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It is extremely important for Simone Origone, the world record holder for speed skiing at 155.9 mph, to absolutely minimize drag. When he needs to test how cleanly he cuts through the air, he goes to the wind tunnel at automotive design house Pininfarina. More »
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Pininfarina describes the Cambiano as a "luxury environment-friendly sport sedan" which likely means that it's a) going to be either a plug-in hybrid or full-electric b) it's going to have four doors and c) it's going to be super sexy. The Italian design house knows how to make a nice concept car. More »
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The company behind the re-imagined New Stratos confirmed in an email today what we first reported back in July: Ferrari won't let them build it. But, they also hinted at a new, more French direction for their next car. More »
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The revived Lancia Stratos engineered into reality by a German millionaire was expected to spawn 40 copies for wealthy fans of the resurrected rally champion. That plan has now been blocked by a key player — Ferrari. More »
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The latest video from the P4/5 Competizione marketing project reveals the racer's creator Jim Glickenhaus has two new obsessions to go with his car fetish: Matt Hardigree and juice in a bag. More »
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The Lancia Stratos HF Group 4 rally car is the most iconic woods-whipper in history, so it's fitting der neue Stratos would eventually get painted in Alitalia livery. Why would you order a New Stratos any other way? More »
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The P4/5 Competizione isn't even built yet and Girard-Perregaux's already making a watch to commemorate the car. Forget "Arab Money," we want haute Swiss horologist money. More »
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As if buying the Baja Boot wasn't enough to make you jealous of James Glickenhaus, Bradley Farrell and Kinetic Fin are documenting the build and eventual racing of the P4/5 Competizione. Watch chapter one below and reconsider your life choices. More »
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The Ferrari F430-based New Lancia Stratos is a mostly untouchable limited-edition plaything for the fabulously wealthy and well-connected, but that doesn't make watching final engine tuning of this gorgeous vehicle any less enjoyable. More below. More »
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Here's the first video showing off the new Pininfarina-penned Lancia Stratos doing laps on the track. If there's a better way to chase away a case of the Mondays we don't know what it is. (H/t to everyone!) [via Jalopnik.br] More »
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The racing version of Jim Glickenhaus's Ferrari P4/5 is currently under construction. The car, built from an F430 Scuderia and an F430 GT2 racing car, is set to compete in the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring. Exclusive pictures below. More »
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Just as the Volaré wasn't pronounced "Vo-luh-RAY" by its marketers, the Allanté's American pronunciation also ignores the accent... in much the same way that American car buyers ignored the Allanté itself. More »
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A Ferrari Enzo meets James Glickenhaus's Enzo-derived Ferrari P4/5 on the highway. Speed, color, sound, lineage. Which one would you rather have? We know our answer. Hint: It lives in New York. [Carpr0n via SportsChrono] More »
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It’s called the Abarth 2000 Pininfarina. It’s 40 years old. It also doesn’t exist. What a shame. More »
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The racing version of Jim Glickenhaus' custom, Pininfarina-penned Ferrari P4/5 is no longer merely a fanciful rendering. The team just picked up this F430 Scuderia donor car to serve as the platform for the track-ready Ferrari P4/5 Competizione. More »
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The Geneva Motor Show kicks off tomorrow morning with two press days and we have just landed in Switzerland—right next to a fire engine red locomotive designed by Pininfarina. More »
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The Pininfarina X-Concept is sheetmetal proof Italians can make any weird idea look beautiful, or at least interesting. This car's been making folks scratch their heads since 1960 and now it's for sale on eBay. Starting price? $800,000. Yowch. More »
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Inspired by a Luigi Chinetti-owned 330 LM used in an obscure Fellini film, the Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta is a 599 GTB Fiorano-based one-off Pinfinarina designed for the son of the creator of cable TV. Pictures of the gold beauty below. More »
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James Glickenhaus just revealed that his dream of a North American Racing Team fielding a P4/5 Competizione will soon officially be a reality. More »
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Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. You don't see many 1990s Alfa Romeos on the island. More »
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James Glickenhaus, owner of the wild coach-built Ferrari Enzo-based Ferrari P4/5 has told the Ferrari faithful he's finally set to launch a North American Racing Team-like race-ready Ferrari P4/5 Competizione. More »
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When you have a '61 Mini and an '83 Toyota 4x4 pickup and you're dangerously close to building the first-ever VW-based kit car 24 Hours Of LeMons racer, you might need to shed a project. More »
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Omar Bongo, the world’s longest serving ruler, is dead. Meet his humongous velveteen battleship based on a stretched Cadillac DeVille: the 1977 Stutz Royale. More »
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We have looked at Ferraris, Lamborghinis and even a Maserati wagon in our search for the ultimate family super car. Let’s wrap things up with the overlord of them all: the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. More »
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Revealed at the 1970 Geneva show, the Pininfarina-designed Ferrari 512 Modulo was built atop a 550 HP 512 S. We're guessing it couldn't exploit 1/5 that power, but don't care when it looks this good. More »
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So Brad Pitt is set to play Steve McQueen in a biopic? Here’s the car he’ll have to master: McQueen’s 1963 Lusso. Some say it’s the most beautiful Ferrari ever built. More »
