Pininfarina all through the years has not solely designed vehicles for a lot of manufacturers, it is also constructed vehicles for a few of them beneath contract.

The corporate has now launched its personal certification program masking all the classics whose manufacturing it was answerable for. Examples embody the Alfa Romeo Spider constructed from 1966 to 1993 and Fiat 124 Spider constructed from 1966 to 1982.

This system is run by the Pininfarina Classiche division which maintains an in depth archive containing all the small print of particular person vehicles the corporate has constructed. In response to Pininfarina, there are greater than 50 varied fashions spanning a complete manufacturing of greater than 700,000 vehicles.

The knowledge, garnered from historic paperwork together with sketches, plans, and technical correspondence, can be utilized to certify a automobile and its components. Whereas that is expensive and requires a automobile being transported to Italy, there are easier choices. One in every of these is a declaration of a automobile’s unique specs.

Pininfarina Classiche declaration

House owners can use the declaration, whose pricing will depend on the mannequin and begins from 300 euros (roughly $320), to return their vehicles to an unique state, ought to they want. Key info contains part numbers (chassis, engine, physique), paint finishes, inside trim, and far more. So meticulous is this system that an proprietor may even determine what ground mats have been initially fitted.

The sturdy curiosity in traditional vehicles in recent times has led to quite a lot of automakers launching departments that cater solely to homeowners of historic fashions. These departments, like Ferrari Classiche, Porsche Basic, or Pininfarina Classiche, are set as much as deal with the shopping for and promoting of older fashions, their restore and restoration work, sustaining the corporate archives, and proving the authenticity of vehicles.

Whereas Pininfarina has up to now constructed vehicles beneath the contract, the corporate has established its personal automotive model launching Pininfarina-badged electrical automobiles. The primary was the Battista hypercar that began U.S. deliveries in 2022, and Pininfarina final 12 months previewed a possible comply with up with the Pura Imaginative and prescient SUV idea.