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FerrariChat: P4/5 Competizione still aiming for Nürburgring 24

A few months ago, the internet started to rumble with rumors of a race car being built out of the incredible Pininfarina Ferrari 612 P4/5 that James Glickenhaus had commissioned at a staggering (but understandable) $4 million. A thread on Ferrari superforum FerrariChat.com put those rumors to rest -- Glickenhaus wasn't going to turn his P3/4 homage into a race car, he was going to build another car that he would take racing. While the final product hasn't been revealed in full, the thread includes over 20 pages of Q&A between James and ... Read more →

REPORT: Rossignolo buys De Tomaso, new models headed for Geneva in 2011 Jonny Lieberman

We're working off a machine-translated web page, so bear with us, but it looks like legendary Seventies marque De Tomaso is being resurrected once again. This time by a wealthy Italian ...

REPORT: Ferrari poaches new design director from Volkswagen Noah Joseph

Few lines are as fluid as those between the Italian and German automobile industries. Executives seem to move back and forth between the two faster than the exotic supercars for which they're ...

Ferrari P4/5 Competizione version in the works? Drew Phillips

Remember Jim Glickenhaus' Ferrari P4/5? Unveiled at Pebble Beach back in 2006, the re-bodied Enzo was designed by Pininfarina to mimic the classic lines of the legendary 1967 Ferrari P4 racecar. ...

REPORT: Pininfarina family to sell majority stake in business, possibly to Tata Jonny Lieberman

Due principally to debt, the family owners of Pininfarina S.p.A. have contracted with Italy's Banca Leonardo to help them sell 50.7 percent of their stake in the design/contract manufacturing ...

Meadow Brook Concours 2009: 1967 Ferrari Dino 206 Competizione by Pininfarina 4 months ago on Autoblog

The name James Glickenhaus should be familiar to Autoblog readers. He is, of course, the gentlemen who commissioned the marvelous Enzo-derived Ferrari P4/5 several years ago. He's also the kind of wealthy car collector who most, if not all members, of Autoblog would choose to be in that ...

Pininfarina 'Golden Ferrari' one-off revealed? 6 months ago on Autoblog

Toby Dammit, a character in the Fellini film Histoires Extraordinaires, roared about Rome in a gold Ferrari back in 1968. Marketed in the United States under the name 'Spirits of the Dead,' one of the most memorable things about the movie was that gilded Ferrari. While vintage horror films are ...

Pininfarina contracted to overhaul Eurostar chunnel train 8 months ago on Autoblog

Unless you've got access to a continent-gobbling exotic GT and an immunity to speeding tickets, everyone who's ever traveled Europe knows that the preferred way of getting around the Old World is via train. (Heck, even us car-crazed nuts here at Autoblog take the train for European auto shows.) But ...

Got a spare €4.5M? One-off Rolls-Royce Hyperion by Pininfarina up for sale 8 months ago on Autoblog

In an ideal world, who wouldn't want to have a distinguished coachbuilder like Pininfarina create their own unique Rolls-Royce cabrio? Unfortunately, an ideal world this is not, and most of us don't have those kinds of resources at our disposal. "Most of us" apparently now includes the customer ...

Beat some ugly Italian designs with an ugly stick 8 months ago on Autoblog

Got some time to burn? Of course you do! iMotor Mag has created a game to punish the wayward children of esteemed Italian design houses. Where designers such as Pininfarina and Bertone have penned gems like the Ferrari F599 and the Lamborghini Miura, they have also thrust the Peugeot 1007 and Skoda ...

Pininfarina to cease contract manufacturing, transfer ownership to banks 11 months ago on Autoblog

It's been a rough few years for Italy's coachbuilders, and times aren't getting any easier. Bertone almost went under before a rescue plan was approved by the courts at the eleventh hour, and now Pininfarina is poised to follow them down the same path. Drowning in nearly €600 million in ...

