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Automotive News Europe, November, 2004 by Ciferri, Luca
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Byline: Luca Ciferri
Hall of Fame car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro is alive today because he followed his instincts last week.
Giugiaro was set to fly on a small plane that went down late Tuesday near Djermaya, 28 miles east of the capital, N'Djamena, killing four.
"I have never liked planes that are too small, so I opted to get the bigger, 12-seat one," a shaken Giugiaro told Automotive News Europe in a phone interview from N'Djamena.
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Giugiaro, 66, was in Chad with 11 friends for a cultural tour. He decided at the last minute not to take the four-seat plane, ...
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