Pininfarina, the company responsible for designing the majority of Ferrari’s since the 50′s, has made the decision to halt production, shifting its focus to engineering and design. A spokesman for the company said “Unfortunately we are having to stop our production activities, given the way the car market is.” Back in March, Pininfarina said its [...]
Peter Norris of Rochester, Kent, U.K. works in the entertainment industry and studied transport design at Coventry University. He was also once the owner of a Fiat Coupe 16v Turbo that he held a great aesthetic appreciation for. Using this as his original inspiration, Norris decided to take on a personal design project. His initial [...]
Back in October 2009 when Pininfarina said that its B0 electric-car was on track for 2011, they weren’t lying. The B0 electric was shortly followed by the Nido EV prototype in May 2010 as a compact electric model that was more production ready than the B0. Pininfarina said today that it will lease an Italian [...]
The people behind the New Stratos project today revealed the technical specs and performance figures behind the new one-off supercar by Pininfarina, which was produced for one lucky Germany millionaire by the name of Michael Stoschek. Click here for more news on the Lancia Stratos. The New Lancia Stratos sits on a 20 cm shortened [...]
Pininfarina, the Italian design house responsible for numerous Ferraris, Alfa Romeos, Maseratis, Lancias, isn’t doing so well. Earlier this month, Pininfarina’s quarterly earnings report said that the company could be sold as early as Dec. 31. Sources now tell Automotive News Europe that Canadian-Australian parts supplier Magna International Inc. is weighing options to by the [...]
It was reported back in April 2009 that the one-off Pininfarina Rolls-Royce Hyperion that was built for Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe owner Ronald Hall was up for sale. Well, it is up for sale once again – only it’s not. Every time we’ve heard that the Hyperion is up for sale has been false, according to [...]
At the 2010 Geneva Motor Show today, Pininfarina is celebrating its 80th anniversary with the debut of a new concept – the Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta concept. The goal of the 2uettottanta was to produce a “concept car with Alfa Romeo mechanicals, reflecting Pininfarina”s desire to look to the future with optimism.” The 2-seater spider is [...]
Alfa Romeo will be showing three concepts at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show hinting at a future model for the brand. One of the three concepts made its sketch debut today – the Pininfarina Spider Concept. “The Pininfarina new concept is meant to be part of the tradition of successful spiders born from the relationship [...]
Pininfarina’s CEO told Italian newspaper, Sunday’s Il Sole 24 Ore, that its electric-vehicle joint venture with French financier Vincent Bollore is still on track. CEO Silvio Pietro Angori told the newspaper that the group has received more than 6,000 orders for the Bluecar, which will arrive on the market in 2011. “The joint venture is to develop [...]
According to company sources, family owners of coachbuilder Pininfarina have hired Italy’s Banca Leonardo to sell their majority stake in the company. Pincar, the Pininfarina family company, will sell its 50.7 percent stake in the company as a part of a debt agreement made with banks at the end of 2008. “It is a commitment Pincar made with [...]
