Pininfarina

Pininfarina S.p.A. (BIT: PINF) (short for Carozzeria Pininfarina) is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder in Cambiano, Italy.Founded as Società anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista "Pinin" Farina, Pininfarina has been employed by a wide variety of high-end automobile manufacturers, including Ferrari, Maserati, Rolls-Royce, Cadillac, Jaguar, Volvo, Alfa Romeo, and Lancia. It also has designed trams in France, high-speed trains in Holland, and trolleys in the USA. Since the 1980s Pininfarina has been consulted on industrial and interior design.Pininfarina was run by Battista's grandson Andrea Pininfarina until his death in 2008. Andrea's younger brother Paolo Pininfarina was appointed as successor.The Pininfarina Group employs more than 3,000 people in subsidiary company offices throughout Europe, as well as in Morocco and China. Pininfarina is registered and publicly traded on the Borsa Italiana (Milan Stock Exchange).
History
The company was founded as Società anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista "Pinin" Farina.Pininfarina was run by Battista's grandson Andrea Pininfarina until his death in 2008. Andrea's younger brother Paolo Pininfarina was appointed as successor.After World War II, a number of automotive manufacturers were interested in working with Pininfarina, whose highly innovative Cisitalia 202 design had attracted wide attention The subsequent cooperation with Nash Motors resulted in high-volume production of Pininfarina designs and provided a major entree into the United States market. In 1952, Pininfarina visited the U.S. for the unveiling of his design for the Nash Ambassador and Statesman lines, which, although they did carry some details of Pininfarina's design, were largely designed by Nash's then-new in-house styling staff when the original Farina-designed model proved unsuited to American tastes. The Nash-Healey sports car body was, however, completely designed and assembled in limited numbers from 1952 to 1954 at Pininfarina's Turin facilities. Nash heavily advertised its link to the famous Italian designer, much as Studebaker promoted its longtime association with Raymond Loewy. As a result of Nash's marketing efforts, Pininfarina became well-known in the United States.A similar arrangement was repeated in the late 1980s when Pininfarina designed (and partially assembled) the Cadillac Allanté for General Motors. The car's bodies were assembled and painted in Italy before being flown to Detroit for final vehicle assembly.Pininfarina Sverige AB in Uddevalla, Sweden, was established in 2003 as a joint venture (JV) between Volvo Cars and Pininfarina. The JV is owned 60% by Pininfarina and 40% by Volvo.The C70 model—the first car built by the joint venture—was launched on 13 April 2006, sharing the Volvo P1 platform used in the S40. This vehicle, designed by John Kinsey, is a coupé convertible featuring a three piece retractable metal hardtop that can raise or lower in less than 30 seconds. The new C70 replaces both the current cabriolet/convertible and the coupé absent from Volvo's lineup since 2003. For the first time, the C70 will be offered with a normally-aspirated gasoline engine, as well as diesel engines with variable geometry turbocharger and common-rail direct injection.
Production vehicles
The Pininfarina now designs, manufactures, assembles and test prototypes and cars set on behalf of other companies.
Current production
Alfa Romeo Brera in the Pininfarina plant in San Giorgio Canavese (Turin), Italy
Alfa Romeo Spider in the Pininfarina plant in San Giorgio Canavese
Ford Focus Coupé-Cabriolet in the establishment of Pininfarina Bairo (Turin), Italy
Mitsubishi Colt CZC in the establishment of Pininfarina Bairo
Volvo C70 at the Pininfarina plant in Uddevalla, Sweden
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
Maserati Quattroporte automatica
Maserati GranTurismo
Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
Ferrari California
Interior of the new Peugeot Expert.
