When Pinin Farina designed Maserati A6 1500 with it’s distinctive triple portholes on front wings in 1947, it would become something quintessential to Maserati after 2003, and is now exhibited on every, even non-Pininfarina, trident-adorned car. Those three portholes were first seen on a prototype A6 with covered headlights, also from 1947. After A6 series…
Pietro Camardella Designer Focus
Cars designed and co-designed by Pietro Camardella. Centro Studi e Ricerche Pininfarina, Chief Designer exteriors Centro Stile Lancia and Centro Ricerche Fiat. Ferrari F40 (Pininfarina) Ferrari Mythos (1989 Pininfarina) Ferrari 456 GT (1990 Pininfarina) Peugeot 306 Cabriolet (Pininfarina) Honda Beat (Pininfarina) Ferrari 512 TR (Pininfarina) Ferrari F50 (Pininfarina) Lancia Dialogos (Arca) (1998 Centro Stile Lancia)…
Lancia Beta Montecarlo Design Story
“Lancia Beta Montecarlo The first drawings date from the beginning of 1969 and the theme of this project was to produce a sports car, with economic engine and front wheel drive Fiat 128 derived platform (first drawing). The first sketches a little ‘exasperated and whimsical show a research aimed at young people from which the…
Gamma Coupé production tables update
New tables, first one deduced from both sides based on the series-specific production data from the other, with still 1 example missing. Looks like first examples of FL MY ’80 were in fact made by the end of ’79. Updated on wikipedia. Also a fun fact: both cars were designed by Pininfarina, but apparently only…
Ferrari Coupé bodies production at Pininfarina
This little thing was based on the Pininfarina production records and my deduction. Ex: 1977 Produzione di 14.012 Fiat 124 Spider, 19 Fiat 130 Coupé, 478 Fiat Lancia Beta Montecarlo Cabrio, 740 Fiat Lancia Beta Montecarlo Coupé, 4.183 Alfa Romeo Spider, 1.006 Lancia Gamma Coupé, 163 Ferrari Coupé, 306 Peugeot Cabrio e 1.194 Peugeot Coupé,…
Bentley Azure/Rolls-Royce Corniche body production
From 4 Pininfarina documents Older document showed 94 Bentley bodies and 0 Rolls bodies made in 1999. Newer document was used. Both documents also have different sums.
Brera/Spider 939 production
Just updated wikipedia’s entry on Brera production Source: Pininfarina’s 2005-2010 Annual Reports Now the tough part will be to find engine/version production records https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Brera