The first two prototype cars, a sedan and SUV, that have been designed by Pininfarina for VinFast, a new Vietnamese car company, were given their world premieres yesterday on the occasion of the opening of the Paris Motor Show

With its first profit in fourteen years under its belt and revenues for the first half of this year significantly up, Pininfarina has announced its reorganising its structure and making a new push at the U.S. market as it finally looks to the future

Automobili Pininfarina has released the first official teaser image of its “PF0” electric supercar concept model following a programme of private viewings that took place at Pebble Beach during the Monterey Car Week in California

Pininfarina will show a full-scale mock-up of its forthcoming luxury electric supercar, “PF0”, to prospective buyers during Pebble Beach this coming weekend as this ambitious project begins the countdown to its premiere in Geneva next year

Creative hub Garage Italia has teamed up with Pininfarina to produce the "Spiaggina by Garage Italia" showcar which is built on a Fiat 500C and has features that aim to reinterpret the original “beach buggy” model for the modern world

Pininfarina is presenting six of its most famous historical prototypes during this week's 4th Turin Auto Show Parco Valentino: Lancia Florida II, Sigma Grand Prix, Ferrari Mythos, Ferrari Sergio, Jaguar XJS 'Spider' and Sintesi

Pininfarina has today released its first quarter results of the year and they show continued improvement for the historic Italian company's design and engineering services divisions as it continues to claw its way back to profitability

The first road-going "Pininfarina Sergio", a striking coachbuilding collaboration between Pininfarina and Ferrari of which just six examples were created, is coming up for auction this weekend at RM Sotheby's Monaco sale

Pininfarina is preparing to unveil at this month’s Auto China show the fifth and sixth in a line of electric concept cars it's creating for Hong Kong’s Hybrid Kinetic Group; the two new models will be a sedan and a compact SUV

In Geneva Pininfarina has unveiled a striking new 2+2 concept for Hybrid Kinetic Group, dubbed the HK GT, that's entirely unveiled by the opening of gullwing doors and which seeks to modernise the classic "Gran Tourer" theme

New Model - Pininfarina H2 Speed: The famous Italian design house will build a limited run of twelve units of its hydrogen-powered racecar that it first debuted in Geneva two years ago now underpinned by an LMP chassis

With the release of a pre-show teaser image Pininfarina has offered a look at its Geneva-bound HK GT concept, the fourth design for a micro turbine electric range extender car it is conducting for Hong Kong based Hybrid Kinetic Group

Pininfarina is getting ready to present the HK GT, the fourth concept car conceived together with Hybrid Kinetic Group, a Hong Kong based high-tech focused brand, at the Geneva Motor Show which is now one month away

FCA Heritage is taking part in Automotoretrò - which opens today at Lingotto Fiere and runs until Sunday, the event being held together with Automotoracing - with models on show from Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Abarth, Lancia and Pininfarina

Mahindra Racing, which competes in the electric championship 'Formula E', has announced the formation of a partnership with Pininfarina that will give Mahindra Racing access to Pininfarina’s design expertise, testing facilities and wind tunnel

Pininfarina has become the first company to win the Silk Road Award at the 2017 China Awards organized by Italy China Foundation; the prize was accpeted by Pininfarina CEO Silvio Pietro Angori during an award ceremony

Seven years after its debut, Pininfarina's dramatic Maserati Birdcage 75th concept supercar is set to be the star of Passione Engadina, the international gathering of Italian historic cars taking place in St. Moritz in August

Aerodynamic tests in the Pininfarina wind tunnel at Grugliasco have been conducted on the low consumption city vehicle project that has been developed by the students of the H2politO Team of Turin Politecnico

With Sergio Pininfarina's passing Ferrari loses one of the men most closely connected to it: "An exceptional person," Luca di Montezemolo said, "who connected his name indissolubly with our history and our success

SERGIO PININFARINA 1926 - 2012: The automotive world has been plunged into mourning at the news that Life Senator Sergio Pininfarina, the Honorary Chairman of the Pininfarina Group, passed away last night at his Turin home

