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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Pinifarina cancels contract manufacturing to focus on electric vehicles The only remaining contract manufacturer of Italy in activity, Pininfarina, on Tuesday approved a modified industrial plan which calls for the cancellation of contract manufacturing when present productions will cease and focus solely on making electric vehicles.The modified plan emerged before creditor banks lately approved a financial aid for the firm that saved it from a bankruptcy filing.In an announcement, Pininfarina said it would not seek a new contract manufacturing orders after the present... Full article... Article added: 2009-01-03 09:19:51 Article Views Rating: 112 Main > Car Makers News > Alfa Romeo > First Alfa Romeo Competizione Comes to the U.S. Alfa Romeo plans to make only 500 units of 8C Competizione and deliver some of them to the U.S. The limited edition car has 4.7-liter eight cylinder engine which outputs 450 horsepower and six-speed robotized transmission. 8C’s have to be ordered directly from Alfa Romeo’s headquarters in Modera, Italy. The Maserati facility has been specifically restructured for the production of the Competizione which started in the beginning of autumn. After all the 500 units are made Alfa Romeo will cease the... Full article... Article added: 2008-12-04 15:19:01 Article Views Rating: 262 Main > Car Makers News > BMW > BMW Concept CS The CS, which would be properly viewed as more of a competitor for the upcoming Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide, measures 200.8 in. in overall length and is a further refinement of chief designer Chris Bangle's "flame" surfacing that features strong character lines and sculpted body panels. The most noticeable elements in the car's profile are its long hood and generous dash-to-axle ratio, which contribute greatly to the car's coupelike proportions. The car's athletic looks are... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-13 09:16:42 Article Views Rating: 404 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Pininfarina boss dies in motorcycle crash! Andrea Pininfarina – the chief executive of the fabled Italian coachbuilder bearing his name – died today in a road accident. He was the grandson of founder Battista Farina and son of Sergio Pininfarina.Pininfarina, 51, was killed in a road accident in Trofarello near Turin. Police said he was riding a motorbike to the firm's R&D base in Cambiano, Italy, when he was involved in a collision with a Ford Fiesta.May he rest in peace![source] Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:30:23 Article Views Rating: 169 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Auto briefs General Motors Corp . has reached an agreement with shareholders to settle securities litigation for $277 million, according to federal court records. The agreement, disclosed in a quarterly regulatory filing Thursday, would settle a federal lawsuit filed in April 2006 alleging GM and others violated standard accounting practices. GM would pay half the money into an escrow account within 30 days of preliminary approval of the settlement by a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit. The other half would be... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:56 Article Views Rating: 215 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Pininfarina CEO killed in motorcycle accident The CEO of Pininfarina, Andrea Pininfarina, was killed early this morning after the motorbike he was riding on collided with a car near the company’s Cambiano design center in Turin, Italy. While details are still scarce, preliminary local police reports claim the car crashed into Pininfarina’s motorbike at 8.15am local time. Andrea Pininfarina was the grandson of the design studio’s original founder, Battista Farina, and son to the chairman of the company, Sergio Pininfarina who was inducted... Full article... Article added: 2008-08-08 07:29:47 Article Views Rating: 102 Main > Auto Shows > Other > Pininfarina's Sintesi design revealed The Manufacturer says … “Our source of inspiration [for the Sintesi] was man’s freedom over technology, a car in which technology gives creative freedom back to the designer and allows us to explore new forms and future sce narios.” The Critics Say... “Pininfarina’s latest work [is] a cutting-edge technology showcase … designed to explore new typologies of mobility, active safety and packaging solutions.”Overview We try to avoid reviewing concept... Full article... Article added: 2008-07-21 11:14:37 Article Views Rating: 575 Main > Car Makers News > Mazda > Mazda Hakaze in the rippled metal We have already seen media pics of the Mazda Hakaze. We even have all of the details about the mechanicals. What we didn't have until today are live shots and personal impressions of what it's really like in the "flesh." Well, thanks to our own Damon Lavrinc in Geneva, we do now. He describes it as "ambitious," "beautifully fluid", and, when referring to all of Mazda's recent concepts, a "modern Pininfarina with a Japanese flare." It brings some cohesion to recent... Full article... Article added: 2008-07-14 06:09:01 Article Views Rating: 603 Main > Car Parts > Other > Fioravanti Hidra This design is a progression of the Fioravanti Thalia design presented last year in Geneva, differing mostly in its rear aspect where it has a lower roof line. The overall theme is of a svelte coupesque estate with similar dimensions to the Pininfarina Sinseti also debuting in Geneva. In typical Fioravanti fashion, the car showcases a new functional design solution and has a delicate design language quite different to the zeitgeist of today. Designed by Matteo Fioravanti, the core motif of the design is... Full article... Article added: 2008-07-14 05:53:06 Article Views Rating: 409 Main > Car Makers News > Maserati > IED Maserati Chicane Any regular reader of Autoblog should know that the major automakers aren't the only ones unveiling striking new concept cars. In fact, independent designers tend to create even more exciting concepts than the big boys. All the more so for design students who give us a preview of what the future holds for creative automotive design. This year the graduate students at the Instituto Europeo di Design we'll let you decipher the translation yourself are coming to Geneva with a full-size concept Maserati... Full article... Article added: 2008-07-11 07:05:41 Article Views Rating: 451 |
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