Notable car designs
1961 Austin A40 Farina Mk II -1961 Fiat 2300 - 1982 Rolls-Royce Camargue - 1987 Alfa Romeo 164
2006 Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina - 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 Ferrari 410 Superamerica
- 1955 Peugeot 403 - 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 Ferrari 250 GTE - 1960 Peugeot 404 - 1961 Fiat 2300 - 1962 BMC ADO16 - 1964 Ferrari 275 - 1965 Ferrari Dino 206 - 1965 MGB GT  - 1966 Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Duetto - 1966 Ferrari 330 GTC - 1966 Fiat 124 Sport Spider - 1966 Fiat Dino Spider - 1966 IKA-Renault Torino -
1966 Nissan Bluebird Datsun 411 series - 1967 Proposal for replacement for BMC 1100 (ADO16)
1967 Proposal for replacement for BMC 1800 (ADO17) - 1968 Ferrari Daytona - 1968 Peugeot 504 Cabriolet and Coupe - 1971 Fiat 130 Coupe - 1971 Ferrari 365 GTC/4 - 1973 Ferrari 365 GT4 BB -
1975 Ferrari 308 - 1975 Lancia Montecarlo - 1975 Rolls-Royce Camargue - 1976 Peugeot Peugette concept car - 1978 Jaguar XJ6  - 1983 Peugeot 205 - 1984 Ferrari Testarossa -1984 Ferrari 288 GTO
1984 Honda HP-X concept car - 1985 Ferrari 328 - 1985 Peugeot 205 Cabriolet - 1987 Alfa Romeo 164
1987 Cadillac Allanté - 1987 Ferrari F40 - 1987 Peugeot 405 - 1989 Ferrari 348 - 1989 Ferrari Mythos
1992 Jaguar XJ220—rebodied an unknown number of cars - 1992 Ferrari 456 GT - 1994 Ferrari F355
1994 Fiat Coupé - Interior only - 1995 Alfa Romeo GTV & Spider  - 1995 Ferrari F355 Spider - 1995 MG F - Roof Structure only - 1996 Ferrari 550 Maranello - 1996 Fiat Coupe (All Models Until 2001) interior and wheels only - 1996 Lancia Kappa SW - 1997 Peugeot 306 Cabriolet - 1997 Peugeot 406 Coupé - 1999 Mitsubishi Pajero - 1999 Songhuajiang Hafei Zhongyi - 2000 Daewoo Tacuma - 2000 Ferrari 360 Spider - 2000 Ferrari 550 Barchetta - 2001 Citroën Osée - 2001 Hyundai Matrix - 2002 Daewoo Lacetti  - 2002 Enzo Ferrari - 2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello - 2002 Hafei Lobo - 2003 Maserati Quattroporte - 2004 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti - 2004 Ferrari F430 - 2005 Hyundai Matrix  - 2005 Maserati Birdcage 75th  - 2005 Peugeot 1007 - 2006 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano - 2006 Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina
2006 Mitsubishi Colt CZC - 2006 Volvo C70 - 2007 Brilliance BS4 - 2007 Ford Focus CC by Pininfarina
2008 Maserati GranTurismo - 2008 Pininfarina B0 electric car -2008 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé Hyperion concept car - 2009 Tata Pr1ma concept car - 2009 Ferrari 458 Italia - 2010 Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta concept car.
Prototype and custom vehicles
In addition to production vehicles, Pininfarina creates prototype, show, and custom cars for auto manufacturers, as well as private clients. Most prototypes—such as the Ferrari Mythos—have served solely as concept cars, although several have become production models, including the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and Ferrari F50.A recent privately-commissioned custom example was the Ferrari P4/5 of 2006, a one-car rebody (changing the exterior design) of the Enzo Ferrari according to the client's specifications. Its design began in September 2005 with sketches by Jason Castriota moving through computer aided sculpture and stringent wind tunnel testing. More than 200 components were designed especially for the car though the engine, drivetrain and many other components are simply modified from the original Enzo Ferrari. The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is unchanged from the Enzo it was derived from. The P4/5 was publicly revealed on August 18, 2006 at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and shown again at the Paris Motor Show in late September. Another recent prototype is the Pininfarina Nido, a two seater sub-compact that could possibly make airbags obsolete.The Pininfarina B0 solar-electric concept, designed with Bolloré was shown at the 2008 Paris Motor Show featuring a range between charges of more than 150 miles (241 km) with an electronically limited 88-mile-per-hour (142 km/h) top speed, and an estimated acceleration to 37 miles per hour (60 km/h) in 6.3 seconds.[5] The car has solar panels on the roof and on the nose, while its battery pack is said to last up to 125,000 miles (201,168 km). The company plans to reveal a new Alfa Romeo Spider Concept at the Geneva Motor Show on 2 March 2010 .
Electric propulsion
Pininfarina has an area dedicated to the new electric car Pininfarina Bolloré. Batteries are produced by the french Bolloré Group Pininfarina, has introduced its own electric vehicle concept, the Pininfarina B0 (pronounced "B Zero"). The four-seat hatchback features a solid-state lithium-polymer battery, supercapacitors, and a roof- integrated solar panel to achieve a range of 153 miles. Developed in partnership with the Bolore Group, the vehicle is slated for limited production in 2009