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In 1990, the management of Fiat assigned the Centro Stile (Styling Center) of
Fiat with the task to realise a spider on the chassis of the 'Tipo B' (later to
become known as the 'Punto'). Therefore it was coded 'Tipo B Spider 176'.
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Sketch byAndreas Zapatinas, who is considered to be the designer of the barchetta.
May '91
Proposal for theMarinara
March 22, '91
The Diavola,
basically an openversion of the Coup
Fiat
April 15, '91
Initial sketches for the cabin
April '91
The names 'Marinara' and 'Diavola' refer
topizzas, to distinguish the various
prototypes. Other names were the Atomica
and Bismarck.
The Diavola featured a strong resemblance
with the Coup Fiat, which was already
defined at that time. It had the same bubblyheadlights, round rearlights and wheel-arch
The cabin (seats, steering column, pedals
etc.) was shifted 10 cm (4") rearward
opposed to the original Tipo B (Punto).
Right from the start, the idea was to let
sheetmetal from the hood enter the cabin.
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cuts.
Only a few months after the start of the
project, life-size plaster models had been
made (below).
First model of the
Marinara
May '91
Plaster model of the
Diavola
May '91
Various sketches for the front and rear-end.
Second model of the
Marinara, here with
oval rear lights.
Last model of the
Diavola (now with
round wheel-arches),
before it was finally
rejected. Note theMazda MX-5 (Miata)
July '91 - Proposal of
the dashboard
byPeter
Davis(rejected).
July '91 - Design by
Guiseppe
Bertolusso.
Sheetmetal reaches
over the dashboard.
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July '91
and the Lotus Elan in
the background!
July '91
Sketches by Zapatinas. The oval rearlights
are now more squared.
By this time, the exterior design is final and
the car is renamed 'Spider 183'.
December '91
Uhoh, reorganisation at the Centro Stile...Positions in 1991: Positions in 1992:
Director Fiat
Design:Nevio di
Giusto
Coordinator Fiat
Design:Mario Maioli
Assistent Fiat
Stile/Design:Ermanno
CressoniChief Exterior
Design: Chris Bangle
Chief Interior
Design:Peter Davis
Director Fiat
Design: Chris
Bangle
Coordinator Fiat
Design:Nevio di
Giusto
Assistent Fiat
Design:Ermanno
CressoniChief Design
Cars:Andreas
Zapatinas
(later:Alessandro
Cavazzo)
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rearlights: two colors in each lens.
January '92: In Januari 1992, Fiat was
looking a company to build the car. Of the
Turin coachbuilders
First epowood model of the dashboard.
Sheetmetal enters the cabin, but not as far
as in the first proposals.
January '92
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Itca,StolaandMaggiora, the latter was
choosen.
In this proposal, the hoodcover doubles as aspoiler! 1. Lift spoiler; 2. Put it on the
trunk; 3. Close the roof
March '92
Almost final dashboard. In the final
version, sheetmetal is only 2 to 3 inches
wide.
March '92
Enginebay layout
Prototype of the clocks in day and night
vision. The number of dials in the
righthand clock has been reduced to two in
the final version.
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The crew of Centre Stile Fiat who designed the car without any third party help.
On the far right: Nevio Di Giusto (coordinator Stile/Design Gruppo Fiat),
next to him:Peter Davis(director Centro Stile Fiat).
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