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Written by Vijay Pattni
Sergio Pininfarina, son of founder Battista Pinin" Farina and father to Paolo was Pininfarina"s chairman for 40 years. Indeed, he spent 55 years at the company, building and shaping it into the entity you see today. "How Pininfarina is today, we owe this to my father who built this company and insisted on the research, on the innovation, aerodynamics, safety and so on," his son Paolo now chairman himself tells TopGear.com. Paolo notes how the move from Battista to Sergio meant the company became a little less artistic", and more engineering orientated". "That was in line with the period and absolutely necessary to stay in market. To create was just not enough," Paolo adds.
Date written: 3 Dec 2018
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ID: 14211
Sergio Pininfarina, son of founder Battista Pinin" Farina and father to Paolo was Pininfarina"s chairman for 40 years. Indeed, he spent 55 years at the company, building and shaping it into the entity you see today. "How Pininfarina is today, we owe this to my father who built this company and insisted on the research, on the innovation, aerodynamics, safety and so on," his son Paolo now chairman himself tells TopGear.com. Paolo notes how the move from Battista to Sergio meant the company became a little less artistic", and more engineering orientated". "That was in line with the period and absolutely necessary to stay in market. To create was just not enough," Paolo adds.
Date written: 3 Dec 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14211
