Pininfarina will use this week’s 2023 Goodwood Competition of Pace to current the Battista Edizione Nino Farina, a particular model of the firm’s electrical hypercar restricted to 5 models.
The automotive was developed to mark this yr’s fifth anniversary of the institution of Pininfarina’s automotive model. As its title suggests, the automotive additionally honors Giuseppe “Nino” Farina, the nephew of Pininfarina founder Battista Farina and the winner in 1950 of the primary System 1 race. Nino additionally gained the primary F1 championship, driving for Alfa Romeo.
Every of the 5 vehicles will characteristic an aluminum door plate highlighting a unique second from Nino’s life. These moments embrace his date and hometown (1906 in Turin); his first F1 pole and first F1 win on the 1950 British Grand Prix; his second win in 1950 on the Swiss Grand Prix; his third and last victory in 1950 on the Italian Grand Prix; and his 1950 F1 title.
All 5 vehicles could have the identical exterior coloration scheme, that includes purple, white, and blue for the physique, and gold for the wheels. The entire vehicles can even have contrasting colours for the driving force and passenger seats.
No change has been made to the powertrain, which means the vehicles will pack 4 electrical motors and a 120-kwh T-shaped battery. Peak output can be 1,874 hp, or sufficient for a 0-60 mph time of 1.79 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 8.55 seconds. With a motor for every wheel, pinpoint torque vectoring can even be doable.
The Battista Edizione Nino Farina is the second special-edition Battista. It follows the Battista Anniversario that was unveiled in 2020 to mark the ninetieth anniversary of the founding of the Pininfarina design studio, and was additionally restricted to 5 models.
Pininfarina is thought to be engaged on extra autos with greater volumes than the Battista. Certainly one of these is an SUV, which Pininfarina previewed to potential prospects just a few years again with its Pura Imaginative and prescient idea automotive. Nevertheless, Pininfarina hasn’t supplied any concrete data on the SUV aside from a projected 1,000-hp output.
