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1960 Innocenti Ghia IXG Dragster
The 1960 “International Experimental Ghia” was an enclosed body dragster designed by Tom Tjaarda at the Turin, Italy Ghia studio. You can...
1961 Ghia Kart
1961 saw Tom Tjaarda resign, a decision usually attributed to friction with another American designer, Virgil Exner Junior (the father...
1962 Ghia Selene II
The Selene II was a dream car built by Carrozzeria Ghia in 1962 ad designed by Tom Tjaarda; it had a central driving seat and two rear...
1998 Isotta Fraschini T12
Designed by Tom Tjaarda and assembled in Cervere, Italy. The Isotta Fraschini T12, like the T8, is an aluminum-bodied, 4-wheel drive 2+2...
1996 Isotta Fraschini T8
Designed by Tom Tjaarda and revealed at the Geneva Motorshow in 1996, the new Isotta-Fraschini T8 was a 2+2 Spider with a hard-top. It...
1970 Giacobbi Sinthesis 2000 Berlinetta by Tom Tjaarda
Engineer Peter Giacobbi teamed up with stylist Tom Tjaarda to build the one-of-a-kind 1970 Sinthesis 2000 Berlinetta, their idea of a...
1968 Serenissima Ghia GT
All images: 2019 © Christian Martin courtesy of Artcurial The Serenissima Ghia GT is a one-off design penned by the great Tom Tjaarda and...
1963 Pininfarina PF Sigma Concept
Designed by Tom Tjaarda while he was working at Pininfarina, an experimental safety concept that pre-dated the safety prototypes of the...
1963 Lancia Flaminia Coupe Speciale by Pininfarina
Perhaps the best way to describe a vintage Lancia is as the ultimate connoisseur's car. It is a car that one owns not for the image it...
1963 Fiat 2300 S Lausanne by Pininfarina
Battista and Sergio Pininfarina have often formally marked their attachment to Switzerland and the Geneva Motor Show. In 1964, on the...
1963 Fiat 2300 Cabriolet Speciale by Pininfarina
A 2-seat targa roof version of Coupé Speciale was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. Designed by Tom Tjaarda while he was working at...
1963-1964 Chevrolet Rondine by Pininfarina
Pininfarina built the Corvette Rondine show car on a production 1963 Sting Ray chassis. Two rooflines were tried: an inward slanting rear...
1964 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL Coupe by Pininfarina
Just two months after the world premiere of the new W113 230SL at the Geneva Motor Show, in May 1963, Karl Wilfert, head of the coachwork...
1968 Ghia Serenissima
The Serenissima Ghia (also known as the Aghema) was a mid-engined GT concept car designed by Tom Tjaarda and displayed at Turin in 1968....
1969 Lancia Marica by Ghia
Ghia created a unique model exhibited at the 1969 Turin Motor Show using the last Lancia Flaminia GT chassis without a body. It has a...
1969 Lancia Fulvia 1600 Competizione by Ghia
Coupé, based on the Fulvia 1600, was released at the 1969 Geneva Motorshow. It also featured a chassis modified by De Tomaso. The...
1970 Isuzu Bellett MX1600 GT-II by Ghia
Isuzu is not a company you would usually associate with sleek supercars. However, this was the world they played in for at least one...
1969 De Tomaso Mustela by Ghia
Tom Tjaarda is very well known in the Ford scene for his design of the De Tomaso Pantera. In 1960 he designed the Ford dragster project...
1971 De Tomaso Zonda by Ghia
The De Tomaso Zonda was designed by Tom Tjaarda of Ghia and first shown to the public at the Geneva motor show in 1971. The Zonda...
1971 De Tomaso Deauville by Ghia
By the time the De Tomaso Pantera was introduced in 1971, De Tomaso Automobili was already taking steps to flesh out its model line. The...
1971 De Tomaso 1600 Spider by Ghia
In 1971 at the Turin motor show, De Tomaso unveiled this prototype built by Ghia named 1600 Spider, powered by a Ford engine and...
1972 De Tomaso Longchamp by Ghia
The Longchamp debuted at the Turin Motor Show in 1972 and was the final product of the De Tomaso / Ghia / Ford collaboration. It was the...
1973 De Tomaso Montella Concept by Ghia
The year was May 21, 1971, and American car enthusiasts had just fallen in love with the recently introduced mid-engine Pantera sports...
1982 Saab Viking by Fissore
This was a concept Saab Viking Coupe (1982) from the Italian Carrozzeria Fissore, Italian coachbuilder located in Savigliano, near Turin....
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