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A Tribute in Memory of the Legendary Italian Designer: Ercole Spada

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Ercole Spada, born July 26, 1939, and passed away August 3, 2025 at the age of 88; has been one of the great designers of the automobile world, and I certainly have loved his designs over the years I've been exposed to the world of premium cars and gorgeous classic designs. Lets go over some of the most notable cars he has designed over the years. Early in his life, Spada graduated from  Istituto Tecnico Feltrinelli in 1956; and  after joining the military for a few years, he joined Zagato in 1960. His first ever design is also his most influential: the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato. Though it wasn't too hot when it first debuted, the planned production of 25 cars decreased to 19; and now in the future, its rarity has made it extremely valued by prestige classic car collectors and the last one that sold in a 2021 RM Sotheby's for $2.755m USD.  While working at Zagato, Spada also designed the Mazda MX-3 (an interesting spiritual successor to the Alfa Rome Giulia TZ) with a si...
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Bimota - Custom Italian Motorcycle Engineering at its Finest

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In the past on this blog, I've covered some pretty odd cars, like the Avantime and Renault Sport Spider, for example. But since I have entered the world of motorcycles for about 2 and a bit years now, Bimota has been on my radar ever since. Its not like the brand is common and I see them all the time; but with the times that I have seen them in person, they've been terribly beautiful, in the weirdest, most nostalgic way.  History of Bimota Bimota, as a motorcycle company, was founded in 1973 in Remini by three Italian men: Valerio Bianchi, Giuseppe Morri and Massimo Tamburini. And funnily enough, Bimota's namesake comes from the first two letters of each of the men's last names; instead of what I originally thought was 'Bi' for 2 and 'Mota' for motorcycle. The company didn't exactly produce their own individually designed motorcycles, but instead started off with using existing Kawasaki, Suzuki and Honda's engines and building their own chassis...
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