born from the unprecedented collaboration between Fabrizio Giugiaro and Lapo Elkann - but also various other models that exemplify the Giugiaro’s past, present, and future, straight from the Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro collection - which is part of the ASI (Automotoclub Storico Italiano) museum network.

All the cars on display are, in different ways and for different reasons, milestones: the Bugatti EB112, a sedan that redefines the legend of the famous automaker, combining elegance and sportiness in an innovative way, the Aston Martin Twenty Twenty, an open-top two-seater with an exposed frame that envisions the sports car of the future according to the British brand, the GFG Kangaroo, representing Fabrizio’s exploration of the Hyper SUV segment which he actually helped define, and the Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa Revival Centenario Edition, which creates a direct bridge between the design and engineering culture of the 1960s and a new generation of collectors.

The Top. L and Top. J were born from Fabrizio Giugiaro and Lapo Elkann’s shared passion for cars and design: an unprecedented collaboration that has produced two radically different interpretations of the new Fiat Topolino. These two small exercises in creative freedom are destined to mark the beginning of a journey that Fabrizio and Lapo intend to continue over time.

The two models will be unveiled today at a special press conference at the Salone Auto Torino.

Top. L embodies the project’s most emotional and sporty spirit: a completely open two-seater, stripped of all superfluous elements and transformed into a small speedster with a bold character. Top. J, on the other hand, completely changes the rules of the game: four seats in a Topolino less than three meters long, arranged back-to-back. A totally unprecedented configuration, created to explore just how far the simplicity of this car can go.

This edition of Concours Croatia - a two-day, world-class gathering featuring old and new motoring icons, set amid emerald-green pine forests and views of turquoise seas - was a trip down memory lane for GFG Style and Fabrizio Giugiaro, who was one of the event’s main guests.

During the car exhibition, he presented two models that have shaped Giugiaro’s legacy, both drawn from his private collection, which has now become part of the ASI Automotoclub Storico Italiano museum network: the Bugatti EB112 and the Aston Martin Twenty Twenty.

The former is a sedan that redefines the legend of the famous automaker, combining elegance and sportiness in an innovative way, while the latter is an open-top two-seater with an exposed frame that envisions the sports car of the future according to the British brand.

At first glance, it looks like a perfectly preserved classic car from the 1960s; in reality, it’s a thoroughly contemporary model, built today based on a design by Giorgetto Giugiaro that had remained on paper for decades.

The Bizzarrini 5300 Aperta Lusso is built around a single-piece carbon-fibre composite body, one of the largest of its type in the world. The semi-monocoque bonded chassis approach yields a body that is simultaneously structure and sculpture. The roof has been removed without compromising structural integrity, thanks to a bespoke steel reinforcement assembly added to the transmission tunnel along with a cross-body bar to surpass the torsional rigidity of the 60’s coupe.

A sports car driven on the beach that delivers top-level performance? It’s possible, if the car in question is something more than just a sports car: the Kangaroo is, in fact, a Hyper SUV, the first one created by GFG Style in 2019.

This type of vehicle - which designer Fabrizio Giugiaro has helped define over the past twenty years - combines adaptability to any type of terrain with peak performance, all powered by a full-electric powertrain.

The DEUTZ-FAHR Series 3 tractor line, designed in collaboration with GFG Style, includes super-compact and versatile models engineered for excellent performance in any situation. Their great versatility makes them perfect for use in vineyards, orchards, and protected crops, as well as in greenhouses, for applications with small front loaders, and for municipal agencies maintaining roads, parks, and gardens.

The ease of use in the driver’s seat is unmatched: onboard comfort is top-notch, thanks to platforms that are completely isolated from the transmission by anti-vibration rubber Silent-Blocks, which ensure a significant reduction in noise and vibrations. Furthermore, thanks to a well-thought-out interior design and a control layout that meets the most advanced ergonomic standards, driving stress is significantly reduced.

The Bugatti EB112, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, boasted a number of nostalgic styling features referencing the famous models of the legendary French brand from the late Thirties but presented in a car with innovative mechanicals. The EB112 in many respects was a dream car and a forerunner to what we today know as high-performance fastback models. It flawlessly combines design with technological and engineering features that were majorly ahead of its time, such as the split rear window and the longitudinal rib that runs along the roof and rear end.

The designer began careful analysis of the Bugatti sedans of the past to gather all of the creative genius behind them, taking from them the aesthetic and functional features that would give the new model the same expressive power. To recreate the Bugatti's traditional sports soul, Giugiaro designed a hatchback model, giving it a generous passenger compartment, equal to that of a prestige sedan.

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The GFG Vision 2030, designed by Fabrizio Giugiaro, stands out among all contemporary supercars thanks to bold, striking design choices, such as the two-tone body made of aluminum and carbon fiber, or the wide mudguards that double as air intakes.

The innovative character of this Hyper SUV, combined with its full-electric powertrain, is what makes it one of the most beloved and sought-after vehicles at SOC events, the community of enthusiasts of custom-built cars, hypercars, and historic vehicles with which GFG has been collaborating for years.