– Head of Italian car design company dies
Paolo Pininfarina, long-time head of the design specialist of the same name, has died at the age of 65.
Published: April 10, 2024, 5:00 p.m
The Italian car designer Paolo Pininfarina.
Photo: Alessandro di Marco (EPA/Keystone)
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Paolo Pininfarina, the longtime head of famed car design firm Pininfarina, has died at the age of 65, the company announced.
Paolo Pininfarina took over the management of the company in 2008 from his brother Andrea, who died in an accident, and continued the tradition that his grandfather Battista had founded in Turin in 1930 and that his father Sergio had continued from 1966.
Generational company: An undated photo from the Pininfarina press office shows Paolo’s father Sergio Pininfarina next to a Ferrari Testarossa.
Photo: EPA
Pininfarina has established itself as one of the leading design houses, being responsible for almost all Ferrari models since the 1950s and also working with other well-known manufacturers such as Maserati, Cadillac and Volvo.
In addition to automobile design, the company has also been successfully involved in rail vehicle design, with Felix Kilbertus taking over the creative management as Chief Creative Officer since April 2023.
Including roll bar: the beguilingly beautiful little Peugeot 205 convertible in the Pininfarina look.
Photo: Peugeot
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