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When Jason Castriota left Pininfarina for Bertone, it was like switching to Coke after a lifetime of Pepsi. Let’s examine a design element he’s started using that’s alien to Pininfarina but essential to Bertone. More »
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While in Shanghai, we sat down and interviewed the designer of the Pininfarina P4/5 and controversial, ZR1-based, Stile Bertone Mantide. What does this Jalopnik-reading young sports car designer have to say? More »
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In their advertising of the day, Caddy claimed, The only way to travel is in Cadillac style. But for this transcontinental two-door, the only way was in the belly of a specially outfitted 747. More »
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After the documentary teaser last week, here's the first chapter featuring Jason Castriota gearing up for the launch of his new supercar in April at his new workplace, Stile Bertone. Also, the teaser shot above. More »
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Priced at $57,183 (about $98,000 in 2009 dollars) the 1989 Cadillac Allanté had a gorgeous, built-in-Italy Pininfarina body… and approximately zero buyers. This ad features the famous Cadillac Polo Team, yet somehow didn't boost sales. More »
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October is generally the warmest month here by the Bay, so that's when you get the big car shows on the island. On Saturday, Park Street was taken over by hundreds of chromium-dipped chariots; the following day, a horde of Ferraris, Fiats, Lancias, Alfas, and the like swarmed across the bridges and set up shop on the soccer field of the junior high school at which I was forced to learn "The Hustle" in P.E. class, circa 1979. Sadly, the LeMons-veteran Ecurie Ecrappe Alfa wasn't there, but the presence of such jewels as a Fiat 2100 wagon, supercharged Lancia Scorpion, and SEAT 850 compensated somewhat. Jump, jump, and see all the purty cars! More »
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Ben's gone to bed now, and the Paris Motor Show press days have wrapped up. Whether you agree or disagree, here's the top ten most trafficked posts from the last two days, compiled in order of popularity from most trafficked to least. Be sure to visit the full posts where you'll find more pictures, press releases and analysis. More »
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Design house Pininfarina, still mourning the loss of CEO Andrea Pininfarina, showed a stiff upper lip and brought their Pininfarina B0 to the Paris Auto Show. In the process, they created quite the stir — and almost eclipsing the buzz surrounding the Honda Insight Hybrid. The B0, pronounced B Zero, is four-seat, four-door electric hatchback created in partnership with Bolloré and is not, repeat, not, a concept car. According to Pininfarina, the B0will be a mass production model, with the first units coming off the production line at the end of 2009, after which production will be ramped up gradually based on the availability of the batteries. What about the range and power? Well, we're told the car has a range of 153 miles and a top speed of 80 MPH. How's that sound? Pretty good, right? You know what doesn't sound good? The double digit 0-to-60 time. Hit the jump for the full press release.
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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, a majority of you felt that the Porsche 928 would be a better LeMons car than the Lexus LS400, citing the alleged reliability of the big Toyota as a factor in the decision. Would a car designed to haul well-to-do realtors in utter comfort be reliable after a few hours of full-throttle hoonage, bashing into tire walls and other cars, even with Japanese engineering on its side? Only one way to answer that question! But maybe we should forget about homemade race cars for a moment and talk about factory race cars. Who hasn't toyed with the idea of waving the Magic Wand Of Legality over a factory race machine- say, one with an absurdly cheap price tag- and making it into a profoundly satisfying daily driver? How hard could it be?
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This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. It's French Car Week here at DOTSBE, and we've got another Peugeot 404 for you today. Pulloa spotted this one- and I'm not even going to take a guess on the year of manufacture, especially when dealing with a South American-market vehicle- parked on the street in Punta Arenas, Chile. Jump to see all the photos and read what Pulloa has to say about this French survivor. More »
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Based on the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe (plus a pile of collector money), the Pininfarina Hyperion represents the last coachbuilt automobile completed under the watchful eye of Andrea Pininfarina. Set to debut at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance, the Hyperion will have to share the spotlight with the pop-top Veyron but we suspect it'll garner more attention considering the recent untimely death of Mr. Pininfarina. If we're honest about it, they may have whiffed the design a bit based on this first image, but it's probably pretty spectacular in person. [Carscoop] More »
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One thing I'm sure all of us can agree with is that Pininfarina has designed some of the most breathtakingly gorgeous cars ever made. What makes the news of Andrea Pininfarina's death even sadder is that it could spell the end for the iconic company, which has been in the business of making cars pretty since May 22, 1930. With such a long history, it's incredibly hard to pick one model to define it. More »
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Andrea Pininfarina, CEO of Italian design and contract manufacturer Pininfarina, died Thursday morning in a road accident near Turin at the age of 51. Details are still sketchy, but the first local police reports say a car crashed into Pininfarina's motorbike in the city of Trofarello, Italy while he was riding to the company's design and R&D center in Cambiano. More »
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The coolest thing about the Pininfarina Hyperion isn't its swooping, yacht-influenced lines or abbreviated passenger compartment. It's that this isn't a concept car, it's a one-off coach-built special commissioned by a wealthy enthusiast. Other details on the Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe special haven't yet emerged, but expect to see the Hyperion in full at the Pebble Beach Concours in August. [via Pininfarina] More »
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