2006 Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina
(from
Pininfarina Press Release) The
Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina will debut at the Pebble Beach Concours
d’Elégance. The car is a one-off commissioned by James Glickenhaus,
the American collector with a yen for the legendary racing cars of
the Sixties.
“This project – comments Andrea Pininfarina, Pininfarina S.p.A.
Chairman and CEO - represents an exciting challenge, i.e. trying to
meet the Customer’s requests in the best way possible without
deteriorating the company’s approach based on stylishness and
innovation”.
The car has been designed, engineered and built entirely by
Pininfarina, bringing to life something that, just a few months
earlier, was just a dream and creating a sort of symbiosis between
the customer and Pininfarina along the path leading to definition of
this astonishing model. Starting from a Ferrari Enzo, the aim was to
produce a sole vehicle inspired by sport racing cars with extreme
vocations: not just a show-car but a vehicle to be enjoyed on the
road.
After freezing styling with various touch-ups to the initial
sketches, the surfaces were defined using CAS modeling, then moving
on to actual construction and assembly. More than 200 components
were specifically developed through constant interaction between
styling and design: from the bi¬xenon lighting clusters specifically
designed with an innovative system of yellow and white leds to the
alloy wheels – 20-inch aluminum – milled from the block up to and
including the aluminum and special steel in-sight hinges.
The sleek lines of the vehicle, characterized by a soft muscular
touch, took shape on the body – made entirely of carbon fiber. The
tapered profile of the nose highlights both its aerodynamic function
and the car’s new look; the central body is dominated by the
single-shell windscreen, while the car is accessed via two butterfly
type doors. The rear features powerful sides with the embedded
teardrop type transparent rear window which also acts as engine
cover and from which ceramic-coated exhaust tips peep out, as on
racing cars of the Sixties. “The entire vehicle – stresses Ken
Okuyama, Director of Pininfarina Styling – expresses elegance and
fluidity with the clear-cut, uncluttered lines that are typical of
Pininfarina’s style.
Considerable attention has been dedicated to aerodynamics with
continuous testing at the Pininfarina Aerodynamic and Aero-acoustic
Research Center of Grugliasco (Turin, Italy) in an effort to reach
the highest levels of performance combined with perfect
functionality of all the appendices integrated in the body of the
vehicle.
It is important to stress how re-styling was not restricted only to
the outside of the car but continued also when defining the
interior, completely redesigned according to the customer’s
indications.
“Pininfarina has been a strong stakeholder on the automotive scene
for many years, as confirmed by the five new productions launched
between the end of 2005 and 2006: Alfa Romeo Spider, Mitsubishi Colt
CZC and Ford Focus CC for which we also followed up design and
development, and Alfa Romeo Brera and Volvo C70 which we also
engineered. The Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina and the Ferrari 612
Scaglietti “K” by Pininfarina – built for Mr. Kalikow and presented
in April at Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance - give us a chance to
demonstrate our excellent creativity, making our know-how available
to special customers in order to provide a real personal experience
that goes well beyond simply the possibility of designing their own
car” concludes Andrea Pininfarina.