London is celebrating Italian design on the occasion of the Olympic Games and the International Achitecture and Design Showcase by dedicating an exhibition to Pininfarina as an expression of Italian excellence exported worldwide

As part of Helsinki World Capital of Design 2012, which falls in the year during which the city is celebrating its 200th anniversary as capital of Finland, Pininfarina’s Cambiano will be displayed at the Helsinki Musiikkitalo

Another restoration by Ferrari Classiche debuted at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza; a 1952 212 Inter Cabriolet, it is historically significant as it is only the second car ever to have been built by Pinin Farina

Designed by the Centro Stile Ferrari in collaboration with Pininfarina and the engineers from Maranello, the Ferrari SP12 EC, created for musician and Ferrari collector Eric Clapton, has now been officially revealled

The Riva 1920 stand at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan is showing off a unique a wooden sculpture reproducing in full scale the award-winning Cambiano concept car presented by Pininfarina at last month's Geneva Motor Show

Pininfarina says it is a new approach to luxury in a car; the Cambiano which it has presented at the 82nd Geneva Motor Show this week is a large, sleek concept car that aims to be elegant and sporty, refined and comfortable

Pininfarina's Geneva bound concept car has leaked online ahead of its world debut, presenting a sweeping grand tourer which incorporates a swathe of novel ideas, not least a coupé style finish on one side and a sedan look on the other

2uettottanta, Pininfarina's open-topped concept sport car tribute to Alfa Romeo's centenary and which won of the 2010 Card Design of the Year Award, will be exhibited at the Qatar Motor Show, held next week at the Doha Exhibitions Center

Pininfarina has presented a first teaser image of its new concept car project for this year's 82nd Geneva Motor Show, a luxurious and environmentally-friendly sports sedan, which will be unveiled on March 6 at the Swiss Palexpo

Hybus, the innovative hybrid bus project recently developed by Pininfarina, has been awarded with the Premio all’Innovazione Amica dell’Ambiente, a national prize from Legambiente, focused on company innovation in the environmental field

At MobilityTech, which opens today on the Piazza Duomo in Milan, Pininfarina will showcase its Nido EV, the first running prototype of the "Nido Development Programme", the ambitious project for an electric car conceived, designed and built in house

Hybus is an innovative new hybrid bus project developed by Pininfarina and set to debut on Monday in the Piazza Duomo in Milan during MobilityTech, the two day international forum on technological innovation for the development of mobility and transport

A long and rich story is finally coming to a close as struggling Pininfarina is now laying off the remainder of its contract vehicle manufacturing division staff and exiting this activity which brought the famous design and engineering name to its knees

Exclusive Brands Torino, the new network of companies promoted by the Torino Industrial Union based on an initiative of Vice President Licia Mattioli, with the contribution of the Chamber of Commerce and the support of CeiPiemonte

The interiors of the new Juventus stadium have been designed by Pininfarina with the aim of improving and bringing fresh thinking to all the internal areas accessible by spectators: the honour lounge, boxes, seats, benches, locker rooms and restaurants

The legendary Ferrari Pinin, a unique concept car that dramatically shattered Prancing Horse preconceptions by boasting four doors and which was created by Pininfarina to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 1980, has gone on sale

Pininfarina designed the trophy delivered in Cologne to the winners of Rising Stars, the new award presented by Automotive News Europe that honours mid- and upper-level managers who are likely to become future CEOs or board members

The Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Française en Italie has recognised Paolo Pininfarina, Group Chairman, as its Italian Personality of the Year, given for his contribution to the innovative electric car sharing program Autolib for Paris

Pininfarina Q1: The once-mighty design and engineering firm continued to fade away, its balance sheet was the usual a sea of red ink and there were no positives of any note for the company to report as it continues to try to find a buyer

Antares is the name of the Pininfarina-designed photovoltaic station which Metalco is presenting for the first time at this week's MoTechEco in Rome, the sustainable mobility show being hosted by the Department of the Environment

Pininfarina has presented a mechanised and electrified "Demo Vehicle" at Auto Shanghai 2011, devised at the Nido laboratory as an engineering development of the concept behind its first running electric prototype unveiled in 2010: the Nido EV

