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R.I.P. Andrea Pininfarina

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  1. poppy84

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    #1 poppy84, Aug 7, 2008
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    Mr. Andrea PININFARINA, Chief Executive Officer of Pininfarina SpA is dead this morning. He has been involved in a car accident in Torino.

    Condolences to the Pininfarina family.
     
  2. ale75

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    R.I.P.
     
  3. thepinkumbrella

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    #3 thepinkumbrella, Aug 7, 2008
  4. adonai87

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    D.E.P.
     
  5. Michiel Mobiel

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    #5 Michiel Mobiel, Aug 7, 2008
    I just heared this very very sad news.... I'm shocked.... I have no words for this....

    My condolences to all his family and friends.
     
  6. of2worlds

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    R.I.P.

    CH
     
  7. ferrariartist

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    #8 ferrariKP, Aug 7, 2008
    My deepest condolence to his family and friend.

    R.I.P
     
  9. Hungry4$$$

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    #9 Hungry4$$$, Aug 7, 2008
    Pininfarina, Italian Car Designer, Dies in Turin Accident Today
    2008-08-07 10:43:46.300 (New York)


    By Marco Bertacche
    Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Andrea Pininfarina, chief executive
    officer of Pininfarina SpA, a designer of sports cars including
    Ferrari Testarossas and Fiat SpA's Alfa Spider, died in an
    accident today. He was 51.
    Pininfarina's motorcycle collided with a car about 8:15
    a.m. in Trofarello near the northern city of Turin, Italy,
    police officials said. The chairman and CEO died in an accident
    today, a company spokeswoman said, declining to give more
    details.
    The car designer, founded in 1930 by Andrea's grandfather
    Battista Pinin Farina, has designed cars for Fiat unit Ferrari
    SpA for more than 50 years. It's currently producing five
    models, including Ford Motor Co.'s Focus Coupe Cabriolet and
    Fiat's Alfa Brera. The company, based in Turin, has posted
    losses in the past four years as production costs exceeded
    orders from clients.
    Pininfarina, 55 percent owned by the Pininfarina family, in
    December announced an electric-car joint venture with France's
    Groupe Bollore and is seeking to boost its engineering business
    in a bid to return to profit.
    Pininfarina is also planning to sell 100 million euros
    ($155 million) of new shares to existing investors, French
    billionaire Vincent Bollore and India's Tata Motors Ltd. The
    Italian car designer's 2007 loss widened to 114.9 million euros
    in 2007 from 21.9 million euros a year earlier.
    The shares rose as much as 9.8 percent to 6.60 euros in
    Milan trading today before being suspended for excessive gains.
    Investors are speculating on a possible sale of the company,
    fund managers including Luca Sega at Aperta Sgr in Milan said.
    Pininfarina was appointed CEO in 2001 and was a member of
    the board of Italy's biggest employers lobby, Confindustria.
    He's survived by his wife Cristina Pellion di Persano and
    three children. He also was a board member at Finmeccanica SpA's
    Alenia Aeoronautica SpA unit and furniture-maker Poltrona Frau
    SpA.

    *T
    For related news:
    Bloomberg stories on Pininfarina: PINF IM <Equity> CN BN <GO>
    *T
    --With reporting by Francesca Cinelli in Milan. Editors: Dan
    Liefgreen, Chris Jasper

    To contact the reporter on this story:
    Marco Bertacche in Milan at +39-02-8064-4233 or
    [email protected].

    To contact the editor responsible for this story:
    Chris Jasper at +44-20-7673-2032 or [email protected].
     
  10. BlueBiturbo

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    #10 BlueBiturbo, Aug 7, 2008
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    OH MY GOD !!!

    what a loss ,,,

    the world will always remember this man ,,, i will always miss his influence
     
  12. LetsJet

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    #12 LetsJet, Aug 7, 2008
    My condolences
     
  13. Ken

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    #13 Ken, Aug 7, 2008
    It says Tata might be a buyer of the company. Somehow that just doesn't seem right.

    Ken
     
  14. snj5

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    #14 snj5, Aug 7, 2008
    How tragic and sad.
    Sincerest condolences to the family.
     
  15. Greg G

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    #15 Greg G, Aug 7, 2008
    How very tragic!

    I got to meet Andrea and one of his young sons in Monterey 2006 thanks to Jim G.

    R-I-P
     
  16. The Speedfighter

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    #16 The Speedfighter, Aug 7, 2008
    My sincerest condolences to the Pininfarina family
     
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    #18 Napolis, Aug 7, 2008
    A part of me has died
     
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    RIP
     
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    #20 SefacHotRodder, Aug 7, 2008
    :-(


    RIP
     
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    #21 WJHMH, Aug 7, 2008
    RIP
     
  22. DriveAfterDark

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    #22 DriveAfterDark, Aug 7, 2008
    Very sad news... :-(


    Condolences. May he rest in peace.
     
  23. stuckinkuwait

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    #23 stuckinkuwait, Aug 7, 2008
    What a pity. R.I.P.

    Tata and Italian design don't go together.
     
  24. furmano

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    #24 furmano, Aug 7, 2008
    Very sad news. I hate to think what this will do to Sergio.

    -F
     
  25. Far Out

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    #25 Far Out, Aug 7, 2008
    Very sad news! Shows us how dangerous the Italian traffic with all those Vespas still is, when I'm there, I always wonder how there isn't a fatal accident every day in every town. Very tragic.

    German magazine Spiegel has a picture of Andrea with P4/5 in its news:

    http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/0,1518,570678,00.html
     
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