Aldo Brovarone

Aldo Brovarone (24 June 1926 – 12 October 2020) was an Italian automobile designer and the chief stylist with Carrozzeria Pininfarina (1974–1988) – widely known for a prominent range of work including the Dino 206 GT, Lancia Gamma Coupé and the Peugeot 504 (sedan).

Background Brovarone was born on 24 June 1926, in Vigliano Biellese, in Italy's Piedmont textile region. He demonstrated artistic talent at an early age, and was fascinated by airplanes and dreamed of becoming a pilot. Having managed to survive, he later worked as a designer with a refrigerator company.

Career In 1949 Brovarone expatriated to Buenos Aires, Argentina and worked as a graphic designer at an advertising firm,

Later years

After his retirement from Pininfarina in 1988, Brovarone consulted as a stylist with Stola, later contributing to the design of Studiotorino's Porsche Boxster-based Ruf RK Spyder, named at the 2005 Milan Triennale as the most beautiful car in the world.

He continued to live in Turin, without computer or cellphone, and continued to make pencil sketches and tempera illustrations which were printed as collectible postcards.

He died at 94 on 12 October 2020 at Molinette hospital in Turin, several days after the death of his wife Martarita, Dino 206 GT Dino Berlinetta GT Dino Berlinetta Speciale Ferrari 250 LM Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 Ferrari 375 America Coupe Speciale (1954 for Gianni Agnelli) Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupé (1959 for Gianni Agnelli) Maserati 5000 GT Pinin Farina Coupé (1961 for Gianni Agnelli) Ferrari 400 Superamerica Coupé Aerodinamico Ferrari Superfast II–IV (1960–1962 concept). A series of three consecutive bodies on the same chassis. Ferrari 500 Superfast Ferrari F40 Lancia Gamma Coupé Maserati A6GCS/53 Pinin Farina Berlinetta Peugeot 504 (berlina/sedan) Peugeot 604 Stola Dedica Stola Abarth Monotipo Stola S82 Spyder Stola GTS Ruf RK Coupé and Spyder Ruf R Spyder