Ghia is the make under which the Turin coachbuilding and design house Carrozzeria Ghia built and showed its own cars, as distinct from the many bodies it made for other manufacturers. The firm was founded in 1916 by Giacinto Ghia and Gariglio as Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio, first made lightweight aluminium bodies, and became known when an Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 with its body won the 1929 Mille Miglia. After the founder's death in 1944 it passed to Mario Boano and Giorgio Alberti, then to Luigi Segre in 1954, and a close partnership with Chrysler and the designer Virgil Exner produced one-off show cars and the short run Ghia L6.4 and Ghia 450 SS. Alejandro de Tomaso bought the firm in 1967 and sold it to Ford in 1970, after which Ghia worked as Ford of Europe's styling studio and its name became a Ford luxury trim level.
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Carrozzeria Ghia SpA (established 1916 in Turin) is an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm
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Carrozzeria Ghia SpA (established 1916 in Turin) is an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm
Has Vehicles: Ghia L6.4, Ghia L6.4
After the Dual-Ghia project had ended, the more up-to-date Ghia L6.4 appeared in 1961.
Has Vehicles: Ghia 450 SS, Ghia 450 SS
convinced Ghia to build another car using a similar design.
Has Vehicles: Ghia G230 S, Ghia G230 S
At the 1963 Turin Show, Ghia showed the Fiat 2300-based Ghia G230 S.
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The Ghia Brezza is a concept car commissioned by Ford and built by Carrozzeria Ghia.
Ghia Microsport (Wikipedia)
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was a one-off concept car created by Italian design studio Ghia
Ghia Selene (Wikipedia)
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The Ghia Selene was a series of concept cars created by Carrozzeria Ghia.
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the name Dual-Ghia is representative of the collaborative efforts between the builder and Carrozzeria Ghia
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