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Carrozzeria designs : Pininfarina 1000

10 February 2018 Keith Adams 33

The story of the missing link in the Pininfarina Aerodynamica story – a stylish Mini-based concept that could have made a great supermini for the 1970s… […]

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Concepts and prototypes : Bertone Jaguar proposals

8 October 2017 Keith Adams 9

The Italian design house of Bertone had a number of BL proposals over the years, but they were never taken up. Here are four Jaguar concepts that failed to make the grade. […]

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Concepts and prototypes : Pininfarina Jaguar proposals

8 October 2017 Declan Berridge 9

The Italian design house of Pininfarina worked closely with the British over the years. Here are two Jaguar concepts that failed to make the grade,but clearly had quite an influence… […]

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Carrozzeria designs : Pininfarina 1100

6 March 2017 Keith Adams 39

What might have been What makes this Pininfarina Aerodynamica (and its 1800 brother) studies so interesting is that it wasn’t commissioned by the British company. It’s that they both caused huge […]

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Carrozzeria designs : Pininfarina 1800

6 March 2017 Keith Adams 33

The 1967 Pininfarina Aerodynamica Berlina 1800 concept car was hugely influential. One only needs to look at the Rover SD1 to see just how much… […]

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News : Sergio Pininfarina (1926-2012)

3 July 2012 admin 11

Sergio Pininfarina, president of Pininfarina from 1966 has died at his home in Turin. He was the son of Pininfarina company founder Battista Farina, he was serving as honorary chairman […]

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News : One-off Bertone Jaguar on offer

9 November 2011 Keith Adams 28

Keith Adams One-off Jaguars that come up for sale tend to command spectacular prices when they come up for sale – but they can also prove to be rather controversial, […]

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Carrozzeria designs : Zagato

25 June 2011 Keith Adams 5

Zagato Better known for their work for marques such as Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Aston Martin and Bristol, Zagato only ever produced a handful of prototypes based on BMC/BLMC models. In […]

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Carrozzeria designs : Pininfarina – other

25 June 2011 Keith Adams 3

Pininfarina A common theme running through the reasons why various Pininfarina proposals were not adopted by BLMC was the thorny issue of production costs. Whatever the other merits of their […]

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Carrozzeria designs : Michelotti

25 June 2011 Keith Adams 6

Michelotti Michelotti’s long standing association with Triumph started in 1956 when, during the development of their new small car (at the time, known as Zobo), they were approached by a […]

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Carrozzeria designs : Italsuisse

25 June 2011 Keith Adams 2

Italsuisse Unveiled at the 1966 Geneva Motorshow, the Italsuisse Jaguar E-Type was aimed at the customer who wanted an E-Type, but craved more exclusivity. The results were a mixed success… […]

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Carrozzeria designs : Frua

25 June 2011 Keith Adams 0

Frua Unveiled at the 1966 Geneva Motorshow, the Frua Jaguar 3.8 S-Type was an attempt to give the British sports saloon a touch of continental elegance – Jaguar-like, it was […]

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