Abarth Zagato 1000 sports and competition/racing car
- Designer
- Ugo Zagato
- Producer
- Carrozzeria La Zagato (Zagato)
- Year of the award
- 1960
- Category
- Cars
Reason for the award:
The Abarth Zagato 1000 sports/racing car has been awarded the Compasso d'Oro 1960 as the result of a semi-industrial design of excellent quality, which in terms of the adequacy of the aesthetic and technological characteristics in meeting their specific functions goes so far as to promote a simple unbiased approach in the interpretation of the more general functions of the car, even in terms of mass production. The in-depth details with regard to the market destination, the design, even of the mechanical elements, of an aesthetic "necessity", the design characteristics that even renewed certain parts, such as the wheels, the aesthetic characteristics adhering to precise functions of detail and even the stripped dignity of the passenger compartment, make this product a renewed and notable statement of Italian design in the automotive field.