Scaglietti, who gave his name to the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, also gave his life to the company and gave the company its life.
He styled some of Ferrari's best cars - the 250 Testa Rossa and 250 Monza - and even went outside Italy to create the Chevrolet Corvette Scaglietti Coupe of 1958.
In an official statement, Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo said: ``Today is a sad day for Ferrari'' ``We lost a friend, a travel companion, a man who had his name forever connected to the Prancing Horse.
``Sergio Scaglietti leaves behind the legacy of an artist who, with his talent, created some of the most beautiful cars of our history. ``(Those who) had the luck to know him like I did will also remember him as a straightforward and honest man, completely dedicated to his work. We will miss him.''
Scaglietti, who worked mainly in aluminium and preferred to sculpt a car body rather than draw it, started work in a garage in Modena at the age of 13. By age 17 he and his brother had opened a workshop opposite Ferrari's Scuderia factory.
He worked on repairing race cars for Ferrari's clientele as well as for Enzo Ferrari. During the 1950s Enzo was so impressed with Scaglietti's work that he hired him to build a new chassis. Scaglietti soon after handled most of Ferrari's work.