GAGLIARDI DESIGN is a family owned and operated company, which is located in Southern California. It is owned by Franco Gagliardi.
Our intention is to bring stylish exotic designs to the auto enthusiast who has the passion for something unique and timeless. We have been in the custom car fabrication and kit car industry for over 17 years. During this time, we have built cars for television, movies and shows. We have built custom cars for a few well known kit car companies.
Finally, we decided it was time to bring our passion and designs to the kit car world, which led to the introduction of the GAGLIARDI VENDETTA.
The VENDETTA is a Franco Gagliardi design. Our goal was to capture the spirit of a true Italian exotic car. The car started as just an idea and after a simple twenty-minute sketch, the Gagliardi family decided to bring this design to life.
Taking over one year to create, we felt as though we had reached our goal with the Vendetta based on the style and design. The body was designed to accept a donor car as well as a custom tubular chassis, giving the Vendetta the versatility to be built as an affordable cruiser or as a high- performance super car.
One of the biggest challenges that the Vendetta had to
endure was to be presented to and accepted by the kit car community. Although the car was scheduled to be completed for it’s debut at the Knott’s Berry Farm AHA Show, it was far from being complete due to design changes.
We found ourselves having to make the tough decision of whether or not to display the car in it’s unfinished state. After taking into consideration that our main goal was to display the Vendetta’s style and design, we voted to enter the show.
After receiving a tremendous amount of positive comments from the crowd, we started to feel that maybe we had made the right decision. Well, as it turned out, the VENDETTA was awarded first place in it’s category.
We have since then recently released the Gagliardi Vex and also have the Gagliardi Vengeance, which is soon to be released.