AMC Hornet Gucci Sportabout '1972

Рядом с автомобилем Альдо Гуччи. Автомобиль AMC Hornet 1972 года, укомплектованный фургоном Sportabout, стал одним из первых американских автомобилей, выпускавшихся в специальной комплектации, созданной дизайнером из мира моды. Салон был обшит бежевой тканью в зелёную и красную полоску с логотипами «Гуччи», цвет кузова был специально подобран согласно дизайнерскому решению.

На фото изображён автомобиль, изготовленный в единственном экземпляре для Альдо Гуччи (стоит возле автомобиля). На заднем фоне магазин Gucci в Нью-Йорке.

Dr. Aldo Gucci was smitten with the Sportabout. He liked its look so much that he requested one for his own personal use. AMC was more than happy to ship one with a 5-litre (304 cubic inch) V-8 engine and three-speed automatic transmission. This would be Gucci's personal car and he supervised modifications at a custom coach builder's establishment for a modest USD$10,000.

Gucci chose to have the car painted in an understated silver colour. A new grille carried the Gucci crest. The headlamps were enclosed in transparent covers. The rear was given a new trim panel with the company's traditional red and green horizontal stripes set off against a grey cloth insert into which was woven the "GG" design. The same cloth was repeated in the headliner.

Inside, a luxuriously supple black leather was mated to a high quality, tight-knit, grey Italian upholstery in a larger "GG" pattern. Leather was applied to the door panels, the cargo area as well as front and rear centre arm rests. Doors and custom-designed bucket seats received red and green striped inserts. The instrument panel, glove box and even the seat belts were given the Gucci tri-colour treatment. The tasteful cloth was used for milady's handbag and even covered the owner's manual. Carpeting was a testeful nubby grey with contrasting black leather piping.

Gucci created a new centre console, located beneath the instrument panel. This area became home to the ash receiver, radio, the heater and the air conditioning controls. Extending upwards, the instrument panel was given a centrally located, pull-out writing desk, graced with a scribbler and a sterling silver bamboo pen. A map light at the end of a flexible arm extended from the right side of the desk, the left carried a vanity mirror, also on a flex stem.

The centre armrests doubled as nifty storage units. The front one contained a vanity kit. The one in the rear carried games in a removable box. Just like in a commercial aircrart, the back of the front seats popped open. The one on the passenger's side served as a snack table or provided a flat surface for playing games. The compartment behind the driver concealed a miniature liquor cabinet, complete with four sterling silver tumbles and two decanters--all decorated with red and green enamel stripes.

The hand-crafted Gucci Hornet was loaned to AMC's designers so they might study it. When finished it was returned to Rome where Dr. Gucci drove his haute-couture Hornet all over Europe.

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