1968 Sonny Levi “G. Cinquanta” Built for Giovanni Agnelli Being Auctioned by RM Sotheby’s
Giovanni “Gianni” Agnelli was often described by the press of his time as “the most elegant man on Earth”. Federico Fellini wrote: “Put him on a horse and he will look like a king”. This was certainly true of everything the handsome and influential President of Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Ferrari could touch, from fine art to unique automobiles and yachts, three of his lifelong major passions. Chased by paparazzi, he was able to keep his luxurious lifestyle of a true sportsman with some discretion, at the helm of his wonderful classic or modern sailing yachts as well as at the wheel of his racing speedboats and fast motor cruisers.
About a decade prior to 1968 and the launching of the “G. Cinquanta” commissioned by Gianni Agnelli, another “revolution” had already taken place, due to the invention of the deep-V hull by the American naval architect Raymond Hunt of Boston, Mass. This new hull shape designed for speed in high seas was to change the face of the nautical world. But, as soon as 1960, a boat designer by the name of Renato “Sonny” Levi decided to go even further in the definition of the fast “offshore” hull.
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Born in Karachi, Pakistan, educated in France and England, and a flying officer of the RAF in 1944, he settled in Italy at the time of the economical boom of the early 1960s. In Italy, his designs were primarily intended to meet t...
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