Pininfarina S.p.A. is an Italian renowned automotive coachbuilder based in Turin. The company, which was founded in 1930 by Battista Farina grew rapidly when their auto design services were used by many large manufacturers ranging from Ferrari, Maserati, Cadillac, Nash, Peugeot, Jaguar, Volvo, Alfa Romeo, MG, Cisitalia, Lancia, Hyundai, etc.
Pininfarina H2 Speed hydrogen fuel cell hypercar at Geneva Motor Show 2018. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/2nIGiLy) |
However, not wanting to follow in the other manufacturers footsteps who are still playing in the conventional engines realm, they chose to dissolve into the "nowadays" breakthrough movement by releasing the charming electric hypercar concept. Not only has a charming design, their hypercar is said to have the performance to rival the Bugatti Chiron!
Left side view of Pininfarina H2 Speed hydrogen fuel cell hypercar. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/2Mf73pD) |
These project is known as the Montana Project, and to be referred as the Pininfarina targets to make four cars or more in next five years. The main model codenamed PF-Zero, followed by three SUV units: the PF-One (the biggest) will be a rival to Lamborghini Urus, the other two will become rivals for Porsche Cayenne and Macan.
Another interesting news, all of these cars will use a modular platform that was developed together with Rimac, a Croatian electric supercar maker, and the Mahindra Racing Formula E. The collaboration of the three also led to the use of super-performing electric motors.
Top view of Pininfarina H2 Speed hydrogen fuel cell hypercar. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/2Mf73pD) |
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