Michelotti

Cars with bodies by Michelotti

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  Alfa Romeo

  Giulietta Sprint Veloce 'Goccia' (Michelotti)

  1 Built

  One-offFactory competition

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  Fiat

  2300 Michelotti coupe proposal (1966 Geneva one-off)

  1 Built

  One-off

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  Fiat · 1968

  850 Shellette (Michelotti)

  80 Built

  Extremely RareCoachbuilt

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  Hino · 1962

  Contessa 900 Sprint (Michelotti)

  1 Built

  One-offPrototype

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  Triumph

  Stag Fastback (Michelotti)

  Production not yet verified

Key facts

Founded

1949 (start of Giovanni Michelotti's freelance career; workshop opened 1959; another source says he went independent in 1948)^1,2 Independently researched

Founder

Giovanni Michelotti¹ Independently researched

Headquarters

Turin, Italy (Via Levanna 2; studio on Corso Francia; Orbassano from 1967)^1,2 Independently researched

History

Giovanni Michelotti began working as a freelance designer in Turin in 1949 (another source says 1948, after leaving Allemano). In 1959 he opened a workshop at Via Levanna 2, called the Laboratorio Automodelli, and moved his design studio to a penthouse on Corso Francia. A long-term contract with Triumph followed a challenge from managing director Alick Dick at the Geneva Motor Show, and headquarters moved to Orbassano in 1967. Michelotti died in early 1980 and his son Edgardo continued the work until 1991.

Milestones

1. 1949
   Giovanni Michelotti began his freelance design career.¹
2. 1959
   Workshop opened at Via Levanna 2, Turin.¹
3. 1980
   Giovanni Michelotti died; Edgardo Michelotti continued the work until 1991.¹

Sources

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1. 1
   From concept to creation: the birth of Carrozzeria Michelotti and its iconic prototypes Level D Speedholics

   • "just 28 years old" in 1949, a freelance designer
   • "Laboratorio Automodelli" opened in 1959
   • passing in early 1980; Edgardo continued until 1991
   • freelance career began 1949; "Laboratorio Automodelli" opened in Turin in 1959
   • freelance designer from 1949
   • workshop at Via Levanna 2, Turin; penthouse on Corso Francia
   • 1949 freelance start; Via Levanna 2; Corso Francia; death 1980; Edgardo until 1991

   Accessed 2026-11-13
2. 2
   Giovanni Michelotti Level C Carrozzieri Italiani

   • 1948 as the year he went independent, after leaving Allemano
   • moved headquarters to Orbassano in 1967
   • 1948 independence; Triumph contract; Orbassano 1967

   Accessed 2026-11-13