FEBRUARY 2002

In February 2002 STOLA s.p.a.received an order from the Hyundai-Kia European style center to create a concept, with the goal of delivery for the next Paris show.
A particularly welcome project because of the designers who would follow the work in Italy, former Mercedes stylists Peter Arcadipane and Michael Think.

January 2002 the drawings by Peter Arcadipane and Michael Think.

Peter Arcadipane. Michael Think.

Also for workload reasons, a mixed team of Stola s.p.a.-F & S modelers is organized to work together at the Signori Secoli factory for the construction of the model, molds, carbon parts and their complete assembly.
With the tested organizational scheme, the works are supervised by Vittorio Della Rocca and Lucio Giarolo.
The painting and final assembly will be done in Stola s.p.a. with the usual mixed team of technicians.

Rivoli June 2002 at F&S from left Orlando, S. Muratore, P. Durante, M. Stocco, M. Vai, M. Orlando.

Rivoli June 2002 P. Arcadipane and A. Stola.Rivoli June 2002 M. Stocco, P. Corace, P. Durante.

Rivoli June 2002 Carlo Cavaglià.Rivoli June 2002 G.Grande, P. Arcadipane and Orlando.

The paint and the final assembly was carried out in STOLA s.p.a. It was a double cab pickup called KIA KCV - II, the strongly sporty design made it very special.

Rivoli July 2002 At STOLA s.p.a. Even if from the back we recognize P. Arcadipane, M. Dimaria,
Cogerino and X

Rivoli July 2002 Bonetto and Peralta.Rivoli July 2002 C. Nardiello and A. Spitaleri.

Rivoli July 2002 Beppe Comollo.Rivoli July 2002 P. Arcadipane and G. Grande.

Rivoli September 2002 C. Cavaglià and Cerva.

Rivoli September 2002 Cerva, P. Procopio, X
and L. Marinuzzo

Rivoli September 2002 M. Peralta, P. Calò, X, Flavio Secoli and F. Vacca are recognized.

Turin October official photos of the Kia KCV - II before being transported to the Paris Motor Show.

Paris October 2002 A. Stola, M. Think, P. Arcadipane and G. Grande.

Paris 8 October 2002 The KCV - II exhibited in the Kia stand.

October 11, 2002. Letter of congratulation from Hyudai and Kia management.

FEBRUARY 2002

At the end of December 2001, in view of the excellent results on the Lincoln MK 9, the Ford style center of Deaborn announced to STOLA s.p.a. that they should make two show cars for the 2003 Detroit show.
Shortly thereafter in London an official meeting took placebetween Alfredo Stola, Gameno Grande and Director Gerry McGovern.
Work was due to begin in February 2002, and the show cars in question were the Lincoln Navicross and Mercury Messenger.
Design was again by Adrian Monk,Marek Reichman and Per Selvag, with the ever present technical guidance of Joe Bonacchi.

London January 2002 Alfredo Stola Gerry McGovern and Gioachino Grande.London January 2002 Alfredo Stola Gerry McGovern and Gioachino Grande.

Unlike the first Lincoln, developed between 2000 and 2001, for the Navicross' Interior and exterior would be developed in Stola, due to the closure of Ghia a year earlier.

Rivoli February 2002. In the historic office of STOLA s.p.a. they pose for a souvenir photo at the start of the work on the Navicross and Messenger. From left Lucio Giarolo, Marek Reichman, Alfredo Stola, Carlo Cavaglià, Sergio Prodan and Giochino Grande.

Rivoli February 2002. Felice Chiara studies the first sections for the Lincoln Navicross project. This perfectly running show car which will be delivered in early 2003 will be his last job to retire.

Rivoli May 2002. Sergio Prodan alongside the Navicross model just made from which the light molds will then be made.

Rivoli June 2002 F. Cerva and C. Pastore.Rivoli June 2002 Carlo Cavaglià

Rivoli September 2002

Rivoli September 2002 F. SansaloneRivoli September 2002 C. Smeu

Rivoli October 2002 Cuscunà and Massano.

