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pininfarina Archive
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Pininfarina’s Shared Language of Beauty in 1963—From Ferrari to FIAT
Posted on January 6, 2026 | 10 CommentsNo person who’s being honest can argue that 1963 wasn’t one of the greatest years in automotive styling history, and the cars that Italian design house Pininfarina alone presented to […] -
Car Show Classic: 1968 Innocenti C – Italy Builds A Better British Sports Car
Posted on September 4, 2025 | 20 Comments(first posted 9/6/2019) Here’s one you don’t see every day, or indeed, except one day last summer, any day. An Innocenti Coupé. My first reaction, and maybe yours […] -
Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Allante – Apple Pie In An Italian Suit
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 48 Comments(first posted 6/9/2018) Everyone has different theories. My theory is the creation of the Allante goes something like this…. …One day back in the early to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1993 Cadillac Allanté – The Wreath-And-Crest European Roadster
Posted on March 8, 2022 | 71 Comments(first posted 3/8/2016) For anyone who knows their Cadillac history, I don’t need to emphasize that the 1980s were not a good time for the luxury marque. Between the controversial […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Camaro – GM’s Greatest Hit #1 – Even Pininfarina Praised It
Posted on March 8, 2021 | 49 Comments(first posted 3/8/2011. I’m a bit reluctant to re-run it, as it really deserves a major do-over) After being trapped six weeks in a 1971 time warp, I had the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Fiat 1500 Spider/Cabriolet – The Ferrari 250 GT Wanna-Be
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 50 Commentsanother CC is photobombing in the background (first posted 8/11/2011) Everybody wants a Ferrari, at least at some point in their life. Once most of us get old enough […] -
VW Goes To Italy For A New Design For The Beetle: Myth And Reality
Posted on March 17, 2015 | 37 Comments(first published in 2011) This Volkswagen tv ad from 1958 is a bit of a cult classic, depicting VW execs driving to Italy for a consultation with “one of Italy’s […] -
Cohort Sighting: Italian Graveyard
Posted on January 25, 2014 | 47 CommentsRest assured, readers, that we’re not quite finished with AMC week here at CC. There’s more of Kenosha’s finest in store over the next day and a half (and forever after […]
![Pininfarina’s Shared Language of Beauty in 1963—From Ferrari to FIAT No person who’s being honest can argue that 1963 wasn’t one of the greatest years in automotive styling history, and the cars that Italian design house Pininfarina alone presented to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-24-082929-115x115.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1968 Innocenti C – Italy Builds A Better British Sports Car (first posted 9/6/2019) Here’s one you don’t see every day, or indeed, except one day last summer, any day. An Innocenti Coupé. My first reaction, and maybe yours […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC08736-2.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Allante – Apple Pie In An Italian Suit (first posted 6/9/2018) Everyone has different theories. My theory is the creation of the Allante goes something like this…. …One day back in the early to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cadillac-v16-1930.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1993 Cadillac Allanté – The Wreath-And-Crest European Roadster (first posted 3/8/2016) For anyone who knows their Cadillac history, I don’t need to emphasize that the 1980s were not a good time for the luxury marque. Between the controversial […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_0730.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Camaro – GM’s Greatest Hit #1 – Even Pininfarina Praised It (first posted 3/8/2011. I’m a bit reluctant to re-run it, as it really deserves a major do-over) After being trapped six weeks in a 1971 time warp, I had the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-37-068-801.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1964 Fiat 1500 Spider/Cabriolet – The Ferrari 250 GT Wanna-Be another CC is photobombing in the background (first posted 8/11/2011) Everybody wants a Ferrari, at least at some point in their life. Once most of us get old enough […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CC-143-057.jpg)
![VW Goes To Italy For A New Design For The Beetle: Myth And Reality (first published in 2011) This Volkswagen tv ad from 1958 is a bit of a cult classic, depicting VW execs driving to Italy for a consultation with “one of Italy’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/VW-pinin-EA41.jpg)
![Cohort Sighting: Italian Graveyard Rest assured, readers, that we’re not quite finished with AMC week here at CC. There’s more of Kenosha’s finest in store over the next day and a half (and forever after […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/FiatGrave2.jpg)


