Italian Automotive Design Legend Killed

[jpeyton]

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Andrea Pininfarina, head of a world-famous Italian car design group, has been killed in a road accident.

Mr Pininfarina was riding a scooter which was hit by a car on the outskirts of Turin early on Thursday. He was 51.

He was chief executive officer of the family firm Pininfarina, which has designed sports cars for Ferrari, Maserati, Volvo and Fiat.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Ferrari's Luca Cordero di Montezemolo were among those paying tribute.

Mr Berlusconi labelled him "the representative of a dynasty that helped bring the story of 'made in Italy' to the world".

Mr di Montezemolo, who is also boss of Fiat, said: "Italy, Turin and the Fiat group have lost a business figure who knew how to follow and develop the work of his grandfather Pinin and his father Sergio."

The driver of the car involved in the collision was admitted to hospital suffering from shock, Ansa news agency reported.

He was the man behind the firm that produced some legendary designs.

 

[JulesMaximus]

🙁

 

[AstroManLuca]

 

[xanis]

Oh man that's terrible. 🙁

RIP

 

[amdhunter]

Damn, what a way to die for someone who designed such great cars. 🙁

 

[Pliablemoose]

Scooters are a freaking death trap.

 

[Apex]

Ugh. 🙁

 

[sjwaste]

Ouch. Quite a loss to the industry.

 

[shabby]

Wow thats terrible, rip 🙁

 

[thomsbrain]

I hear not everyone was happy with how he was running the company. Did he get hit on his scooter, or did he get HIT? This is Italy, after all.