MARANELLO, Italy — An exhibit honoring the life and works of the late Sergio Pininfarina, who has been called the chief custodian of Italian styling in cars, will debut in late October at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy.
Pininfarina, who died in July, ran the most famous Italian design house for almost 50 years. The exhibit will showcase Pininfarina's cars, including the Pinin, an experimental Ferrari with four doors. The event includes Pininfarina and the races, Pininfarina and the concept cars, and Pininfarina and the Gran Turismo cars, said show organizers in a statement.
"Some of the most stunning cars from motorsport history can be seen here," organizers said. "A 250 LM, the last overall winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 250 SWB Stirling Moss drove to win the Touring Trophy and the experimental Formula 1 Sigma, suggested by Pininfarina in the 1960s, which will be presented next to today's F1 Ferrari."
Pininfarina, whose death merited coverage on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and other publications, put his stamp on everything from the 1985 Ferrari Testarossa to the Cadillac Allante.
A New York Times obituary said he "stood as the chief custodian for Italian styling in cars."
"His firm designed prototypes for models that sold about 50,000 units a year by the mid-1980s, compared with about 500 in the early 1960s, and the success gave him freedom to design not only 'affordable' cars but high-end and even one-of-a-kind vehicles for the very wealthy," the newspaper said.
Pininfarina told The New York Times in 1981: "I am a lucky man, because I design cars for a few people. So in my life, I always design what I like."
The exhibition kicks off on October 26 and runs through January 7.
Just the Facts:
- An exhibit honoring the life and works of the late Sergio Pininfarina, who has been called the chief custodian of Italian styling in cars, will debut in late October at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy.
- Pininfarina, who died in July, ran the most famous Italian design house for almost 50 years.
- The exhibit will showcase Pininfarina's cars, including the Pinin, an experimental Ferrari with four doors.
