SEPTEMBER 2000

As a consequence of the agreement between Ghia - Ford, and STOLA s.p.a., in September 2000 they were involved with continuous work, without a moment's break, with the Ford Style Center in Cologne.
Our European contacts were with Director Martin Smith and his Assistant Claudio Missale, who, together with many designers including Paul Gibson, Murat Gueker, John McCleod, Andrea Di Buduo, and Nicho Tonello spent a lot of time with the Stola modelers at Rivoli.
Until the beginning of 2004, many proposals for see-through style models were made in hard material, starting with the Type C Max, Focus second series, Galaxy, S Max and Mondeo third generation.
A very intense period at STOLA s.p.a., the time in which Merkenich Style Center, developed their new Kinetic design philosopy.
During the construction of all these models it is a pleasure to remember the visits to Rivoli by many of the personalities from the world of ford such as Christopher Bird, John Manning, Nikolaus Vidakovic, Terry Walkind and Wilson Alaistar.

Rivoli November 2000. STOLA s.p.a realizes a model proposal of the C MAX type for the Ford Style Center. For reasons of workspace this model was made by the supplier Vercar of Beinasco by a mixed team of modelers STOLA and Vercar.

Rivoli March 2001. La STOLA s.p.a. realizes two model proposals of the future second generation Focus for the Ford Style Center.

 Rivoli July 2001. La STOLA s.p.a. realizes a model proposal of the future Focus Station Wagon second series for the Ford Style Center.

Rivoli March 2002. La STOLA s.p.a. creates a Galaxy-type interior model proposal for the Ford Style Center.

Rivoli November 2002. La STOLA s.p.a. realizes an outdoor model proposal of the S MAX type for the Ford Style Center.

Rivoli December 2003. La STOLA s.p.a. realizes two proposals for external models of the Mondeo third generation type for the Ford Style Center.