RIP Andrea Pininfarina

[bakerzdosen]

Well, since no one else posted this

 

Andrea Pininfarina, the man responsible for the design of sooooo many lustfully gorgeous cars was killed today when he was hit by a Ford while riding his Vespa.

[azkaisr]

Sorry to hear. Odd that he was riding a Vespa.

[Paul Mihalka]

Godspeed!

Andrea was the grandson of the founder of the Pininfarina works. The founder's name was Battista "Pinin" Farina, Pinin being a nickname. First Pininfarina became a business name, and later the family name was officially changed to Pininfarina. Battista was the man who made the name famous, with his designs in the fifties and sixties.

For a few years I owned one of his masterpieces, the Lancia Aurelia B24 convertible.

 

http://www.ritzsite.net/Lancia/05_LanciaCC.htm

[wolcott]

Sorry to hear. Odd that he was riding a Vespa.

 

Sad news; I'm also surprised that he was riding a Vespa in morning traffic- a Ducati or Ferrari would have been more appropriate. The Italians love their scooters from what I have read- those small wheels do not appeal to me. Give me a 250 c.c.

Japanese m.c. any day or a KTM 990 Superduke (on the other end of the fun spectrum) for those aggressive drivers. May he rest in peace..

 

 

 

[Boffin]

Sorry to hear. Odd that he was riding a Vespa.

 

A sad occasion. The BBC reported his death in a "car-crash". Not odd to me that he was riding a Vespa. Italian cities are very congested and Vespas are fashionable. Fashion is very, very important to Italians.

[tallman]

Big impact on the world of design.

Sad.

Paul, you had the cool one.

I had a Lancia Flaminia.