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Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Vignale is the luxury car sub-brand of Ford Motor Company used in automobiles sold in Europe.<ref name=autoexpress>Ford Vignale: The history behind Vignale, Ford's new luxury division on Auto Express, 28 Mar 2016</ref> The former company Carrozzeria Alfredo Vignale was an Italian automobile coachbuilder established in 1948 at Via Cigliano, Turin,<ref name="geocities.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> by Alfredo Vignale (1913–69).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After its founder's death in 1969, Carrozzeria Vignale was acquired by De Tomaso (founded by Argentine businessman and race driver Alejandro de Tomaso). The studio ceased operation in 1973, but ownership of the name was taken over by Ford Motor Company (which had majority ownership of De Tomaso).<ref>Historia de la marca DE TOMASO on Motor Giga</ref>

Since then, Ford has continued to use the name sporadically to the present day. Up to present days, Ford of Europe released Vignale versions of models Mondeo,<ref name=motor1>Vignale: Ford recupera una marca con historia argentina on Motor1, 4 Sep 2013</ref> Edge,<ref>El Ford Edge al detalle on Diario Motor</ref> Fiesta, Focus, and Kuga, among others.<ref name=motor2>Fiat, Ford y De Tomaso: la marca Vignale vuelve a la Argentina on Motor1, 4 Jun 2019</ref>

HistoryEdit

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Alfredo Vignale, founder

The first body on a Fiat 500 Topolino base was made in 1948, followed by a special Fiat 1100. Most customers were Italian firms, such as Cisitalia, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Maserati, Lancia. In 1952, Vignale collaborated with Briggs Cunningham to jointly produce the Continental C-3.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A close cooperation was maintained with Giovanni Michelotti,<ref name="archiviostoricomichelotti">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> who in 1959 opened his own design studio and in 1962 definitely concluded the cooperation.<ref name="VignaleASI">Template:Cite book</ref>

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1959 ad for the Ferrari 340 coupe bodied by Carrozeria Vignale

Also Rodolfo Bonetto designed a couple of cars in the early 1950s before moving to Boneschi. Later Vignale designs were created by Virginio Vairo.<ref name="carjager.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Vignale also designed and built cars themselves, usually low volume variants of the main production cars of these automobile manufacturers. Amongst them were 850, Samantha, Eveline and the Vignale Gamine, based on the Fiat 500.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1968, Vignale designed the body of their last prototype, the Tatra 613. Vignale was taken over by De Tomaso in 1969<ref name="geocities.com"/> who already owned Carrozzeria Ghia.<ref name=autoexpress/> Shortly after selling, Alfredo Vignale died in a car crash on November 16, 1969.<ref name="VignaleASI" /> Both coachbuilders were sold to Ford in 1973 but the Vignale brand was discontinued.

At the 1993 Geneva Motor Show, Aston Martin, at the time owned by Ford, produced a concept car called Lagonda Vignale.<ref name=autoexpress/> Ford then used the Vignale name in the Ford Focus Vignale concept car introduced at the 2004 Paris Motor Show,<ref name="conceptcarz.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> however the production model was named as Ford Focus Coupé-Cabriolet.

In September 2013, Ford of Europe announced plans to resurrect the Vignale name as an upscale luxury sub-brand of Ford.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The cars would be visually distincted from regular Ford products and have an improved dealership experience. Exclusive services, such as free lifetime car washes, will be offered as well. The first Ford model to receive the Vignale name was the 2015 Ford Mondeo.<ref name=motor1/>

On 1 March 2016 Ford of Europe announced a Kuga Vignale concept vehicle at the Geneva Motor Show<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> where the company also announced the line-up of Vignale products, S-Max, Edge, and Mondeo Vignale five-door models debut alongside Kuga Vignale Concept, offering a vision of the future of upscale SUVs as well as revealing Vignale Ambassadors and the signature Vignale collection.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DesignsEdit

List of cars designed and bodied at Carrozzeria Vignale or coachbuilt to a third-party design.<ref name="VignaleASI" />

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1951 Ferrari 212 Vignale coupé
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1953 Ferrari 375 America with bodywork by Vignale
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Fiat 8V Vignale Coupé
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Maserati 3500 GT Spyder
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The Vignale designed Tatra 613 prototype
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Vignale Gamine by Alfredo Vignale

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  • Lancia Appia Cabriolet, 1957; Lusso Coupé, prototype and series production cars
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  • Lancia Aurelia B50 Coupé and Berlina; B52 Coupé<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Lancia Aurelia Nardi Blue Ray 1 and 2, commissioned by Enrico Nardi
  • Lancia Flavia Cabriolet, would become the last Michelotti design for Vignale
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Notable designersEdit

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