First Pininfarina Legends’ Drive From Pebble Beach To Include New Battista Hypercar

Automobili Pininfarina leaves Italy for the Monterey Car Week with presentations and a parade to celebrate Pininfarina’s unprecedented past and provide prospects with an incredible vision of what is to come from the pure-electric luxury car brand. 

Automobili Pininfarina CEO Michael Perschke will be joined in Pebble Beach by Design Director Luca Borgogno to celebrate Pininfarina’s story and provide the strongest hints yet as to the brand’s future design direction and product portfolio.

With Pininfarina-designed cars being driven alongside the latest Battista pure-electric hypercar on the inaugural Pininfarina Legends’ Drive event on Thursday 15th August, and the enhanced Battista design being revealed in North America for the first time, the 2019 Monterey Car Week is set to be the biggest celebration yet of Pininfarina’s past, present and future.

Michael Perschke, Automobili Pininfarina CEO, said: “We are excited to be back in Pebble Beach at the House of Automobili Pininfarina. We will celebrate the breath-taking design heritage of Pininfarina whilst presenting our PURA Vision – a design model that shows how Automobili Pininfarina will channel historic inspiration into a vision of the future of automotive luxury.”

Past, present and future on display at the House of Automobili Pininfarina near Pebble Beach 

With a series of private presentations to Battista clients, future prospects and invited media, the essence of Pininfarina’s famous ‘form and function’ philosophy will also be presented in Borgogno’s vision for luxury cars built on an innovative EV platform. Automobili Pininfarina’s PURA Vision design model will be revealed alongside sketches and renders that define the company’s future design language. It will reflect Pininfarina’s classic design and engineering principles and takes direct inspiration from both the Battista and some of the carrozzeria’s greatest masterpieces.

Borgogno said: “Defining Automobili Pininfarina’s future design vision has been by far my most exciting challenge as a car designer. With PURA Vision we aim to respect and reflect the elegance and purity that defines every Pininfarina design.

“Our guests may recognize hints of various iconic Pininfarina designs in some of the sketches and the PURA Vision model. We want the connoisseurs of our past to embrace our thrilling future as a brand that celebrates beautiful design above all else.

” Monterey Car Week will also be the first opportunity for US clients to see the Battista since design enhancements were made following wind tunnel tests. This design evolution is defined by the aerodynamic performance that strengthens the car’s overall design and contributes to an increased range targeting over 300 miles (450 kilometers) on a single charge.

Completing Automobili Pininfarina’s packed program in Monterey, the Battista will join a parade of classic Pininfarina cars for a short drive from the House of Automobili Pininfarina during the inaugural Pininfarina Legends’ Drive. Set to be replicated regularly from 2020 – Pininfarina’s 90th anniversary year – the drive will feature Pininfarina owners and their cars on a four-hour circular route on Thursday 15th August from 1 pm.