The 8 best and most beautiful Pininfarina-designed road cars ever... that aren't Ferraris

Battista "Pinin" Farina's company, Pininfarina, is most famous for designing almost every Ferrari road and concept car for several decades. But it wasn't just Ferrari that Pininfarina worked with. At home the great designer and eventually his son, worked with pretty much every manufacturer going, and then branched outside of Italy to work on some of the greatest car designs of all time.
Battista designed the majority of the company's cars before it was handed over to his son, around the same time as the company's name officially became Pininfarina. In that time cars were designed for Alfa Romeo, Cisitalia, Lancia and even MG and Peugeot.
Which of these famous designs is your favourite and which have we missed out? Let us know in the comments.
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#gw_alfaromeo #gw_peugeot #gw_MG #gw_lancia
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:25 Cisitalia 202
03:01 Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider
04:33 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
05:34 MGB GT
06:48 Fiat 124 Spider
08:04 Peugeot 504
09:40 Lancia Gamma Coupe
10:28 Alfa Romeo 164
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[@GoodwoodRR]

The greatest design house of all?

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Yes. Hands down.

[@doctordoom02]

Absolutely. Ferrari got uglier since they don't design it anymore

[@jcgabriel1569]

I'd go for that, and also Giovanni Michelotti.

[@adrianmonk4440]

Darn Skippy, Pininfarina, THE BEST.

[@adrianmonk4440]

The GOLDEN Era of Automotive Styling. The very Golden Era. BELLISSIMO ❤😊

[@kantaverma5970]

Pininfarina only built beautiful cars so every car build by pininfarina is absolutely piece of art

[@Gois83]

Forgot about the Fiat Coupé and the Hyundai Matrix, heh??

[@simonhodgetts6530]

@@Gois83 Pininfarina designed the interior. Chris Bangle designed the controversial exterior while at FIAT’s Centro Stile (which I personally love by the way).

[@canary_in_a_coalmine]

Love my ‘79 Alfa Spider Veloce! Pininfarina is equivalent of timeless style..

[@allwinds3786]

I was not surprised to see the Pininfarina logo on the softdrink machine at my grocery store.

[@bobgross668]

Peugeot 505 was a great looking design. The 1956-60 Alfa Giulietta 750 SWB Spider was an even more beautiful design than the later 101. I was fortunate enough to own both of these right from the factory.

[@LowenKM]

Though wasn't the most reliable car have ever owned, my '72 Fiat 124 Spider convertible was certainly the best handling, and the thing cornered like it was on the proverbial 'rails'. Also had one of the best and simplest convertible designs, that never leaked and which you could easily put up and fold down from the driver's seat with just one hand.

[@russcooke5671]

Same as the Alf spider. I had a 1975 model and it was a great car to drive. 125 mph. Felt faster because it’s a small car loved it.

[@Brommear]

You badly missed out on the Lancia Flaminia coupe. Pinin said that that was the car he'd be driving in heaven!

[@fmac6441]

The 504 is the quintessential Buenos Aires taxi, at least it was when I went there. There was an Argentine Pick-up version exported to Brazil in the 90s.

[@CheeseScout]

the pickup version of 504 was made in China too. I remember them as a little boy

[@petebromel6865]

All beautiful designs! Thanks! I’m so glad the Peugeot 504’s were mentioned, too. Miss my 504 sedan and station wagon very much.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Modern car makers should take note, and learn many lessons from the great Italian design houses on how to make elegant, even beautiful cars. Pininfarina is top of that tree. The only modern car I’ve seen that holds a candle to the great work that the likes of Pininfarina, Bertone, Ghia and ItalDesign produced back in the day is the Gordon Murray T50. Sad to think that BMW’s design language, which has only recently been abandoned, was largely devised by an Italian designer - the great Giovanni Michelotti - looking at modern BMWs and the like, it’s hard to believe that Italian car design ever existed. My personal favourite Pinin car design is the Cisitalia 202 - still a truly beautiful example of automotive art.

