I.DE.A Institute

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I.DE.A Institute S.p.A.
Company typeS.p.A.
IndustryAutomotive
FoundedDecember 14, 1978 (1978-12-14)[1]
FounderFranco Mantegazza
Defunct2019[2]
FateLiquidated
Headquarters
Turin
,
Italy
Key people
Franco Mantegazza (Founder)
Renzo Piano
Servicesindustrial engineering and design, automobile design and prototyping
Number of employees
> 350
ParentQuantum Kapital AG group
Websitewww.ideainstitute.it

I.DE.A Institute (acronym, Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering) was an automobile design and engineering company in Turin, Italy, founded in 1978 by Franco Mantegazza and architect Renzo Piano, [3] with engineer Peter Rice as Vice President.[4]

The Rieter Holding Ltd took full control of the company in 2002.[5] The company grew with offices in China and Brazil by the time Rieter sold the company in 2010 to the Swiss investment group Quantum Kapital AG.[6] The company was liquidated in 2019.[2]

Notable work

Notable designers

  • Details of the Alfa Romeo 155
    Details of the Alfa Romeo 155
  • Rear view of the Fiat Tipo
    Rear view of the Fiat Tipo
  • Tata Nano, here Europa at Geneva 2009
    Tata Nano, here Europa at Geneva 2009
  • Ssang Yong XIV-1, Geneva 2012
    Ssang Yong XIV-1, Geneva 2012
  • LvChi Venere, Geneva 2018
    LvChi Venere, Geneva 2018

Notes

  1. ^ Fagone, Enrico Leonardo (2000). Carmen 7: Franco Mategazza, I.DE.A Institute. Automobilia. p. 11.
  2. ^ a b 19/2019 I.DE.A. Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering srl in liquidazione Liquidation 2019
  3. ^ "Concept Car of the Week: Fiat VSS I.DE.A (1981)". Car Design News. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  4. ^ "VSS Experimental Car by Subsystems". Fondazione Renzo Piano. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ^ "I.D.E.A." globalautoindex.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  6. ^ "I.DE.A. Institute to be acquired by Quantum Kapital - Car Body Design". www.carbodydesign.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  7. ^ "1981 FIAT VSS". archivioprototipi.it. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Ferrari Mondial t Speciale Pace Car". christies.com. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Carlos Sanchez". automotivedesignconference.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Fiat reveals new 500". Autocar Magazine.
  11. ^ Ssang Yong XIV-1 from carrozzeri-italiani.com.
  12. ^ Ssang Yong XIV-2 from carrozzieri-italiani.com, last accessed on 24 July 2022.
  13. ^ "JUSTYN NOREK". archivioprototipi.it. Retrieved 29 January 2024.


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