I.DE.A Institute

I.DE.A Institute (acronym, Institute of Development in Automotive Engineering) was an automobile design and engineering company in Turin, Italy, founded in 1978 by Franco Mantegazza and architect Renzo Piano,^[3] with engineer Peter Rice as Vice President,^[4] and help from others like automotive designer Rudolf Hruska and former Fiat head of engineering Ettore Cordiano.^[5]

I.DE.A Institute S.p.A.

Company type	S.p.A.
Industry	Automotive
Founded	December 14, 1978; 46 years ago (1978-12-14)[1]
Founder	Franco Mantegazza
Defunct	2019[2]
Fate	Liquidated
Headquarters	Turin , Italy
Key people	Franco Mantegazza (Founder) Renzo Piano
Services	industrial engineering and design, automobile design and prototyping
Number of employees	> 350
Parent	Quantum Kapital AG group
Website	www.ideainstitute.it

The Rieter Holding Ltd took full control of the company in 2002.^[6] The company grew with offices in China and Brazil by the time Rieter sold the company in 2010 to the Swiss investment group Quantum Kapital AG.^[7] The company was liquidated in 2019.^[2]

Notable work

• 1981 Fiat VSS, the first commission from Fiat^[8]
• 1988 Fiat Tipo
• 1988 Ferrari PPG Indy Pace Car^[9]
• 1989 Lancia Dedra
• 1990 Fiat Tempra
• 1992 Alfa Romeo 155
• 1992 IDEA Grigua and Grigua Off-Road concepts^[10]
• 1993 Lancia Delta
• 1993 Nissan Terrano II/Ford Maverick
• 1994 Lancia Kappa
• 1994 Fiat Lampo concept
• 1994 IDEA Gritta concept
• 1995 Daihatsu Move
• 1996 Fiat Vuscià concept
• 1996 Fiat Siena
• 1996 Fiat Palio
• 1996 Mercedes-Benz Vito (W638)/Viano
• 1997 Dacia D33
• 1997 Daewoo Nubira
• 1998 Tata Indica
• 2000 Kia Rio
• 2002 Tata Indigo
• 2003 Changan Jiexun concept
• 2003 Fiat Panda Marrakech
• 2004 Fiat Trepiùno (construction only).^[11]
• 2006 Buick LaCrosse
• 2008 Tata Nano
• 2008 IDEA ERA concept
• 2010 IDEA Sofia concept
• 2012 Ssang Yong XIV-1^[12] and XIV-2^[13] in 2012. Concepts for SsangYong Tivoli.

Notable designers

• Renzo Piano
• Walter de Silva 1977–1986
• Ercole Spada 1983–1992
• Carlo Gaino 1987
• Justyn Norek 1983–2006^[14]
• Francois Lampreia
• Umberto Palermo 2008–

Gallery

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  Details of the Alfa Romeo 155
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  Rear view of the Fiat Tipo
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  Tata Nano, here Europa at Geneva 2009
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  Ssang Yong XIV-1, Geneva 2012
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  LvChi Venere, Geneva 2018