With its own stand at Auto Shanghai for the first time, Pininfarina is showcasing its design, engineering and sustainable mobility abilities; its presence in China coming in the form of partnerships with clients such as Brilliance, Chery and JAC

Troubled Pininfarina continues to shrink away: most recently it has now exercised the 'put' option that allows it to force its French partner Bolloré Group to purchase its 50 percent stake in Véhicules Electriques Pininfarina Bolloré

From the Cisitalia of 1947 to the 2uettottanta concept of 2010, through the Flaminia Presidenziale: these are three of the milestones of Pininfarina design now on show at the refurbished Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino

The Pininfarina empire continues to contract, the latest chunk of its once thriving automotive contract manufacturing business set to disappear off the books is its Swedish joint venture operation with Volvo, Pininfarina Sverige AB

Pininfarina has announced that its electric urban car is to finally get the green light with the confirmation of production of 4,000 units destined for a Paris car sharing scheme in a deal that will see Cecomp leasing the project infrastructure

Pininfarina has two very different cars on its stand in Geneva, and as well as presenting the new Ferrari FF, it is also showing the De Tomaso Deauville a 5-door luxury crossover that it has designed for Gian Mario Rossignolo revival project

Pininfarina outlines the thinking that went into the design language of the show-stopping new Ferrari FF and how its forms and volumes aim to achieve perfect harmony between the car’s sporty spirit and its extraordinary versatility

In Geneva today Pininfarina's 2uettotanta concept has picked up two awards: Car Design News has voted it Car Design of the Year Award (concept car category) while it has also won  AutoDesign Award from Czech magazine

Fabio Filippini is moving from his most recent position as Vice President of Interior Design at the Renault Group to become the new Design Director-Chief Creative Officer of Pininfarina, reporting directly to CEO Silvio Pietro Angori

ItaliaspeedTV: Views of Pininfarina's rundown contract manufacturing factory in Grugliasco which has now been handed over to the reborn DeTomaso marque; includes views of the windtunnel and abandoned offices

Italian niche specialists Autostudi, Bertone, Castagna, Fioravanti, Pininfarina, Salt, Spada and Touring Superleggera showcased their latest projects in a special 'collective' organised in collaboration with ANFIA at the Qatar Motor Show

The Fondazione Italia Cine recently assigned to Pininfarina the Capital Elite - Best Made in Italy Design Example award, one of the most prestigious honours that are part of the China Awards, during the fifth edition of the ceremony

Speculation is growing that Magna Steyr, the largest automotive supplier in the world, is set to swoop for ailing Pininfarina with the Italian company issuing a hazy response after a stock exchange demand for clarification

Eurostar, the high-speed passenger train operator between the UK and mainland Europe, has just announced its plans for a £700 million capital investment in its fleet that will see Pininfarina picking up key design work

Pininfarina's Nido EV has made its road debut in Rome: Paolo Pininfarina and the city's Mayor Gianni Alemanno drove to the Quirinale where the were received by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano

Pininfarina has released its half year report which sees little improvement in the struggling company's ailing fortunes, its future viability is still uncertain, and with its most promising project, the Bluecar, continuing to stall

Pininfarina is boosting its presence in China after finalising an agreement to open a Product Development Centre in Shanghai and commence future collaborations with Tsinghua University of Beijing and Tong Ji University of Shanghai

The celebrations of Pininfarina’s 80th anniversary continues with the presentation of the exclusive Ottanta Tourbillon timepiece that is bursting with innovative ideas and is the result of the collaboration with watchmaker Bovet

Exactly 80 years have passed since the day when Battista “Pinin” Farina (the surname Farina was changed to Pininfarina in 1961 by Presidential Decree) signed the deed founding Società Anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in Turin

For its occasion of its 80th anniversary, which has now kicked off, Pininfarina has given itself an all-new "Collection" and the cars now on display are among the most significant of the hundreds that have written the company’s history

To mark the celebrations of its 80th anniversary, Pininfarina has unveiled the Nido EV, the first running prototype of the "Nido Development Programme", the project for an electric car conceived, designed and built entirely in-house

