The Company was founded by
Pinin Farina in
1930 and until the
Forties it concentrated on the design and
craftsman construction
of special car bodies, with innovative styling and technical
features for individual customers or in a small production runs.
Those were the years of the
Alfa Romeo 8 and 6
cylinders, the
Hispano Suiza Coupé, the
Lancia Dilambda and Astura, the
Fiat
Ardita and the revolutionary aerodynamic
Lancia Aprilia Coupé.
After the difficult war years,
1947 was the year of the Cisitalia, the
first car to be on permanent display in a modern
art museum, the
MOMA in
New York.
In the second half of the
Fifties Pininfarina began high run
production (27,000
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spiders) for industrial
customers, and transferred its headquarters from
Turin to
Grugliasco, under the guidance of the Founder’s son
Sergio
Pininfarina and son in law
Renzo Carli. Manufacturing structures
were strengthened, and the cooperation agreements with various
car makers (
Peugeot,
Fiat,
Lancia,
Alfa Romeo and
Ferrari)
were consolidate in the
Sixties as the Company acquired an
industrial dimension.
In the
Eighties the
Ferrari Pinin, the
Audi Quartz, the
Peugeot Griffe,
the
Alfa Romeo Vivace Coupé and
Spider, the
Lancia Hit and the
Ferrari Mythos were all presented at
International Motor Shows.
The Company continued to provide
styling consultancy services
to noumerous
manufacturers, for the
Peugeot 205 Saloon and
Cabriolet, 405 and 106, the
Alfa Romeo 164, the
Ferrari GTO,
Testarossa, F40,
348 TB and TS.
Pininfarina Deutschland Gmbh was set up in
1991, to operate in
the
German market in the field of
car engineering, tooling and
model making.
Just a few of each...
Alfa Romeo:
Ferrari:
Lancia:
Peugeot:
Fiat:
- I am to lazy to pick just ten Pinin Fiats right now.
- You will have to wait until tomorrow.
Also, there were a few cars for
GM (
Buick and
Cadillac).