May 10
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Get a good look, because chances are this is the only view of the Pininfarina-designed Alfa Romeo Cuneo 33 you’ll get to see once that thing gets moving. Shame, really, because this thing is cool. Off-the-walls cool.
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Feb 9
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Back in the ‘60s, the British Motor Corporation (which eventually became British Leyland) went racing. To design a…
Aug 31 2019
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Times are not good at Jaguar. Sales are down. China is not the market that the bosses at Tata thought it would be,…
Aug 6 2019
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When you think “Pininfarina,” you probably think “hypercar” or “high-performance,” not “sedans and SUVs.” But,…
Jun 14 2019
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Vietnam is out to prove you can have communism and cars. There’s the very first Vietnam Grand Prix coming up next…
Mar 14 2019
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The Alfa Romeo 33 Spider Cuneo was a Paulo Martin-designed concept unveiled at the Brussels motor show. Based on the Tipo 33 race car, the concept has a fully functional 230 horsepower 2-liter V8, and weighs just over 1400 pounds. It looks like the kind of car a Speed Racer antagonist would drive. Or a brick of…
Mar 12 2019
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Fisker Automotive, once a luxury plug-in hybrid startup whose sedan had a distinctive face and a little problem with…
Mar 4 2019
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Remember when all of us idiots thought the Porsche 918, Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 were at a level that…
Feb 7 2019
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Automobili Pininfarina is now taking orders for a 50-car run of this new all-electric hypercar. Allegedly this thing has 1900 horsepower. While it was teased a couple of months ago as the PF0, the car is now called Battista, after company founder Battista (Pinin) Farina. 150 cars will be built in total, with 50 for…
Sep 7 2018
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Of all the strange and bizarre concept cars to ever exist, the Ferrari 512S Modulo Concept is among the strangest…
Aug 14 2018
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The ‘70s were a neat time for cars. Everything was shaped like a door-stopper. Like the Maserati Khamsin. The BMW…
Jun 2 2018
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Underneath this wild Pininfarina-designed body shell sits a Ferrari 512S race car chassis. Built in the early 1970s,…
Apr 17 2018
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Tesla threw down a gauntlet a few months back. It would build a new Tesla Roadster, Tesla claimed, that would go…
Aug 31 2016
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You may recall that Mahindra, my favorite maker of tiny, rugged, non-Kei diesel vans, bought storied Italian design…
Mar 2 2016
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Italian design house and Coke machine ruiners Pininfarina want to make track day laps as guilt-free as a cookie made…
Dec 14 2015
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We’ve pretty much known that Mahindra (and their IT arm, Tech Mahindra) will be buying the legendary-but-currently…
Mar 26 2015
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Yesterday, we reported that Mahindra, makers of the legendary Thar, were in talks to buy Pininfarina, the legendary…
Mar 25 2015
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Pininfarina, the Italian styling house best known for designing all your favorite Italian cars plus a few Coke…
Mar 18 2015
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This is the only picture Pininfarina has of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 Pininfarina Coupe. Mercedes' massive…