THERE ARE EMERGING REPORTS that the Farina family is looking to sell off a majority stake in its iconic design house, Pininfarina, most recently involved in the design of the all-new Ferrari 458 Italia.
The Farina family is believed to be looking at offering a 50.7 percent stake to potential suitors, while still maintaining a presence [...]

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The launch of McLaren’s upcoming P11 supercar has apparently been delayed to give newly-hired Chief of Design Frank Stephenson a chance to wave his magic stylus over the company’s first McLaren-badged road vehicle since the much-vaunted F1.

The P11 was meant to have been unveiled later this year, however with Stephenson contractually obliged by his [...]

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Though we know which Rolls Royce the Hyperion is based on, the Phantom Drophead Coupe, you could be forgiven for thinking this one-off creation from Pininfarina is an entirely new car - such is the level of engineering evident. While this styling may not be to everyone’s taste, the Hyperion is a class act and [...]

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Paolo Pininfarina has today been named successor to the position of CEO of Pininfarina after the death of his brother last week in a motorcycle accident outside Turin.  Paolo comes to the position after having served as deputy CEO since 1987. Paolo will have little time to relax before he and [...]

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It has been reported that Andrea Pininfarina passed away yesterday following a motorcycle accident on the outskirts of Turin. Police chief Luigi Semenzato explained that Pininfarina was riding his Vespa scooter along a provincial highway when a driver failed to stop at an intersection and fatally struck the much-revered CEO.

51 year-old Andrea was the third generation [...]

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Pininfarina have confirmed that they will be using a Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe as the basis for their latest bespoke creation.

Named Hyperion, the custom-built convertible will be the Italian firm’s third such project for a private client, with the other two being James Glickenhaus’s Enzo-based P4/5 and Peter Kalikow’s Ferrari 612 “K”. Pininfarina have declined [...]

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Tata Motors is one auto manufacturer that is truly on the move. Having recently received the green light for its purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover the Indian manufacturer of utilitarian vehicles and the upcoming Nano ‘peoples car’ has according to Automotive News set its sights on another European icon - Pininfarina.

Pininfarina, the design house [...]

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It looks as though Aston is on the prowl for a firm to manufacture its Rapide four door coupe and the firm is most likely to be based outside of the UK. The Financial Times has reported that documents relating to a bid by a potential partner, show that it is only one of a [...]

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On the off chance that anyone may be interested I thought I’d share some images from the invitation only preview of Maserati’s Gran Turismo at the Sydney Opera house last night.

There will be more to follow when the Gran Turismo makes its Australian public debut at the Sydney International Motor Show next month.

Steane

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Maserati have sent us some wonderful pictures from their display at the Frankfurt Motor Show, where they are celebrating the past, present and future successes of the company.

Their display includes the historic Maserati 250F which Juan Manuel Fangio piloted to what has been described as the greatest Formula One victory in the history of the [...]

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With all of the fuss surrounding the Frankfurt Motor Show it is easy to forget that we have the Australian International Motor Show firing up on October 11. Hot off the press is the news that Maserati will be featuring its stunning new Pininfarina-styled GranTurismo four-seat sports coupe in Sydney this year.

The GranTurismo features the [...]

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A car as stunning as the new Maserati GranTurismo is hard to miss…but we managed to miss reporting on this beauties recent UK premiere. So we had best get to it then.

A little over a week ago London’s Royal Horticultural Hall was the venue for the introduction of Maserati’s new GranTurismo to the UK’s rich [...]

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