Sensible Erection | Sergio Pininfarina is Dead.

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

quote [ The Italian godfather of car design, Sergio Pininfarina, renowned for crafting sleek Ferrari race cars and revolutionising the common auto, has died in Italy's motoring capital Turin at the age of 85.

Pininfarina designed the Ferrari Testarossa, Fiat 124 Spider and Maserati GranTurismo, among others, during his long career. ]

The man was a genius, and it's quite a legacy he's left behind.

[art] [by pleaides@10:05amGMT] [+7 Informative]

Comments

strangeffect said @ 10:59am GMT on 4th Jul
Now who will design the next Cadillac Allante? WHO?

Adam said @ 4:41am GMT on 5th Jul
Marcello Fucking Gandini.

Nostrildamus said @ 12:47pm GMT on 4th Jul
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incpenners said @ 3:52pm GMT on 4th Jul
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Naruki said @ 6:58pm GMT on 4th Jul
No, dumbshit, 85. pleaides said so right in her post.

DarkShadowRavenDragonGrrl69 said @ 12:47am GMT on 5th Jul
"Her"? WHA?!

pleaides said @ 3:59am GMT on 5th Jul [Score:1 Informative]
I checked, everything's still attached :)

Naruki's said this before, and I'm not sure whether it's an innocent mistake or a puerile attempt to annoy me, either way it's of no consequence.

happiest_sadist said @ 6:14am GMT on 5th Jul
Maybe he thinks you're papango?

pleaides said @ 8:51am GMT on 5th Jul [Score:1 Classy Pr0n]
I'm duly flattered, but I doubt that someone who reads comments as carefully as Naruki does would mistake me for that fine lady.

Naruki said @ 12:23am GMT on 6th Jul [Score:1 Underrated]
I just have a bad (terrible) memory and your name seems feminine. No offense intended.

pleaides said @ 7:00am GMT on 6th Jul
I assumed as much, such silliness seemed beneath you.

happiest_sadist said @ 10:13am GMT on 6th Jul [Score:1 Interesting]
It's about what I thought.

pleiades, I am very glad you are here. You are a particularly excellent poster.

Naruki, I think you know that I value your contributions to this site, even if I sometimes disagree or think you are trolling.

Not that either of you needs to give 0.5*fuck what I think.

pleaides said @ 12:06pm GMT on 6th Jul
It's always nice to hear that one's efforts are appreciated, and I thank you for saying so :)

Naruki said @ 3:19pm GMT on 6th Jul
For the record, I am rarely if ever actually trolling, as I define the term. But I understand that definitions differ...

spite48 said @ 4:52pm GMT on 4th Jul
The Testarossa is a timelessly beautiful car.

pleaides said @ 10:49pm GMT on 4th Jul
Which one? the fat 1980s road car, or the old racer?

scoiattolino said @ 9:36am GMT on 5th Jul
He can only mean the Testa Rossa from 1958, not the Testarossa from the 80s...

pleaides said @ 10:08am GMT on 5th Jul
I couldn't agree more, but I wanted to make sure before I said anything rude about the 1980s V12 monster that has dated so badly (and is about 25 feet wide).

There's a black '80s testarossa that lives somewhere near my home, I see it around alot, and it really is a tremendously large car. Fuck it sounds good though, as you'd expect.

	happiest_sadist said @ 10:19am GMT on 6th Jul The 1980s era Testarossa was widely hailed as an excellent car- but the
	happiest_sadist said @ 10:48am GMT on 6th Jul Yellowbird ate its lunch. Sorry bout the mess.

buckaroo50 said @ 5:07pm GMT on 5th Jul [Score:1 Interesting]
Not really worthy of it's own post, but this thread is at least car related. Evolution of the F1 Car

DarkShadowRavenDragonGrrl69 said @ 9:50pm GMT on 5th Jul
Cool animation. I didn't even realize how often they changed engine sizes. Going from I4 in the 80s to one year in the 90s where they had V12 back down to V8 is pretty crazy.

buckaroo50 said @ 3:25pm GMT on 6th Jul
With boost, you're getting better power to weight ratios. There's only so much power you can put through the tires without spinning them, so you'll want to go with the smallest engine that develops enough power to match your traction.

It looks like he's got an inline 4 in 1969 which seemed weird to me. On the wikipedia page, Jackie Stewart was driving a v8 (although his team did field a 4 cylinder as well).

sua_sponte said @ 6:04am GMT on 6th Jul [Score:1 Underrated]
Pininfarina designed the Maserati 75th anniversary "birdcage" concept, IMO one of the most visually stunning cars ever built...

happiest_sadist said @ 10:45am GMT on 6th Jul
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