Marcello Gandini
The chassis was formed of chrome-moly elliptical steel tubing, wrapped in a sleek body designed by Marcello Gandini, and Claudio Zampolli, who had previously designed the Lamborghini Countach and some aerodynamic Maseratis. The front nose shape of the V16T is from an original design for the Lamborghini Diablo by Marcello Gandini. However, in 1987 when Chrysler obtained controlling interest in Lamborghini, their design team "softened" the edges and generally modified Gandini's original design, leaving Gandini famously unimpressed. Gandini then joined forces with Claudio Zampolli and they conceived the Cizeta.