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Defining an era and setting a style is something that only the best car designers can achieve. If you think of any of the The most iconic Mercedes-Benz cars manufactured in the last quarter of the 201th century, such as the Mercedes W126, W129, or RXNUMX, bear the signature of the brilliant Bruno Sacco, who headed the design of the German company between 1975 and 1999, which is considered by many to be one of the golden ages of the three-pointed star brand.
Today the news of the death at the age of ninety of this Italian who managed to forge a prestigious professional career in Germany has come to light. No further details have been released about his death, beyond the date on which it occurred. on September 19 in the German town of Sindelfingen, and news that Sacco's family has decided to make public today.
AN EARLY PASSION FOR DESIGN LED HIM TO WORK FOR MERCEDES-BENZ
Italy has always historically been a place where canons of beauty are established and has practically been the cradle of much of modern art. Since the dawn of the automobile, this characteristic has also transcended to the artists of Italian origin responsible for creating some of the most beautiful automobiles. of all time.
This was also the case for Bruno Sacco, born in 1933, was attracted from a very young age by the most groundbreaking designs of his time, a passion he discovered in 1951. when he saw a 1950 Studebaker Commander on the street, the work of Raymond loewyThis key event in his life led him to study mechanical engineering in the following years, and in 1958 he was hired as a stylist by Daimler-Benz. Although his initial idea was to take this job as something temporary, his marriage to a German woman meant that his future in the company was prolonged.
He began to stand out within Mercedes-Benz in the late sixties, when he worked on the development of the revolutionary C-111 prototype and in its three subsequent redesigns. This earned it the title of director of body construction for the brand in 1970, climbing the Mercedes-Benz hierarchy in leaps and bounds to become head of the styling department in 1975, in addition to assuming other important positions in the following years.
So important was the figure of Bruno Sacco as head of design within the company that his surname serves to identify a twenty-four-year period within Mercedes-Benz, and well remembered by the brand's enthusiasts in which the company launched one iconic model after another, such as the W126, R129, or the first CLK, although the work he was most proud of was the Mercedes W201, also known as 190.
In 1999 he left the company to enjoy a well-deserved retirement, and even after retirement he remained loyal to the brand that had allowed him to become a legend in the automotive industry, driving, almost until the end of his days, a Mercedes 560 SEC, this being one of the millions of cars that today remain orphans and mourn the death of this genius of design.
