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the_lone_wolf
07-08-08, 04:52 PM
If you know anything about cars you'll know the name...

Andrea Pininfarina, head of a world-famous Italian car design group, has been killed in a road accident.

Mr Pininfarina was riding a scooter which was hit by a car on the outskirts of Turin early on Thursday. He was 51.

He was chief executive officer of the family firm Pininfarina, which has designed sports cars for Ferrari, Maserati, Volvo and Fiat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7547267.stm

:smt085

MrTom
07-08-08, 06:23 PM
Sad news, been into cars longer than bikes so very familiar with the great man's work.

custard
08-08-08, 10:46 AM
kinda ironic he was riding a scooter....

the_lone_wolf
08-08-08, 10:47 AM
as mentioned on another forum i frequent, would be more ironic if it had been a car his company designed, as opposed to one of the french ones with a bulbous nose designed for pedestrian safety...

still, :(

gettin2dizzy
08-08-08, 12:33 PM
Real shame :(

Reminds me of the head of Fiat's response when asked how to reduce the death toll on the roads.

"Build more hospitals" :lol:

Bloody Italians ;)