Bertone hires former Pininfarina designer Jason Castriota 1 year ago on Autoblog

It's no news that business has been tough for Italy's most vaunted design studios and coachbuilders. But that hasn't stopped Bertone from hiring Jason Castriota as its new design director. Castriota has spent the past several years at arch-rival Pininfarina, where he worked on such projects as the ...

Inaugural Enderle Concours features Pininfarina designer, classics 1 year ago on Autoblog

Long known amongst car people around southern California for its fine dining, upscale boutiques and most importantly its twice-monthly collector car breakfast cruises, the Enderle Center in Tustin, California decided to do something a little different to celebrate its 30th Anniversary: host a ...

Paris 2008: Pininfarina goes from Ferrari to batteries with B0 Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog

Pininfarina is the Italian design studio perhaps best known for penning almost every production Ferrari over the last half century. The firm, however, does much more than just design exotic sports cars. It has created bodies for more mainstream cars like Peugeots, Alfa Romeos and even Daewoos. ...

Pininfarina and Bollore to unveil electric car to Paris 1 year ago on Autoblog

Italian carrozzeria Pininfarina and French battery manufacturer Bollore have been hard at work developing a new plug-in electric car to bring to market, and reports now indicate that their joint venture will be unveiled next week at the Paris motor show. Rather than designing the vehicle – ...

Pininfarina Hyperion dash-mounted watch from Girard-Perregaux 1 year ago on Autoblog

If someone has enough cash on hand to commission an entirely rebodied Rolls-Royce from one of Italy's most famous coachbuilders, you can bet he's not going to be wearing an off-the-rack watch, either. That's why Girard-Perregaux crafted the special timepiece you see here. As we reported with the ...

Pics Aplenty: Pininfarina Rolls-Royce Hyperion 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Pininfarina RR Hyperion Spend enough time roaming the streets of Rome and you're likely to encounter a fair share of people who fancy themselves more Catholic than the Pope. No wonder, then, that the Italians have now tried to out-Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce, ...

Monterey 2008: Pininfarina Hyperion unveiled 1 year ago on Autoblog

Update: Additional live shots of the Hyperion added from the Concept Lawn at Pebble Click above for high-res gallery of the Pininfarina Hyperion The one-off Pininfarina Hyperion made its debut tonight at the Gooding & Company auction tent, and we were on hand to see the cover come off this ...

Paolo Pininfarina announced to succeed his late brother 1 year ago on Autoblog

These are precarious times for European design studios and coachbuilders, with some of the biggest names in the business facing potential closure. Not even Pininfarina is immune, and the storied Italian studio cannot afford to miss a beat. That's why, only days since the tragic death of its CEO ...

Pebble Beach '08 Preview: Rolls-Royce Hyperion by Pininfarina 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click to view more of the Pininfarina Hyperion As we count down to this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, one of the most highly anticipated concept cars scheduled to make its debut there has popped up a bit early. Based on the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, the Pininfarina Hyperion has ...

Is Pininfarina's future in doubt after CEO's death? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for hi-res gallery of the Pininfarina Sintesi Concept Even prior to Pininfarina CEO Andrea Pininfarina's untimely death while out riding his scooter, the market for coachbuilt automobiles was shrinking fast. To wit, the Italian car design firm had recently just managed to sign an ...

Pinanfarina Hyperion to be unveiled at Pebble Beach Concours 1 year ago on Autoblog

Pininfarina announced yesterday that the legendary Italian design house has been commissioned to create a one-off version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe for an unnamed client. Said client apparently wants to make a big splash with his (or her) bespoke coupe, so they've given Pininfarina ...

Pininfarina creating custom Rolls-Royce Hyperion 1 year ago on Autoblog

Pininfarina is working on a new privately-commissioned one-off based on the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe. Ordered by an as-yet unnamed collector, the vehicle will bear the name Hyperion from ancient Greek mythology and is stylistically inspired by the pre-war Rolls-Royce ...

