Medici II

Giugiaro is the first to ruthlessly criticize his own work and the Medici II is a highly representative example: dissatisfied with the first version's overly slanted front end, that threw the side way off balance, he reproportioned the car, meticulously "cutting and stitching" the sheet metal. The border of the hood was heightened and this change sufficed to make a marked improvement in the car's look. The nose became more pronounced with the adoption of double rectangular headlights (in place of the retractable ones) and the introduction of a true radiator grille. The front end view of the Medici II thus lost the very sporty image that had characterized the first version, becoming decidedly more classical.