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The “Battista”, the racing car that no one expected

2020-03-09T14:49:46.402Z


Pininfarina, the former Ferrari designer, decided to become a manufacturer. His first achievement is a prodigious electric berlinette to make his former accomplice of Maranello pale with jealousy.


It is the first time since its creation in 1930 that its logo is no longer discreetly affixed on the sides of a dress that it designed but proudly sits on a grille. Quite a symbol: the year of its 90 years, the Carrozzeria Pininfarina based in Cambiano, near Turin, decided to become a full-fledged manufacturer. His first creation, the Battista - in homage to the founding father Gian-Battista "Pinin" Farina -, was born just 22 months after the acquisition of the famous Italian design studio by the Indian Mahindra and the creation of the brand Automobili Pininfarina in 2018.

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Revealed in the form of the “PFO” concept car at the Pebble Beach California elegance contest, his first car entered a more active phase. The boss Michael Perschke explains this lightning-fast gestation by the use of electricity: “ The development of the Battista was simple because we benefited from the experience of Mahindra Racing in Formula E which uses a technology

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Source: lefigaro

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