His interests and aptitude for machinery meant that he studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bologna, writing his thesis on the 'Study of Hydraulic preamplifiers' which granted him his degree in the summer of 1962.

[1] After graduation, Stanzani was immediately hired by Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. on September 30, 1963 as assistant to Engineer Gianpaolo Dallara, then the Company's Technical Director who had started approximately one month before him.

He sold the patent and used the proceeds to buy a Laverda 75 small motorcycle which was registered by his mother since Stanzani was not yet at an age where he could legally obtain a driving licence.

He also conceived a system to make headlights swivel with the direction of the driver steering input, an idea presented to FIAT staff who however showed no interest.

The open mind to try new things in Lamborghini led Stanzani to make it his goal to "Do today what others will do tomorrow" (“Fare oggi quello che altri faranno domani”).

Stanzani made some personal considerations on the social benefit of designing and selling high performance vehicles to wealthy individuals, which he started to view as not so beneficial to society.

Between 1979 and 1986 he worked on contract design for some car manufacturers (Renault, Alfa Romeo, Suzuki) and founded an engineering and business administration studio in Bologna.

Ferruccio had started to voice his dream of building another sports car but his ideas were usually met with practical counter-arguments by Stanzani in relation to the higher costs for bodywork and engine development.

[8] Ex-Lamborghini Technical Director Franco Baraldini (whose family runs the INECO dealership since 1989), introduced Ferruccio Lamborghini and Romano Artioli.

Buoyed by the successful sales of Ferrari, Suzuki and other cars by Autoexpo, Romano Artioli had the required financial means to pursue the idea of a supercar but wanted to fulfil the childhood dream of bringing back the Bugatti brand.

Tecnostile founders Achille Bevini and Oliviero Pedrazzi were well known to Stanzani as they had worked in Lamborghini as draughtsmen on the Bizzarrini engine for the first road car.

Tecnostile's team of approximately 15 people worked on the designs of the V12 engine, aluminium honeycomb chassis, suspension and most of the parts required for the car that would become the EB110.

Giancarlo Minardi became the President and Paolo Stanzani the Vicepresident of the new organisation fielding the F194 with chassis from ATR Group (composites manufacturer) and engine from Ford Cosworth (HB).