Recently, Paolo Pininfarina, the famous Italian car designer and head of Pininfarina Design Group, passed away due to illness in Turin. Died at the age of 65. Pininfarina was born on August 28, 1958. His grandfather Battista Farina founded the Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in 1930 as we know it Some of the classic Italian sports cars, such asFerrariandLamborghini's body design comes from this design group.
Paolo Pininfarina graduated from the Polytechnic of Turin in mechanical engineering and joined his father Sergio shortly after graduation. ·Pininfarina's company, and then interned at Cadillac and Honda. Served as the quality manager for the Cadillac Allante project from 1984 to 1986, and the project manager for the General Motors GM200 from 1987 to 1989. The design of GM200 was eventually used in Chevrolet Lumina APV, Oldsmobile Silhouette, Pontiac Trans Sport and other models. Logically speaking, the predecessor of Buick GL8 came from this.
Paolo Pininfarina still works for Pininfarina Extra S.r.l. The company is engaged in the design of non-automotive industries, including furniture, electrical appliances, ships, construction, etc. At the same time, Paul also serves as a board member and vice chairman of the Pininfarina Group. In 2008, due to some accidents, the former chairman of Pininfarina passed away, Paul began to serve as Pininfarina Group Chairman. During Paul's tenure, Pininfarina reached a cooperation with the Mahindra Group and was able to independently produce cars, which also realized his grandfather's dream of establishing a car manufacturer.
Although Paul Pininfarina does not have many independent car design works, his company has provided more than600 car design works for major brands. Many models will be marked with the words "Pininfarina" on their appearance to show the uniqueness of their body design.
【Sergio】
【 Battista】
Among the many models, there are two models that not only personally participated in the design, but also had Paolo Pininfarina has of great significance. One is a concept car based on the Ferrari 458 - Pininfarina Sergio.Named after his father; and the second car is the first independently produced electric supercar in the company's history - Battista, which is also Created in memory of his grandfather Battista Pininfarina.
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