Marcello Gandini, Lamborghini, Lancia and Alfa Romeo designer, dies aged 85

Designer was responsible for classic luxury sports cars such as Lamborghini Countach, Alfa Romeo Carabo and Lancia Stratos

Marcello Gandini, the Italian car designer who pioneered the use of “scissor doors” in luxury sports cars and drew the sleek outlines of several eye-catching designs for manufacturers including Lamborghini, has died aged 85.

Gandini, whose designs for fast and furious machines like the Alfa Romeo Carabo, the Lancia Stratos, or the Lamborghini Countach and Miura adorned millions of teenage bedroom walls, died suddenly in the Rivoli municipality of Turin on Monday, Italian state broadcaster Rai said.