RIP Andrea Pininfarina.

Started by F Body, August 09, 2008, 02:56:57 PM

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F Body

Andrea Pininfarina, head of the Pininfarina design studio, was the son of founder Sergio Pininfarina was killed in a motorcycle ( Vespa Scooter ) accident in Turin, not far from the company's headquarters. He was only 51 years old.





This could spell the end of one of the greatest vehicle design studio's the world has ever seen, last year the company lost over 110 million euro's

Here are a just a few of the cars they designed :

   1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300
   1936 Lancia Aprilia
   1938 Lancia Astura
   1948 Cisitalia 202
   1952 Ferrari 250
   1952 Nash Ambassador
   1952 Nash-Healey
   1953 Four Berlinetta and one Spyder version of the Maserati A6GCS/53
   1955 Peugeot 403
   1955 Ferrari 410 Superamerica
   1956 Austin A40 Farina
   1957 Lancia Flaminia
   1958 BMC Farina cars - Austin A55 Cambridge Mk II, MG Magnette Mk III, Morris Oxford V, Riley 4/68, Wolseley 15/60
   1959 Fiat 1800/2100
   1960 Peugeot 404
   1961 Fiat 2300
   1964 Ferrari 275
   1965 Dino 206
   1965 MGB GT
   1966 IKA-Renault Torino
   1966 Alfa Romeo 1600 Spider Duetto
   1966 Ferrari 330 GTC
   1966 Fiat 124 Spider
   1966 Datsun 411
   1966 Fiat Dino Spider
   1967 Proposal for replacement for BMC 1800 (ADO17)
   1967 Proposal for replacement for BMC 1100 (ADO16)
   1968 Ferrari Daytona
   1968 Peugeot 504 Cabriolet and Coupe
   1971 Fiat 130 Coupe
   1973 Ferrari 365 GT4 BB
   1975 Lancia Montecarlo
   1975 Ferrari 308
   1975 Rolls-Royce Camargue
   1976 Peugeot Peugette
   1978 Jaguar XJ6
   1983 Peugeot 205
   1984 Ferrari Testarossa
   1984 Ferrari 288 GTO
   1984 Honda HP-X concept car[2]
   1985 Peugeot 205 Cabriolet
   1985 Ferrari 328
   1987 Alfa Romeo 164
   1987 Cadillac Allanté
   1987 Ferrari F40
   1987 Peugeot 405
   1989 Ferrari Mythos
   1989 Ferrari 348
   1992 Jaguar XJ220 - Rebodied an unknown number of cars
   1994 Fiat Coupé
   1994 Ferrari F355
   1995 Alfa Romeo GTV & Spider
   1995 MG F - Roof Structure only.
   1996 Lancia Kappa SW
   1997 Peugeot 306 Cabriolet
   1997 Peugeot 406 Coupé
   1999 Songhuajiang Hafei Zhongyi
   1999 Mitsubishi Pajero
   2000 Daewoo Tacuma
   2000 Ferrari 550 Barchetta
   2000 Ferrari 360 Spider
   2000 Hispano Habit
   2001 Citroën Osée
   2001 Hyundai Matrix
   2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello
   2002 Enzo Ferrari
   2002 Daewoo Lacetti
   2002 Hafei Lobo
   2003 Maserati Quattroporte
   2004 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
   2005 Peugeot 1007
   2005 Maserati Birdcage 75th
   2006 Mitsubishi Colt CZC
   2006 Volvo C70
   2006 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
   2006 Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina
   2007 Brilliance BS4
   2007 Ford Focus CC by Pininfarina
   2008 Maserati GranTurismo

mini f body kid

Quoting: F Body
This could spell the end of one of the greatest vehicle design studio's the world has ever seen

Roadkill

Quoting: F Body
Here are a just a few of the cars they designed :


And to that list I say : "Meh"

Especially to the Cadillac Allanté  

F Body

Quoting: Roadkill
And to that list I say : "Meh"

Especially to the Cadillac Allanté



Exactly my point though, although they designed some classics like the Ferrari Daytona, they also did main stream stuff that normal people could afford

Fieldy

Quoting: F Body
they also did main stream stuff that normal people could afford



Quoting: F Body
1987 Alfa Romeo 164



I see