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OCTOBER 2000

In October 2000, Nissan's Europe design centre commissioned STOLA s.p.a. to build a prototype off-road vehicle. An ambitious project designed to communicate a new trend in the design of its vehicles off road production vehicles.
Under the direction of Shiro Nakamura, designer Christopher Reitz was resident in Rivoli for the duration and was the point of reference for the Stola modelers.

01Summer of 2000. Here are the first styling drawings of the exterior of the Nissan Crossbow.02Summer of 2000. Here are the first style drawings of the interior of the Nissan Crossbow.

Typically, almost all of the prototypes built by the rivoli modellers were running vehicles, the Crossbow however, whose chassis was derived from the Patrol, also had to perform on rough terrain.
The exterior finishes and especially the interior ones were more challenging than usual given the great use of milled and hand polished aluminum.

Rivoli aprile 2001. La scocca della Crossbow in costruzione. A sinistra si riconoscono Massano e Scursatone.Rivoli April 2001. The body of the Crossbow under construction. On the left you can recognize Massano and Scursatone.

04Rivoli April 2001. G. Comollo and L. Giarolo.05Rivoli April 2001. M. Di Maria and C. Raiz.

06May 2001, the prototype is pushed to
the paint shop.
07In the painting department we recognize Davide, Marcello, Peppino Maurizio and Andrea.

08Rivoli June 2001 G. Sutherland and C. Raiz.09Rivoli June 2001. G. Comollo struggling with the engine.

10Rivoli, a moment of relaxation at the coffee machine.

11Jo Cavagucia employee of Stola s.p.a. of Japanese nationality to support Asian customers.

12Rivoli July 2001. Final stages of the editing
of the Crossbow.
13Rivoli July 2001. Final stages of the editing
of the Crossbow.

14Rivoli 2001. Sergio Prodan and Lucio Giarolo.15Rivoli 2001. Alfredo Stola and Felice Chiara.

Agosto 2001. Il prototipo è quasi finito. Si riconoscono Alfredo StolaAugust 2001. The prototype is almost finished. We recognize Alfredo Stola.

Agosto 2001. Il team esausto si riposa, Il prototipo è finalmente completato. Da sinistra C. Mantovani, B. Gammicchia, M. Di Maria, B. Comollo, Spitaleri e Benedetto.August 2001. The exhausted team rests, The prototype is finally completed. From left C. Mantovani, B. Gammicchia, M. Di Maria, B. Comollo, Spitaleri and Benedetto.

An unforgettable photo shoot in the mountains above Ceresole Reale at valico del colle Nivolet (at 2641 m altitude) in the Gran Paradiso National Park was organised by STOLA s.p.a.

18August 2001 The model is leaving for the photo shoot, in front of the elevator you can recognize .....19August 2001 The model is leaving for the photo shoot, in front of the elevator you can recognize .....

20It is Dalessio who transported the Nissan Crossbow prototype to the Nivolet.21The Nissan Crossbow at the Nivolet.

22Pass of the Nivolet. C. Raiz and A. Stola.23Pass of the Nivolet. B. Comollo and A. Stola.

Valico del Nivolet. Una delle prime foto ufficiali eseguite in ambiente naturale.Pass of the Nivolet. One of the first official photos taken in a natural environment.

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Valico del Nivolet agosto 2001. Le foto ufficiali del prototipo Nissan Crossbow.Valico del Nivolet August 2001. Official photos of the Nissan Crossbow prototype.

The presentation objective was the Frankfurt Motor Show which would open its doors in the first days of September 2001.

30Frankfurt 11 September 2001. The Crossbow prototype on the Nissan stand.31Frankfurt 11 September 2001. The Crossbow prototype on the Nissan stand.

 

DECEMBER 2000

Stephane SchwarzStephane SchwarzIn December 2000, Nissan requested Stola s.p.a. the construction of another concept, the Kino, for the next Tokyo show.
A very innovative prototype with electric drive and a very complex seat and dashboard adjustment system.
The rear doors, with electric pantograph opening mechanisms were no less complex, in fact the Nissan Style Center specifically requested that there would be no classic external horizontal slide guide.
The use of natural materials in the cabin were innovotive for the time compared to the competition; the dash made from Sardinian cork in particular.
Shiro Nakamura together with the designers Schwarz and Takano direct the works that are once again carried out at the Secoli Family F&S, with a mixed team of modelers of the two companies always coordinated by Vittorio Della Rocca and Lucio Giarolo della Stola.
The painting will be done in the Stola prototype department, and the final assembly in F&S.

Dicembre 2000 Il primo disegno di stile della Nissan Kino.December 2000 The first style drawing of the Nissan Kino.

Rivoli marzo 2001 Alfredo Stola, Takano, Carlo Alecci e Roberto Stola.Rivoli March 2001 Alfredo Stola, Takano, Carlo Alecci and Roberto Stola.

04Rivoli 2001 Takano and Stephan Schwarz05Rivoli 2001 Vittorio Della Rocca and Flavio Secoli

06Rivoli April 2001 Vittorio Della Rocca
and Carlo Cavaglià
07Rivoli 2001 From the left we can recognize Luca Pasqual, Marco Vai, Francesco Gentile.

Rivoli settembre 2001 Si riconoscono Mario Stocco, Vittorio Della Rocca, Roberto Ricci, Sokol, Vincenzo, Ricci, Nardiello, Paolo Corace e Stephan Schwarz.Rivoli September 2001 We recognize Mario Stocco, Vittorio Della Rocca, Roberto Ricci, Sokol, Vincenzo, Ricci, Nardiello, Paolo Corace and Stephan Schwarz.

