Ghia

Carrozzeria Ghia SpA, usually called Ghia, is an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm established in Turin in 1916 by Giacinto Ghia and Gariglio as Carrozzeria Ghia and Gariglio. Its headquarters are at Corso Guglielmo Marconi 4 in Turin. It first made lightweight aluminium-bodied cars and won fame with the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 that won the Mille Miglia in 1929, and between the wars it designed special bodies for Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Lancia. After Ghia's death in 1944 the company was sold to Mario Boano and Giorgio Alberti, and ownership passed to Luigi Segre in 1954, under whom it designed for Volkswagen (the Karmann Ghia), Volvo, Renault and Chrysler. It was sold to Ramfis Trujillo in 1965 and to Alejandro de Tomaso in 1967, who sold his shares to Ford Motor Company in 1970, after which the Ghia studios became part of Ford of Europe's styling operation, and from 1973 Ford used the Ghia name for its top trim level.