Flavio Manzoni

Lancia Fulvia Coupé's concept

Flavio Manzoni (born 7 January 1965 in Nuoro, Sardinia) is an Italian architect and automobile designer of supercars and road cars, such as Ferrari, Lancia, Volkswagen, and SEAT.

In January 2010 Manzoni was appointed Senior Vice President of Design in Ferrari with the task of reworking the identity for the Italian brand.^[1] As design director, he has been leading the style center team to develop the concept of Ferrari FF and LaFerrari^[2] and F12Berlinetta.

Manzoni realized the concept of the Lancia Fulvia Coupè, and in particular the Lancia Ypsilon and the Lancia Musa, winning the '"European Automotive Design Award" in 2003.^[3]

Prior to Ferrari he was the artist director for Volkswagen,^[4] where he designed the Volkswagen Golf Mk6.

In May 2014 he received the Compasso d'Oro, the oldest and most recognized award in the industrial design Field, for the design of F12berlinetta. In December 2014 on Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the FXXK has been presented as the most powerful Ferrari ever. Although partially based on the very first hybrid car produced in Maranello, LaFerrari, the FXXK is in fact a complete new car.

In March 2015 under his direction of the Ferrari Style Centre three Ferraris won the Red Dot Award, the prestigious international design competition, for the FXX K, the California T and LaFerrari

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