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Fabio Luigi Rapi (Florence, 1902-?),[1] was an Italian automobile designer and mechanical engineer. After finishing the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1927, amongst others he worked for OM and Isotta Fraschini.[1][2]

In 1949 he moved to Fiat, where he started as the assistant-director at the Dipartimento Carrozzerie Derivate e Speciali. After a short stint in 1955-56 at Simca in France (at the time still under Fiat’s umbrella), he returned to Turin and set up the Coachwork Design Office, which later became the Fiat Styling Centre under his lead.[2] In addition to the brand Fiat he worked for Autobianchi.[3]

Rapi also was an artist and as such made colour illustrations for the books Le Grandi Fiat by Angelo Tito Anselmi,[4] and Le auto d’oro: evoluzione della carrozzeria dalle origini al 1940 by Francesco Santovetti.[5]

Notable designs

  • Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8C Monterosa
    Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8C Monterosa
  • Fiat 8V bodied at Fiat Carrozzerie Speciali
    Fiat 8V bodied at Fiat Carrozzerie Speciali
  • Fiat 1100/103 TV Trasformabile
    Fiat 1100/103 TV Trasformabile
  • Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile
    Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile
  • Autobianchi Stellina
    Autobianchi Stellina

References

  1. ^ a b Molineri, Giuliano; Tumminelli, Paolo (2008), Dream: Cars of the Future Since 1950, Turin: Umberto Allemandi, p. 93, ISBN 9788842216957
  2. ^ a b Giacosa, Dante (1979), Forty years of design with Fiat (2014 ed.), Automobilia srl, p. 156
  3. ^ “1959 Fiat 1200 TV Trasformabile”. bonhams.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ Library of Congress Catalog
  5. ^ Catalog Librinlinea – Biblioteche piemontese online
  6. ^ “1947-1948 Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosa”. howstuffworks.com. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  7. ^ “Fiat 1100”. fcaheritage.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ “Fiat 8V”. supercars.net. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  9. ^ “Turbine Speed with Style”. hemmings.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  10. ^ “La Berlina”. bianchina.it. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  11. ^ “1958 FIAT 1200TV Spider”. bonhams.com. Retrieved 2012-11-28.