09Rivoli September 2001 Flavio Secoli and Renato Malandrin.10Rivoli September 2001 Vittorio Della Rocca

11Rivoli 2001 Michele Peralta and Claudio Nardiello.12Rivoli 2001 Alfredo Stola and Gioachino Grande.

Rivoli ottobre 2001 Si riconoscono Stephan Schwarz, Orlano, Piero Durante, Mario Stocco, Doglioli, Flavio Secoli, Piero Corace, Francesco Vacca e Paolo Corace.Rivoli October 2001 We recognize Stephan Schwarz, Orlano, Piero Durante, Mario Stocco, Doglioli, Flavio Secoli, Piero Corace, Francesco Vacca and Paolo Corace.

Rivoli ottobre 2001 Alfredo StolaRivoli October 2001 Alfredo Stola

15Rivoli October 2001 We recognize Fr Salamanca, Fr Corace, M. Caldarola, C. Nazzario, G. Grande, Fr Corace, G. Lorenzoetto and F. Vacca.16Rivoli October 2001 x and Sergio Merlo in the background
Ricci, Lorenzonetto
and Vacca.

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Foto ufficiali della Nissan KinoOfficial photos of the Nissan Kino

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Tokyo 26 ottobre 2001 La Kino nello stand Nissan.Tokyo 26 October 2001 The Kino at the Nissan stand.

 

JANUARY 2001

Michael Mauer direttore del Centro Stile Saab.Michael Mauer director of the Saab Style Center.In mid-2000, the new Director of the Saab Style Center was Michael Mauer, his assistant in Advance Design was Anthony Lo.
Both were well known, being ex-Mercedes.
To them, Stola's working method was understood and appreciated.
In January 2001, a hard see-through model was requested to be built for the X9 show car.
Antony Lo directed the construction of the style models and we can remember at least a couple of visits by Director Mauer.
The style model was much appreciated, but for reasons of workload from previously acquired projects, STOLA s.p.a. unfortunately could not continue with the running prototype, that instead, would be built in Carrozzeria Bertone.
The X9 show car, built in Caprie, will be presented the early days of 2002 at the Detroit auto show.

Il solo modello di stile see trough model in hard material dellla Saab X9 concept realizzato in Stola nei primissimi mesi del 2001.The only see-through model in hard material style of the Saab X9 concept made in Stola in the very first months of 2001.

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2001 Anthony Lo, director of Advanced Design Saab, and his welcome letter of congratulation for the quality of the work done on the see trough model in Rivoli.

 

MARCH 2001

In March 2001, Mitsubishi, through European director Nakanishi and new Global Style Director of Japan Olivier Boulay, asked STOLA s.p.a. to create a show car to be presented at the next Tokyo show scheduled for October 2001.
The name of the project is CZ2 and was essentially their vision for a new Colt , which was due to market the following year.

G. Leone, F. Sansalone, A. Mulargia e Massano.G. Leone, F. Sansalone, A. Mulargia and Massano.

02B. Comollo, A. Spitaleri and A. Bonetto. 03Giuseppe Leone.

Akinori Nakanishi e Giochino GrandeAkinori Nakanishi and Giochino Grande

05Maurizio Di Maria 06Antonello Mulargia

Il team Stola al lavoro si riconoscono Massano, Longo, Sansalone, W. Cobra, Trosa, e Cogerino.The Stola team at work can be recognized by Massano, Longo, Sansalone, W. Cobra, Trosa, and Cogerino.

08A. Mulargia, G. Longo, X and Cogerino. 09Walter Cobra

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JUNE 2001

In June 2001 the Fiat Style Center through its Director Umberto Rodriguez asked STOLA s.p.a. to build an exterior and interior master for mathematical verification of the Fiat Idea.
Together with this activity for the interiors it is required to develop class A mathematics starting from their C's.
The surface project is coordinated by Carlo Mantovani who, together with his team, works with Fiat designers for the interiors Marc Van Soolingen and Maurizio Tocco and Italdesign technicians for the exteriors Giacomino Borge and Marco Chiesa.
The realization of the two masters is coordinated by the Head of Workshop Vittorio Della Rocca together with his Deputy Giorgio Braghin.

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Summer 2001 the surfaces department of the Stola begins to realize the mathematical surfaces.

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Inizio autunno 2001 il reparto superfici della Stola termina le superfici matematiche di classe A.At the beginning of autumn 2001 the surfaces department of the Stola finishes the mathematical surfaces of class A.

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Rivoli fine autunno 2001. Il master verifica matematica prima della verniciatura.Rivoli late autumn 2001. The master checks mathematics before painting.

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Rivoli inizio inverno 2001 il Master di verifica matematica verniciato.Rivoli at the beginning of winter 2001 the painted mathematical verification Master.

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17Autumn 2001 the surfaces department of the Stola finishes the mathematical surfaces of the interiors.

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Rivoli inverno 2001 il Master di verifica matematica degli interni della Fiat Idea.Rivoli winter 2001 the Master in mathematical verification of the interiors of the Fiat Idea.

2003. La FIAT presenta al pubblico la loro nuova tipo Idea; lo stile è dell'Italdesign.2003. FIAT presents their new Idea type to the public; the style is of Italdesign.

2003. La FIAT presenta al pubblico la loro nuova tipo Idea; lo stile è dell'Italdesign.2003. FIAT presents their new Idea type to the public; the style is of Italdesign.

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