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Pininfarina Nido EV

Four significant Pininfarina-styled Ferrari sports cars with their distinctive designs and low-volume production spread over three decades will be offered for sale on Friday by Gooding & Co during its Amelia Island Auction

Pininfarina's innovative electric city car project has survived the Italian designer's financial turmoil and is now surging through the development stage and could hit the streets as soon as this autumn, was the word from the Geneva Motor Show

Pininfarina has turned 80 years old and the Italian design firm has started the celebrations for this important milestone at the Geneva Motor Show this week by holding the world preview of a concept car, the Alfa Romeo-based 2uettottanta

ItaliaspeedTV: Pininfarina press conference at the 80th Geneva Motor Show including the unveiling of the Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta concept convertible and views of the Maserati GranCabrio and Ferrari 458 Italia

ItaliaspeedTV: The 2uettottanta name evokes the legendary Duetto on the occasion of Alfa Romeo's centenary, but also the years of activity at Pininfarina, which launches the celebrations for its 80th anniversary with this concept

To mark its the occasion of its 80th anniversary, Pininfarina proposes an "open" Alfa Romeo dubbed 2uettottanta that is exciting and a delight to drive and which is the star of its stand at the opening of the Geneva Motor Show today

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Alfa Romeo 2uettottanta [Pininfarina]

Pininfarina is counting down to launching its Alfa Romeo "Spider" concept at the Geneva Motor Show, a show car that will launch its 80th anniversary year and demonstrate that the troubled design house is on a new path to a strong future

Pininfarina has announced its full year financial results with production contracting by 62.4 percent and parts of its business sold off, however the firm believes it has turned the corner and that the results are in line with its industrial plans

Pininfarina has shown a first sketch of the 2+2 seater Alfa Romeo 'spider' concept it will unveil at Geneva, one of three anticipated concept cars that are set to be unveiled by the leading Italian design houses on the occasion of the brand's centenary

L’Automobile Magazine has assigned the 2009 Trophée du Design to Pininfarina for having confirmed its supremacy in the automotive design field by creating two of the most appreciated cars of this year: the Ferrari 458 Italia and the Maserati GranCabrio

Gianmario Rossignolo is finally on the threshold of realising his car manufacturing ambitions as he takes control of Pininfarina's Grugliasco factory in a deal which sees the historic Italian design house winding down its car building operations

Pininfarina has returned to Japan with its Nido concept, which is the guest of honour of ZIG ZAG – Tradition, Innovation: Italy towards the future being held in Tokyo and which is set to run until 17 October as part of Italy in Japan 2009

Tata Motors may not join the race to pick up a majority stake in Italian car design firm Pininfarina the India media reports contrary to expectations that the Indian carmaker will make a bid to fulfil its plan to have a specialised design company

Pininfarina Q1: Despite production turnover halving from 123.9 to 61.2 million euros, borrowing increasing, and shareholder equity shrinking further, nett loss reduced from 10.7 to 4.8 million euros and full year projections are now in line

A Pininfarina milestone, the Cisitalia 202 from 1947, is back at the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino with its return to the collection timed to coincide with the inauguration of a new exhibition The Evolution of the Car

Eurostar the high-speed rail passenger service that links Britain and mainland Europe today announced that it has awarded the design contract for the interior refurbishment of its fleet to Pininfarina after a lengthy selection process

Pininfarina reports a net loss of 204.1 million euros for 2008, an advisor is appointed to manage divesting the family's controlling share, and that it can absorb this year's loss from the cash infusion that is part of the Framework Agreement

After continuing to arouse much interest during its most recent public showing in Geneva earlier this month its full speed ahead for the innovative electric Bluecar which is the result of a joint venture set up last year between Pininfarina and Bolloré

The Tata Motors stand at this month's 79th Geneva Motor Show played host to the world première of the Tata Pr1ma a styling model designed and built by Pininfarina which is the first official project of the new Tata-Pininfarina cooperation

Pininfarina and Bolloré have a co-branded stand in Geneva dedicated to the forthcoming electric car and the French group's chairman Vincent Bolloré, told the press at the show that he would be willing to take a stake in the Italian firm

