What better place for the debut of Pininfarina’s new creation than the most elite Concours d’Elégance in the world. The Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina is a one-off commissioned by James Glickenhaus, the American collector with a yen for the legendary racing cars of the Sixties.
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The car has been designed, engineered and built entirely by Pininfarina, bringing to life something that, just a few months earlier, was just a dream and creating a sort of symbiosis between the customer and Pininfarina along the path leading to definition of this extraordinary model.
Starting from a Ferrari Enzo, the aim was to produce a unique vehicle inspired by sport racing cars with extreme vocations: not just a show-car but a vehicle to be enjoyed on the road.
Starting from a Ferrari Enzo, the aim was to produce a unique vehicle inspired by sport racing cars with extreme vocations: not just a show-car but a vehicle to be enjoyed on the road.
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After freezing styling with various touch-ups to the initial sketches, the surfaces were defined using CAS modeling, then moving on to actual construction and assembly.
More than 200 components were specifically developed through constant interaction between styling and design: from the bixenon lighting clusters specifically designed with an innovative system of yellow and white leds to the alloy wheels – 20-inch aluminum – milled from the block, up to and including the aluminum and special steel in-sight hinges.
More than 200 components were specifically developed through constant interaction between styling and design: from the bixenon lighting clusters specifically designed with an innovative system of yellow and white leds to the alloy wheels – 20-inch aluminum – milled from the block, up to and including the aluminum and special steel in-sight hinges.
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The sleek lines of the vehicle, characterized by a soft muscular touch, took shape on the body – made entirely of carbon fiber.
The tapered profile of the nose highlights both its aerodynamic function and the car’s new look; the central body is dominated by the single-shell windscreen, while the car is accessed via two butterfly type doors. The rear features powerful sides with the embedded teardrop type transparent rear window which also acts as engine cover and from which ceramic-coated exhaust tips peep out, as on racing cars of the Sixties.
The tapered profile of the nose highlights both its aerodynamic function and the car’s new look; the central body is dominated by the single-shell windscreen, while the car is accessed via two butterfly type doors. The rear features powerful sides with the embedded teardrop type transparent rear window which also acts as engine cover and from which ceramic-coated exhaust tips peep out, as on racing cars of the Sixties.
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Considerable attention has been dedicated to aerodynamics with continuous testing at the Pininfarina Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Research Center of Grugliasco (Turin, Italy) in an effort to reach the highest levels of performance combined with perfect functionality of all the appendices integrated in the body of the vehicle.
“Each of these projects – comments Paolo Garella, Head of the Pininfarina Special Projects Division - represents an exhilarating challenge ,i.e. trying to meet the Customer’s requirements in the best way possible without undermining the company’s approach based on elegance and innovation”.
It is important to stress how re-styling was not restricted only to the outside of the car but continued also when defining the interior, completely redesigned according to the customer’s
“Each of these projects – comments Paolo Garella, Head of the Pininfarina Special Projects Division - represents an exhilarating challenge ,i.e. trying to meet the Customer’s requirements in the best way possible without undermining the company’s approach based on elegance and innovation”.
It is important to stress how re-styling was not restricted only to the outside of the car but continued also when defining the interior, completely redesigned according to the customer’s
| engine | 65 Degree, Type F140 Aluminum V12 |
| valvetrain | DOHC, 4 Valves per Cyl w/Continuously Variable Timing |
| fuel feed | Bosch Motronic ME7 Sequential Electronic InjectionBosch Motronic ME7 Sequential Electronic Injection |
| displacement | 5988 cc / 365.4 cu in |
| bore | 92 mm / 3.62 in |
| stroke | 75.2 mm / 2.96 in |
| compression | 11.2:1 |
| power | 492.2 kw / 660 bhp @ 4800 rpm |
| hp per litre | 110.22 bhp per litre |
| bhp/weight | 550.0 bhp per weight |
| torque | 657.57 nm / 485 ft lbs @ 5500 rpm |
| drive wheels | Custom Carbon Fibre Body over Carbon FIbre Tub |
| body / frame | RWD w/TCS |
| front brakes | Brembro CCM (Carbon-Ceramic) Discs w/6-Pot Calipers, Power Assist ABS |
| f brake size | 340 mm / 13.4 in |
| rear brakes | Brembo CCM (Carbon-Ceramic) Discs w/4-Pot Calipers, Power Assist ABS |
| r brake size | 340 mm / 13.4 in |
| f suspension | Double Wishbones w/Push-Rod Actuated Coil-Shock Units, Adaptive Dampers, Electronic Shock Absorbers, Anti-Roll bar |
| r suspension | Double Wishbones w/Push-Rod Actuated Coil-Shock Units, Adaptive Dampers, Electronic Shock Absorbers, Anti-Roll bar |
| weight | 1200 kg / 2645 lbs |
| wheelbase | 2650 mm / 104.3 in |
| front track | 1691 mm / 66.6 in |
| rear track | 1707 mm / 67.2 in |
| length | 4630 mm / 182.3 in |
| width | 2042 mm / 80.4 in |
| height | 1126 mm / 44.3 in |
| transmission | 6-Speed Semi-Automatic w/Electrohydraulic Acuation, 215mm Twin-Plate Clutch |
| top speed | 362.1 kph / 225 mph |
| 0 - 60 mph | 3.55 seconds |
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