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Sergio Pininfarina dies after long illness.

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Old 07-03-2012, 11:13 AM
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Default Sergio Pininfarina dies after long illness.

RIP - A true artist whose legacy may never be matched.
Old 07-03-2012, 11:56 AM
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I agree, as I've owned a few of his designs, and currently the last model of the Alfa Spider Veloce design that came out of the Pininfarina shop.

Pininfarina was the honored company at a Concorso Italiano day held on the Pebble Beach Concours weekend about 3-4 years ago that we attended. His son was the presenter of trophies to the winners, and received a great ovation from the crowd watching the parade of concours winning cars.

Sergio/company was responsible for the design and production of the Ferrari 275 GTS, which has always been one of those cars I'd buy "IF I WON THE LOTTERY". But, since I never buy lottery tickets, it's unlikely I'll ever own one!

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Sad day. RIP Sergio
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Requiescat In Pacem, indeed.

In the late 60's I caught a glimpse of a beautiful car going the other way on the Dixie Dieway north of Fort Knox, pulled a uie and chased it down for a better look. From the glimpse, I knew it was Italian and thought I was chasing a Ferrari. I caught up with a Fiat 124, the first i'd ever seen.

The man designed beautiful cars.



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