| Make
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Pininfarina |
| Model |
Coupe |
| Concept
year |
2011 |
| Production
year |
- |
| Engine |
- |
The Pininfarina Coupe concept was developed by Peter Norris,
a graduate of Coventry University's Transportation Design
course who has spent the last 10 years working as a 3D
modeler for various games firms, working on major titles
like Timesplitters 2 and the Star Wars franchise. Currently
Norris is seeking to put his skills to good use within
the television or film industry.
The Pininfarina Coupe project is one which has evolved
along the way. Initially Norris wanted to create something
along the lines of the Fiat
Coupe. Having owned a 16v Turbo Coupe, and falling
in love with it despite its temperamental character, he
thought it would be a good idea to reinvent the car for
modern times. Along the way however he decided to significantly
alter the project, and instead try and come up with a
luxury coupe which would define Pininfarina, not just
as a styling house who farm their designs out to other
manufacturers, but as a manufacturer as well.
In his own words: "I wanted to build something
that was more of a luxury rather than a budget sports
car, and wondered what a car that was designed by Pininfarina,
but under its own badge rather than for Fiat or Ferrari
might look like."
The resulting car, simply named the Pininfarina Coupe,
features the traditional front-engine rear-wheel-drive
layout of all great coupes. The clean lines and bulging
arches look fantastic, and he's also avoided using too
many oversized air intakes which can spoil many promising
supercar concepts. The sleek and simple taillights look
particularly good, as do the blue-lit headlights. If it
were to ever go into production, and no one's suggesting
it will, then something would probably have to be done
about the incredibly raked windscreen - just from a practical
point of view. But seeing as it isn't, we'll just sit
back and drool.
Contact information for the designer:
Email: pjn7 (at) hotmail.co.uk
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