Special Pininfarina showcase opens in Ferrari Museum in Maranello
Until 7 January 2013, visitors to the Ferrari Museum in Maranello will have the opportunity to see for themselves some of Ferrari’s most famous models that were penned by legendary designer Sergio Pininfarina. The specially organized exhibition, titled The Great Ferraris of Sergio Pininfarina, commemorates the 50th anniversary of a collaboration between Ferrari and the Pininfarina studio.
There are a total of 22 models of display, including a number of one-offs. The cars are organized to three separately themed halls, with racing cars in the ‘Pininfarina and Racing’ section, road cars in ‘Pininfarina and the Grand Tourers’, and finally the experimental prototypes in ‘Pininfarina and the Concept Cars’. Adding further value to the exhibition are some previously unseen exhibits from the Pininfarina family’s private and company collections on display.
Racing cars penned by Pininfarina on display are the 250LM, Ferrari’s last Le Mans winner, the 500 Mondial berlinetta, 250 MM berlinetta, 375MM racer, BB Le Mans, and the short wheelbase 250 GT Berlinetta in which British racing icon Sir Stirling Moss won the Tourist Trophy. Another notable display is the 1969 Sigma Formula 1 prototype which showcased what was then revolutionary safety features that are commonplace in F1 cars today.
In the road car section are 11 iconic Ferrari models on display, starting with the front-engined berlinettas such as the 1964 275 GTB4 and Daytona Spider, to the mid-rear-engined models such as the BB, and more recent efforts such as the Testarossa and 500 SA Aperta, the latter a homage by Ferrari in honour of Sergio and Andrea Pininfarina based on the 599 GTB Fiorano, the last Ferrari vehicle designed by Sergio himself.
The collection of concept cars showcases a number of Ferrari prototypes and one-off models that never made it to production for various reasons. The 1968 P6 prototype influenced Ferrari design for an entire decade, its lines visible in the BB, 308 GTB, and 288 GTO. There is also the spacecraft-inspired Modulo built in 197, and the Pinin, the only Ferrari to ever have four doors, and would probably have made it to production had Enzo himself not stopped the effort.
The exhibition is open to the public seven days a week from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm from 27 October 2012 till 7 January 2013, closing only on Christmas and New Years’ Day in between. Tickets may be booked online at www.museoferrari.com, as can guided visits at museo@ferrari.com. The Museum is also opening the doors of the exhibition for private and corporate evenings which can be booked at eventimuseo@ferrari.com.
KON
Pictures: Official Ferrari release.