Rivoli October 2002 Bonetto Massano and CuscunàRivoli October 2002 X, Bonetto and Spitaleri.

Rivoli end of October 2002 X, Di Maria and Erminio.

Rivoli October 2002 XRivoli October 2002 Massano and Cuscunà.

Rivoli November 2002 Cavaglià, Reichman, Grande and McGovern.Rivoli November 2002 X, Y, Z and Bonetto

Rivoli December 2002 Beppe Comollo as often under the car.

Rivoli December 2002 from left Bonetto, Spitaleri and Rosetti.

Rivoli December 2002 Di Maria, Bonetto, Vincenzo, Cubeddù, Spitaleri and CuscunàRivoli December 2002

Rivoli December 2002 Di Maria, Spitaleri, Chiara, Vincenzo, Bonetto and CubeddùRivoli December 2002 X, Beccati, Y, Vincenzo, Di Maria, Z and McGovern.

Detroit December 2002 Official photos of Lincoln Navicross.

Detroit January 6, 2003 Adriana Monk, Marek Reichman and Gerry McGovern with Lincoln Navicross.

Detroit January 6, 2003 The Navicross exhibited in the Lincoln stand.

Concurrently and with a different team of modelers, we also began the construction of the Mercury Messanger, not a running prototype like the Navicross but a complete opening styling model.
Lello Locantore was the technical manager of this project, he realised the show model in the workshops of Via Ivrea in Rivoli , close to Via Ferrero 9.
The Stylists, as for Mercury, were Marek Reichman, and Adriana Monk directed by Gerry McGovern.
In January 2003 at the Detroit Show, a jury of journalists awarded the Messenger the prize for best interior design.

Rivoli March 2002

Rivoli March 2002 Massimo Rosettti, Pasqualino Procopio, Luca Rosetti, X and Y

Rivoli April 2002Rivoli April 2002 X, Y, Z, and Vito Schieraldi.

Rivoli September 2002

Rivoli September 2002Rivoli September 2002

Rivoli October 2002 Beppe Comollo.

Rivoli October 2002. Francesco AcquavivaRivoli October 2002

Rivoli November 2002 SokolRivoli November 2002

Rivoli December 2002. The complete team of Lello Locantore who worked on the Mercury Messenger.

Turin December 2002 The interior of the Messenger awarded in Detroit.

Turin December 2002 The official photos of the Mercury Messenger in the studio.

Detroit January 6, 2003. The Messenger on the Mercury booth.

END OF WINTER 2002

At the end of the winter of 2002, Mitsubishi Europe Style Vice President Akinori Nakanischi ordered Stola to build a see-through model of a mono-volume that would replace the Space Wagon series.
Much bigger than the old model,the name was Grandis.

2002 in Stola s.p.a. the see through model of a Space Wagon minivan is created which will then take the name Grandis.

July 2002. Akinori Nakanishi vice president of the Mitsubishi Europa Style Center and his letter of congratulations for the work carried out in Rivoli.

MARCH 2002

In March 2002, the Mitsubishi Europe Style Centre, in co-ordination their counter part in Japan, required STOLA S.p.a. to build two hard style models.
Their clear goal was an advanced design study from each of the two Style Centres to imagine what the future Lancer, planned for 2007, could look like.
More than ever,o the Japanese car designers worked as a team,composed of directors Boulay and Nakanishi, together with their colleagues Peter Arcadipane and Omer Halilhodzic.
The selected model was continued by a team of Stola modelers in Japan at the Mistubishi Style Centre.
The away modelers were Giuseppe Federico, Pietro Calò, Moreno Marangon, Gabriele Sbeghen, Nicola Partucci and Alessandro Pellichero.

Rivoli 2002: in Stola s.p.a. two style model proposals are made for the future Lancer ninth series. The design is made and directed by the Mitsubishi Europa Style Center.

