Lotus Snags Ferrari Designer
By Greg Migliore
Another Ferrari man is heading for Lotus.
Donato Coco will take over as director of design for the British company on Jan. 4. He follows in the path of new Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, who was a sales executive for Ferrari.
Previously, Coco was director of design and development for Ferrari, where he worked on the 458 Italia, the F430, the Spider 16M, the California and the 599XX.
Coco also worked for Citroën, where he rose to chief designer. He was responsible for the Xsara, the Picasso, the C3 and other cars.
Russell Carr remains head of Lotus design, and he will continue to work on Lotus cars and its third-party projects.
“Lotus has a reputation for designing evocative sports cars, and it is a great honor to take on these responsibilities and challenges,” Coco said in a statement.
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(Pictured: Donato Coco will take over as director of design for Lotus in January; photo courtesy of Lotus.)
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