Donato Coco

Donato Coco is an Italian car designer born in Foggia, Apulia, Italy in 1956.^[1] He is known for designing automobiles for Citroën, but even more well-known for designing some of Ferrari's recent cars.^[2]

Coco was Head of Design at Lotus from 2009 to November 2014.^[3]

His works include:

Ferrari 458^[4]
Ferrari California^[5]
Citroën ZX at Bertone^[6]
Citroën Saxo
Citroën Xsara
Citroën Xsara Picasso^[7]
Citroën C3 Lumière concept, Citroën C3 Air concept and Citroën C3 Pluriel concept^[8]
Citroën C2^[9]
Citroën C1^[10]
Citroën C3^[11] (First generation)
Citroën C3 Pluriel^[12]
Citroën C4^[13]
Ocqueteau RC10^[14]

References

^ Patton, Phil (2010-12-03). "Lotus Hires Former, Mercedes benz BMW and Ferrari Executives". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
^ "Donato Coco Lotus Director of Design". racecar-engineering.com. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
^ "Lotus names Carr as new design chief". Automotive News Europe. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
^ "Ex-Ferrari designer new Lotus director". Drive. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
^ "Donato Coco Lotus Director of Design". racecar-engineering.com. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
^ Marsh, Julian. "ZX Prototypes". Citroenet.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ Popa, Dan. "Donato Coco: "Suivre son goût sans être pollué par les tendances"". www.journalauto.com. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ Baruffaldi, Silvia (2003-08-20). "Citroën Pluriel, the return of fantasy". Auto&Design. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ "Citroën C2 (2003–2009)". Motor Car History. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
^ "Citroën C1 (2005–14)". Autocade. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
^ "Donato Coco, designer des petites Citroën". Le Soir Plus (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ SPIEGEL, Jürgen Pander, DER. "Citroën C3 Pluriel: Das Ikea-Prinzip". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Oagana, Alex (27 August 2009). "CITROEN C4 Review". Autoevolution. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ "RC10 Ocqueteau, look agressif sur une carène qui a fait ses preuves". Bateaux.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-11.

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[1] Patton, Phil (2010-12-03). "Lotus Hires Former, Mercedes benz BMW and Ferrari Executives". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

[2] "Donato Coco Lotus Director of Design". racecar-engineering.com. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

[3] "Lotus names Carr as new design chief". Automotive News Europe. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2021-10-11.

[4] "Ex-Ferrari designer new Lotus director". Drive. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2022-02-19.

[5] "Donato Coco Lotus Director of Design". racecar-engineering.com. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

[6] Marsh, Julian. "ZX Prototypes". Citroenet.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[7] Popa, Dan. "Donato Coco: "Suivre son goût sans être pollué par les tendances"". www.journalauto.com. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[8] Baruffaldi, Silvia (2003-08-20). "Citroën Pluriel, the return of fantasy". Auto&Design. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[9] "Citroën C2 (2003–2009)". Motor Car History. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

[10] "Citroën C1 (2005–14)". Autocade. Retrieved 2022-07-12.

[11] "Donato Coco, designer des petites Citroën". Le Soir Plus (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[12] SPIEGEL, Jürgen Pander, DER. "Citroën C3 Pluriel: Das Ikea-Prinzip". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[13] Oagana, Alex (27 August 2009). "CITROEN C4 Review". Autoevolution. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[14] "RC10 Ocqueteau, look agressif sur une carène qui a fait ses preuves". Bateaux.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-11.

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