Japan Okazaki May 2002. The Mitsubishi plant where there is also the Style Center and the modeling shop.

Okazaki Mitsubishi June 2002. The interior of the model shop and a souvenir photo of the Mitsubishi and Stola modeling team.

Okazaki July 2002. A dinner with the Complete Stola Team. Gabriele Sbeghen, Pietro Calò, Giuseppe Federico, Nicola Partucci, Alessandro Pellichero, Moreno Marangon.

END OF MARCH 2002

At the end of 2001, the organizers of the Turin Motor Show decided to discontinue the event.
The Stolas decided to participate in the next Geneva Motor Show, in 2003, with the opportunity to be present in a more international environment and attended by even more of their customers, as well as, perhaps, some new ones.
At the end of march 2002, it was decided to build the Stola GTS, again based on the 986 Porsche Boxter coupe.
Designed by Aldo Brovarone who was assisted by his friend Peter Arcadipane, he paid reference to history by using the unmistakable Gulf livery, blue, orange and black.
It is fair to say that the Stola GTS was itself derived from the Stola S82 Spyder which in reality the S82 no longer existed.

August 2002 The drawing by Aldo Brovarone.

Rivoli September 2002 Aldo Brovarone and Peter Arcadipane.

Rivoli September 2002 X and SbeghenRivoli September 2002 Aldo Brovarone.

Rivoli September 2002 Aldo Brovarone and Vincenzo MammoneRivoli September 2002 Alfredo Stola and Aldo Brovarone

Rivoli September 2002 Alfredo Stola and Aldo Brovarone

Rivoli September 2002 From left standing Brovarone, Coletto and Sbeghen.

Rivoli October 2002 Before being painted with the final livery, the GTS Stola is tested with the bottoms only.

The final stages of painting and assembly. Peppino, X, Mammone, Y, Z and Di Maria are recognized.

Rivoli December 2002 in these photos we recognize Brovarone, Arcadipane, Maurizio della Salt, Carmine Spitaleri, and Stola.

Rivoli December 2002 Aldo Brovarone and Peter Arcadipane happy at the near conclusion of the work.

Turin February 2003. Official photos of the GTS Stola taken in the studio by Massimo Perini assisted by Teresio Demaria.

Geneva 4 March 2003 The Stola GTS on display in the stand of STOLA s.p.a.

Geneva 4 March 2003. Engineer Carlo Alecci, Maria Paola Stola, Laura Novarese and Silvia Calautti.

A.Stola, P. Pfeiffer and XT. Novo, X and L. Gallina

Geneva 2003 Fabrizio Giugiaro visits the Stola s.p.a. stand In the photo Fabrizio with Francesco and Maria Paola Stola.

We recognize S. Calautti, A. Stola, G. Grande, T. Novo and L. Gallina.

We recognize Imperatori, Besana, Carmelo, Petrelli, Alecci, De Micheli and Stola, in the background Gallina and Novo.

April 2003 Test drive at the Pirelli track in Vizzola Ticino, Italy, carried out by the pilot Massimo Perini.

September 2003 Zell am See. Alfredo and Maria Paola Stola visiting the Porsche Design Studio with the GTSAlfredo and Maria Paola Stola will make their first trip with the Stola GTS in September 2003 to Graz, to participate in an event organized by Magna Steyr dedicated to Show Cars at the invitation of Technical Director Harald Wester.
A few years had passed since the Cayenne style model project partly developed in Zell Am See and the idea of ​​a visit to the Studio came naturally.
It was the opportunity for a brief greeting with the Professor and other people known in the past, and with pleasure to see on his desk the 1/43 scale model of the GTS built by hand by ABC Brianza that Alfredo Stola shortly after the Motor Show. Ginevra had sent him along with the official CD for the press.

This photo portrait of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche in his office appears in Karl Ludgvisten's book “The Origin of the Species” published in 2012. It seems that the shot is from September 2003. At the bottom left on the desk appears the scale model of the Stola GTS with the CD on it for journalists.