These are just nine of Marcello Gandini's greatest hits

"The Carabo, however, is where Gandini’s wedge revolution started. With a low, flat nose, made possible by the rear-mid-mounted V8, the Carabo stood just 38.9 inches tall – yep, 1.1 inches less than the GT40..."

Top Gear's guide to concepts: the Alfa Carabo

Remembering the great Marcello Gandini, who has died aged 85

"It cost more than a Porsche 911 when it was new, but you’d happily pay for those exotic looks..."

Top Gear's Top 9: the greatest Alfa Romeos of all time

"Its design, boxy to our eyes, was was pretty rakish for the day, and very clean..."

Driving every generation of the BMW 5 Series

"Once. Just once. That’s how many times Italian designer Marcello Gandini has drawn the scintillating silhouette of what we now know as the Lamborghini Miura..."

Recreating The Italian Job in a Lamborghini Miura

"The Countach was – and remains – something else. Using a gorgeous 1974 Countach LP400 Periscopo, here are eight reasons why this wedge is one to rule them all..."

Eight things you need to know about the Lamborghini Countach

"The Lancia Stratos HF Zero’s story is more complicated than just being a Marcelo Gandini-penned concept for the Lancia Stratos...."

Top Gear's Top 9: wedgiest wedges edition

"Popping that engine behind driver and passenger – and in lieu of mundane old rear seats – necessitated a fabulously cartoonish redesign of the regular Renault 5 body, a task given to Bertone’s Marcello Gandini. The man who also designed its Stratos arch-rival, not to mention dozens of other stone-cold classics, among them the Lamborghini Miura..."

Why the Renault 5 Turbo is a hot hatch hero

The beginner's guide to Citroen

The beginner's guide to Fiat