Jason Castriota is an American

automobile design Automotive design is the process of developing the appearance (and to some extent the ergonomics) of motor vehicles - including automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans. The functional design and development of a modern mot ...

er born in

White Plains, New York (Always Faithful) , image_seal = WhitePlainsSeal.png , seal_link = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = , subdivis ...

, and raised in

Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich (, ) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast, Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and othe ...

. He graduated from

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands ( Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a ...

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

and attended but dropped out of the

Art Center College of Design Art Center College of Design (stylized as ArtCenter College of Design) is a private art college in Pasadena, California. History ArtCenter College of Design was founded in 1930 in downtown Los Angeles as the Art Center School. In 1935, Fred ...

in Pasadena. After his internship at the

Pininfarina Pininfarina S.p.A. (short for Carrozzeria Pininfarina) is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, Turin, Italy. The company was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930. On 14 December 2015, the Indian ...

design studio, he decided to stay in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

rather than return to the US to complete his studies. As a designer he took part in the design of production cars such as the

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano The Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano (internal code F141) is a grand tourer produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. It was the brand's front engined, two-seat model that replaced the 575M Maranello in 2006 as a 2007 model, and was replaced for ...

and

Maserati GranTurismo The Maserati GranTurismo and GranCabrio are a series of a grand tourers produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati. They succeeded the 2-door V8 grand tourers offered by the company, the Maserati Coupé, and Spyder. GranTurismo I ( ...

, concept cars like the

Maserati Birdcage 75th The Maserati Birdcage 75th is a functional concept car designed and developed by a Pininfarina design team led by Lowie Vermeersch, including Jason Castriota and Giuseppe Randazzo under the direction of Ken Okuyama. It was first introduced at the ...

and the

Rolls-Royce Hyperion Rolls-Royce (always hyphenated) may refer to: * Rolls-Royce Limited, a British manufacturer of cars and later aero engines, founded in 1906, now defunct Automobiles * Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, the current car manufacturing company incorporated i ...

, and, as Head Designer for Special Projects, one-off exclusive cars for particular customers, such as the

Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina The Ferrari P4/5 (officially known as the Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina) is a one-off sports car made by Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari but redesigned by Pininfarina for film director James Glickenhaus, son of stock exchange magnate Seth G ...

, a restyled

Enzo Ferrari Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari (; 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobil ...

for American car collector

James Glickenhaus James Glickenhaus (born July 24, 1950) is an American film producer, financier, director and automotive entrepreneur. He is currently general partner of Glickenhaus & Co., a family partnership originally started by his father Seth Glickenhaus. ...

, and the

Ferrari 612 Kappa The Ferrari 612 Scaglietti (Type F137) () is an executive 2+2 coupé grand tourer manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari between 2004 and 2010. It was designed to replace the smaller 456; its larger size makes it a true 4 seater w ...

, a restyling of the

Ferrari 612 Scaglietti The Ferrari 612 Scaglietti (Type F137) () is an executive 2+2 coupé grand tourer manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari between 2004 and 2010. It was designed to replace the smaller 456; its larger size makes it a true 4 sea ...

for car collector

Peter Kalikow Peter Stephen Kalikow (born December 1, 1942) is president of H. J. Kalikow & Company, LLC, a New York City-based real estate firm. He is a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA),

. Castriota left his position at Pininfarina on the eve of the

Paris Motor Show The Paris Motor Show (french: Mondial de l'Automobile) is a biennial auto show in Paris. Held during October, it is one of the most important auto shows, often with many new production automobile and concept car debuts. The show presently take ...

in September 2008, and was set to become Design Director at Stile Bertone. He started his new position on December 1, 2008. He took up the position of Director of Design at Stile Bertone in 2008 and then opened a design consultancy with offices in New York and Turin. In June 2010,

Saab Automobile Saab Automobile AB () is a defunct car manufacturer that was founded in Sweden in 1945 when its parent company, Saab AB, began a project to design a small automobile. The first production model, the Saab 92, was launched in 1949. In 1968 the p ...

hired Jason Castriota as its new design director. In 2014, Castriota joined Skylabs, a small product design firm in New York. In early 2016, he began work for Ford Motor Company as a designer. Castriota is also responsible for designing the

SSC Tuatara The SSC Tuatara is a sports car designed, developed and manufactured by American automobile manufacturer SSC North America (formerly Shelby SuperCars Inc.). The car is the successor to the Ultimate Aero and is the result of a design collaborat ...

which set world speed records for the fastest production car on January 27, 2021 hitting a one-way speed of 286.1 mph (460.4 km/h) and a two-way average of 282.9 mph (455.3 km/h).

Designs

(2005) *

(2006) *

(2006) * Ferrari 599 (2006) *

(2007) *

(2008) *

Bertone Mantide The Bertone Mantide is a concept car based on the Corvette ZR1 first unveiled in 2009 over a series of YouTube videos known simply as Project M. The Mantide has better performance figures than the ZR1, due in part to its highly advanced aerodyna ...

(2009) *

Saab PhoeniX The Saab PhoeniX is a concept car produced by Saab which was unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. The concept car's name was chosen at a time when the troubled Saab company had just been sold to Spyker by General Motors), ready to rise again ...

(2011) *

(2020) 2006 Ferrari P4-5 by Pininfarina (19631298185).jpg, Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano - Flickr - Alexandre Prévot (51) (cropped).jpg, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Maserati Gran Turismo V8.jpg, Maserati GranTurismo Stile Bertone Mantide.jpg, Bertone Mantide SSC Tuatara by J.Smith831 - 002.jpg, SSC Tuatara

References

External links

Official website
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140416053533/http://www.maseratiamerica.com/MaseratiMonthly/34/MM_34_Passion.aspx * http://www.fastcompany.com/76776/oral-history-design-behind-maseratis-2008-granturismo * http://www.fastcompany.com/59935/driven-design {{DEFAULTSORT:Castriota, Jason American automobile designers Ferrari people Pininfarina people Saab Living people Year of birth missing (living people)