Pininfarina announced today that a tax commission hearing has upheld an outstanding 30 million euro VAT bill that the Turinese firm says could affect its long drawn out rescue plan and impact on its ability to remain a going concern

According to media reports Pininfarina has pulled plans to show the prototype of its B0 electric car for the first time at next week's 79th Geneva Motor Show as the project appears to becoming a victim of the design house's financial collapse

The Pininfarina family will sell their stake in the historic 600 million euro debt laden Italian design-and-engineering company as the long drawn out restructuring plan which will see an end to contract manufacturing is finally in place

The innovative and ground-breaking production-bound B0 (B Zero) prototype, designed and engineered by Pininfarina, is this weekend joining the exhibition Trilogy of the Automobile 3 Dream taking place at the Torino Esposizioni

Photo Gallery: Trilogy of the Automobile 3: Dream, Torino Esposizioni - Pininfarina (II)

At the Guangzhou Motor Show, the new A108 saloon car, designed and developed by Pininfarina for the Chinese carmaker JAC, and which is now going on sale in China, has beaten off its rivals to secure the Best Car in Show award

The Pininfarina board met yesterday to review the status of the negotiations carried out with credit institutions with the aim of defining the transactions that will be implemented to recapitalise the company and reschedule its debt

Photo Gallery: Trilogy of the Automobile 3: Dream, Torino Esposizioni - Pininfarina (I)

The Sintesi concept car unveiled by Pininfarina at Geneva this year has won the red dot award 2008 which was presented in Singapore for 'the excellent quality of its design and the outstanding innovation of its technological content'

To mark Torino 2008 World Design Capital, Pininfarina Extra, in collaboration with Polytechnic of Torino, the IED, the AbleToEnjoy company and CEAN, is exhibiting innovative mobility solutions that combine design and practicality

The Pininfarina family has underscored the key role played by the lender banks, with whom it is negotiating an agreement to recapitalise and reschedule its indebtedness, and confirms their institutional and professional commitment

With its body styled by Pininfarina, Italy’s renowned vehicle designer, the new B0 electric car will be an elegant four-seater, four-door hatchback with an automatic gearbox; while its LMP battery will be rechargeable in a matter of hours

Photo Gallery: Pininfarina B0

In light of the global economic conditions Pininfarina has adjusted forecasts of production volumes and therefore the industrial plan that represents the base of the agreements which are being stipulated with the Credit Institutions

Despite a decrease in production value, for the first six months of 2008 Pininfarina saw a sharp increase in EBITDA compared with the same period last year and a substantial reduction in the amount of the operating loss

With just days to go until it is unveiled at Pebble Beach images and details of the Pininfarina Hyperion, a one-off coachbuilt car inspired by the great motorcars of the past and based on the Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe, have emerged

The Board of Directors of Pininfarina met this morning for the first time since the of Andrea Pininfarina and announced that his brother Paolo Pininfarina has been appointed Chairman, two years after he took up the Deputy Chairman's job

Paolo Pininfarina, President and CEO of Pininfarina Extra, and Aaron Heck, co-owner of wine producer Heck Estates, have taken it upon themselves to assemble a sampling of the best wines from global winegrowing regions

Andrea Pininfarina, Chairman and CEO of Pininfarina SpA, was the victim of a traffic accident on Thursday morning in Trofarello, in the province of Turin - statements from Sergio Marchionne, Sergio Pininfarina and Paolo Pininfarina

ANDREA PININFARINA 1957-2008: He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1981 at the Polytechnic of Turin; in 1982 he began his career in the United States with Freuehauf Corp and in 1983 he joined Industrie Pininfarina

ANDREA PININFARINA 1957-2008: The automotive world has been left shocked this morning by the news that Andrea Pininfarina, CEO of the family design and engineering business has been killed this morning in a road traffic accident

Pininfarina announced yesterday that it has signed a Standstill Agreement with its lender banks meaning that the banks will not to demand the repayment of outstanding indebtedness while Pininfarina will continue to pay the accrued interest

Gearing up to launch its ‘world car’ by 2010, International Cars & Motors Ltd. has entered into a technical collaboration with Pininfarina, with the Hoshiarpur, India-based company being set to invest about Rs.700 crore in the ambitious project