Pininfarina confirms Ferrari, Brembo and Sabelt as new shareholders 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click for more images of the Pininfarina Sintesi Pininfarina has confirmed the three new shareholders who will take stake in the company as part of its 100 million euro capital increase. As we reported previously, Piero Ferrari, son of the late Enzo Ferrari and vice-chairman of the eponymous ...

In India, Kama Sutra inspires young car designer 1 year ago on Autoblog

We've heard the styling of some Italian cars being referred to as sensual before, so it comes as little surprise that the Italian styling firm Pininfarina's interest was piqued when it heard that a young Indian's car designs were inspired by the ancient love-making guide Kama Sutra. Ramesh Gound, a ...

Ferrari's son to buy stake in Pininfarina, too 1 year ago on Autoblog

Pininfarina and Ferrari have had an intertwined relationship for decades, and according to a report from Reuters, the families are set to intermarry. Piero Ferrari, Enzo's son, is expected to join three other "prominent figures of the Italian automotive industry" that will take a stake in ...

Tata to take stake in Pininfarina 1 year ago on Autoblog

Beyond it's acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover, and the eminent launch of the Nano, Tata is looking to acquire a stake in Pininfarina, the iconic design house that's been under some financial distress in recent years. Tata is aiming to take a minority holding in the firm, partnering up with the ...

Pininfarina tapped to style 3 concepts debuting in Beijing 1 year ago on Autoblog

Pininfarina is making its voice heard designs seen in China, with 30-percent of the company's business now being done with the Asian nation. At this month's Beijing Motor Show, two Chinese automakers will reveal three models designed and, in some cases, engineered by the Italian firm. What's more, ...

Pininfarina family to lose majority share in own company 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Pininfarina Sintesi concept. Pininfarina has been in poor financial health for the last few years. The coachbuilding and design house's P&L sheet has been coated in red ink, with a 114.9 million euro loss last year and debt that's grown to 185.4 million ...

Geneva 2008: the Pininfarina Sintesi will fly you to the moon 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for more hi-res images of the Pininfarina Sintesi Concept After a reveal that's been measured out by coffee spoons, the whole cuppa joe called the Pininfarina Sintesi has been caught on film in full. The car won't really take you to the moon -- but it does have 700-HP, "little ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Pininfarina releases sketch of Sintesi Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog

As we promised last month, Pininfarina has hit us with a teaser sketch of the upcoming Sintesi concept car. The show car, which will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show this coming March, is the first concept the famous Italian design house will have shown in three years. Sintesi is Italian for ...

4-door Ferrari Pinin to headline RM Auction at Maranello 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above to view more images of the 1980 Ferrari Pinin show car Ferrari won't be building a four-door model now – that's what the Maserati Quattroporte, developed under Ferrari's tutelage, is for. But there was a time when Enzo himself considered the prospect. What spurred his interest was ...

European coachbuilders will sink or swim in changing market 1 year ago on Autoblog

We've posted a number of articles in recent months about coachbuilders like Pininfarina and Bertone finding themselves in financially troubled waters. The difficulties these and other independent manufacturers around Europe are suffering now appear to be part of a larger trend that's forcing these ...

Pininfarina plugs in, will build electric cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

Being an independent design house is a tough business these days. You've got to diversify by designing things other than cars like desks. You also have to take on the odd job of developing one-off supercars for wealthy gearheads. And you also have to invest your money wisely. The Turin-based design ...

The Luna Desk by Pininfarina 2 years ago on Autoblog

If – and we'll stress the word "if" – you've spent a couple hundred grand for a beautifully-crafted Pininfarina-designed work of functional aluminum art to sit parked outside your office, what's another thirteen grand for one to sit in your office? The Pininfarina Luna Desk has a base ...

Pininfarina concept coming to Geneva this March 2 years ago on Autoblog

Pininfarina has been responsible for some of the most fantastic road-going vehicles of the 20th and 21st century, most recently the Ferrari Enzo and 612 Scaglietti, not to mention countless concepts over the years. Being the go-to design house for Ferrari says as much, and when we make another trek ...

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