Giugiaro has won numerous design awards, the most prestigious of which include the SIAD Silver Medal of the British Society of Artists and Industrial Designers in 1980 and the special ADI “Golden Compasses” for coachwork design in 1984. In the same year the Royal College of Art in London awarded him an honorary degree in design "in acknowledgement of the great esteem his work commands in the United Kingdom". In November 1995 “The Golden Steering-Wheel” was awarded to his figure and career and a second one to his Fiat Punto design. >

In July 1996 Giugiaro got an honorary degree in design by the University of Rousse (Bulgaria) “for his extraordinary creative contribution to the contemporary industrial design”.
In 1998 he became President of the Bid Committee of Turin as candidate city for Olympic Winter Games in 2006; on June 19th 1999 the CIO Commission in Seoul assigned the Games to Turin. Giugiaro is a public figure whose views are sought internationally, not only with regard to cars and design, but also to world affairs. Worthy of particular mention have been his speeches to the International Design Conference in Aspen (Colorado) and the world congresses of the ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design) >

in Milan in 1983 and Nagoya in 1989, and his report on the future of cars to the "Assises Mondiales de l'Automobile" in Paris (1989).
In 1985 Giugiaro was elected to the Management Committee of ADI (Italian Industrial Design Association), and held a course on design at the Faculty of Architecture in Turin.
In 1999 the Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi awarded Giorgetto Giugiaro the title of “Cavaliere del Lavoro” in recognition of its achievements in the sphere of Employment relations.
In 1999, on December 18th, in Las Vegas, a jury of more than 120 journalists coming from all over the world, has elected Giorgetto Giugiaro as Car Designer of the Century. >

In 2000 the magazine “Automotive News Europe” has nominated Giorgetto Giugiaro, among other 12 “immortals” of the European Car Industry, in the European Hall of Fame in Geneva Palexpo, site of the annual International Motor Show. On June 17th 2001 Giorgetto Giugiaro gets the Lifetime Design Achievement Award by the Detroit Eyes on Design. On October 15th 2002 Giorgetto Giugiaro was awarded place of honor at the Detroit “AUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME”. His name is now engraved for eternity among the heritage of personalities that made, and continue to make, masterly automobile excellence. On November 22nd 2002: Giugiaro got an honorary degree in architecture by the Naples Seconda Università di Napoli. >

May 2003: the UNC Cordoba University di Cordoba (in Argentina) and the College for Creative Studies in Detroit conferred Giugiaro an Honorary Degree in Architecture.
Frankfurt 2003: Giorgetto Giugiaro is one of the 16 Automotive News Europe “Eurostar” 2003 winners.
Bruxssels Auto Show – January 14th 2004 : Prince Philip of Belgium awarded Giorgetto Giugiaro the European Automotive Design Award for his career. On September 16th 2004 : Giugiaro got the XX Award ADI “Golden Compasses” for the Alfa Romeo Brera design. >

Giugiaro is a public figure whose views are sought internationally, not only with regard to cars and design, but also to world affairs. Worthy of particular mention have been his speeches to the International Design Conference in Aspen (Colorado) and the world congresses of the ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design) in Milan in 1983 and Nagoya in 1989, and his report on the future of cars to the "Assises Mondiales de l'Automobile" in Paris (1989). In 1985 Giugiaro was elected to the Management Committee of ADI (Italian Industrial Design Association) and held a course on design at the Faculty of Architecture in Turin. >