The partnership between Guerlain and Pininfarina has led to the launch of a new fragrance Guerlain Homme, which was given its world preview in Paris; the famous French perfume house commissioning Pininfarina Extra to design the bottle

Pininfarina will launch its new electric car in India by 2014, company CEO Andrea Pininfarina told reporters on a visit to the country last week; Pininfarina has a growing involvement in India including a new business venture with Tata Motors

The International Jury of the 21st ADI Compasso d’Oro Award has selected the concept car Nido for the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award in the section dedicated to projects which anticipate new trends in transportation design

Pininfarina has announced the unveiling of a new special project carrozzeria during Pebble Beach Concours in August 2008; named “Pininfarina Hyperion”, is based on a Rolls Royce Drophead Coupè and is an homage to the great pre war cars

Alenia Aeronautica is presently studying the development of new-conception interiors designed by Pininfarina that will be offered as an option for the Sukhoi Superjet 100, part of a wide ranging agreement in place between the two companies

Pininfarina has announced that first quarter production value totaled 145.5 million euros, or 24.1 pct less year-on-year, while EBITDA were positive by 4.4 million euros a sharp improvement from a year-on-year loss of 2.6 million euros

Pininfarina will begin transferring production and converting its San Giorgio plant to produce the electric car it is developing in partnership with the Bolloré Group and which it plans to market in Europe, Japan and the United States

Pininfarina Extra will create both the interior and exterior design of a unique new residential complex, Las Olas Marina, which is being built at Quintana Roo beach in Cancun, South East Mexico by property developer GICSA

Pininfarina outlined its recapitalisation plan and revealed that Vincent Bolloré, Tata Limited, the Italian businessmen Alberto Bombassei and Piero Ferrari, and the Marsiaj family have all expressed an interest in taking part

Brake manufacturer Brembo has become the latest auto industry player to be linked with taking a stake when Pininfarina recapitalises with the aim of easing mounting debts and to fund the development of future projects

During a presentation of its 'Industrial Plan' to analysts Pininfarina revealed that Tata Motors has expressed an interest in participating in the company's planned capital increase to finance its forthcoming operations

Pininfarina intends to establish a Research, Design and Engineering Centre in Pune, India this year with Tata Motors set to support this new Centre in with contracts and direct participation through a minority interest

Pininfarina will be presenting for their world debut three cars, designed for some of its Chinese clients, at the Beijing Motor Show which opens its doors today: the Brilliance Junjie station wagon, the JAC A107 and the A108

Pininfarina Recchi Buildingdesign is a new company that has been created out of a new 50-50 joint venture between Pininfarina Extra and Recchi Ingegneria e Partecipazioni, an engineering services holding company

The Sintesi concept by Pininfarina features a single futuristic LED headlight powered by Osram Opto Semiconductors LEDs (light emitting diodes) which emphasised its car-of-the-future pretensions

The Pininfarina family is set to lose its voting majority as the board has proposes a 100 million euro recapitalisation plan to stem growing debts with investor Vincent Bolloré likely to take a stake

Pininfarina unveiled their latest show car, called the Sintesi, a four-seater which explores future packaging solutions around Quadrivium fuel cell technology, to an interested audience in Geneva

Photo Gallery: 78th Geneva International Motor Show - Pininfarina Sintesi

78th Geneva International Motor Show Preview - Pininfarina: Three years after the Birdcage 75th Pininfarina returns with the Sintesi a new concept car that explores future ideas and solutions

With just a week to go before the Geneva Motor Show Pininfarina has finally unwrapped its Sintesi concept car project which promises to be one of the most interesting and innovative exhibits

Pininfarina has released more teaser shots of its Geneva bound Sintesi concept car, this time as the design and engineering concern explains the aerodynamic and styling principles of the design

Magnum Marine, the Miami-based manufacturer of high-performance yachts, will be launching its latest Pininfarina-designed creation, the Magnum 80', at the Miami Boat Show which opens today

First look at the Pininfarina Extra-designed Challenger PF36 Limited Edition powerboat which combines blistering performance from its twin 662 bhp Mercury engines with indulgent luxury