Rudolf Hruska

Rudolf Hruska (July 2, 1915 in Wien - December 4, 1995 in Torino) was an Austrian automobile designer and engineer, most famous for his design of various Alfa Romeo cars.

After graduating Vienna University of Technology he worked for Magirus in Ulm (1935-38) and Porsche in Stuttgart (1938-45), developing the Kdf-Wagen (1939) and Tiger I tank (1943). In Merano he and Carlo Abarth established a Porsche dealership (1945), and shortly after joined Piero Dusio in the Torino-based Cisitalia racing car project (1946-49). Hruska joined Finmeccanica (1951-54), consulting on the Alfa Romeo 1900. At Alfa Romeo (1954-59) he assisted Orazio Satta Puliga in the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, before joining Simca and Fiat (1960-67), working on the Simca 1000 and Fiat 124/Fiat 128. Hruska then designed the Alfa Romeo Alfasud and established a new plant in Pomigliano d'Arco near Napoli (1967-73). Since then he was in a design firm in Arese (1974-80) and at I.DE.A Institute in Torino (1980-).^[1]