Paolo Pininfarina will be able to finally fulfill his dream of transfromarse a manufacturer of Automobiles. The firm, now owned by Mahindra, will be launched to the market with four models that will arrive after 2020.
Andn the month of December 2015, india’s Mahindra & Mahindra announced the acquisition of the signature of Italian design, Pininfarina by a figure close to 25 million euros. A little more than two years of this acquisition, the firm of indian origin will take an important step to try to become a group of greater weight globally, announcing that Pininfarina will transform into a brand new that will focus on electric cars.
The roadmap of Pininfarina Automobili contemplates the launch of a supercar purely electric that arises as a direct rival to the Bugatti Chiron, the first models of this new signature later will be joined by other models, which have as a common denominator to your mechanical 100% electrical.
Mahindra plans to launch four new models this brand new during the next five years, the first of them a sophisticated supercar that will try to attract the attention of the public and three SUVs, high-performance which will come shortly after as direct rivals of the Lamborghini Urus, Porsche Cayenne and Porsche Macan.
In all cases have recourse to a modular platform developed jointly by Rimac and the team Mahindra Racing Formula E. By the time they still have not given details about the mechanics that will be used by these models, but development of the supercar start this year, since its arrival to the market is planned for 2020.
In the framework of the Automobile Salon of Geneva 2018, Paolo Pinifarina had advanced their intentions to become a car manufacturer, so as to achieve fulfill the dream of his grandfather, Battista, founder of the company that bears his name. The dream is already very close to becoming a reality and is expected to the official announcement to take place next April, at the time the E-Prix, the Formula E in the city of Rome.
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