[@patricknataf5267]

Un génie incomparable des lignes d'architecture qui nous fait tant plaisir.

[@alastairwatson3201]

A fabulous video! Thanks!! 😀.

[@branislavtrninic4505]

Thank you for this beautiful video and great narration

[@rafibalouzian9951]

2005 Maserati Quattroporte and 2007 Granturismo before updates are the ultimate pure modern classics and the last before the passing of Sergio Pininfarina. Perfect proportions and clean uncluttered timeless shape.

[@troynov1965]

About time you did some old cars and not a modern electric blender. Well done !

[@studiocalder818]

Chi come Pininfarina? Che perfezione di proporzioni. Con questo video ho scoperto che è opera di Pininfarina anche una delle mie preferite coupé inglesi, la MG B! Mi cospargo di cenere

[@siegfriedkasik6652]

Super video Dankeschön

[@fontheking5]

The stunningly beautiful Peugeot 406 Coupe deserves a big vote, as does the equally beautiful Alfa Romeo 156 GTA

[@robingreer8098]

I was driving a rental 406 Coupe in France when an American cruise ship disgorged its clientele. The car was mobbed in excitement. They had never heard of Peugeot and assumed it was European supercar exotica.

[@gillespendragon]

Even the stock 156… only two scratches, thanks for the simplicity

[@bonniebrown4186]

Great and Beautiful cars . I always did just love those cars.

[@Reid-Rob]

The Lancia Monte Carlo, my Dad had a red 1981 model with the updated rims.

[@harveysmith100]

One of my favourite cars that bears the Pininfarini name was actual designed originally by Sir William Lyons. The Jaguar XJ6 saloon was always a handsome car, be it in Series I or Series II form. Now bring in Pininfarini to just give it a slight makeover. In many peoples opinion the result was one of the best looking four door saloons ever made. The XJ6 Series III. It is a very interesting car because the changes were so subtle, it shows the genius of Pininfarini. Go look at some pictures of a Series II and then compare them to a Series III.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

William Lyons was an extraordinarily talented car designer - I still think that the XJ6/12 is one of the most beautiful saloon cars ever made. I do however love what Pininfarina did to make the series 3 - the subtle changes to the roof line, new bumpers and rear end really make the car. The XJC coupe version is simply stunning - although I don’t think there was any Italian input until the series 3.

[@johntechwriter]

An amusing and aesthetically spot-on overview of the legendary designer's best work.

[@Maggiolino45cv]

Bellissima auto!!

[@joelonzello4189]

I saw my first Lancia Aurelia at a great restoration garage in New Jersey. Safely perched on a lift. The oil pan was a work of art. Have only seen in photos. Great looking convertible 😃

[@ramblerdave1339]

Everything under the hood/Bonnet, is a work of art, on Lancias, of the '50s, even the master cylinder reservoir.

[@FightClaudio]

Great video and selection of cars, amongst the several masterpieces designed in Pininfarina! Just a note, for the sake of accuracy: Aldo Brovarone designed the coupè version of the Lancia Gamma; while the sedan origin has to be referred to a proposal made in Pinifarina by Leonardo Fioravanti for 1800 model of British Motor Company, in the late '60s.

[@herculanoguimaraes4605]

for fiat in my opinion the fiat dino v6 is the most elegant car fiat has ever produced

[@gillespendragon]

Thus that was a CAR

[@BenoitXVIII]

Fiat 8V...

[@TheShootist]

You can see my 1960 Kharmann Ghia in the Lancia Aurelia

[@rickstevens1479]

Love Goodwood and every thing you guys do. Can't wait for more track time videos......

[@ZZZWorks]

124 Spider cheers... what a surprise. Sergio Pininfarina liked it.

[@Tourist1967]

Giorgetto Giugiaro for me. The Alfa 159, the Brera, the 156 redesign, the Audi 80 and Audi Coupe, the basis for the Quattro and which set Audi's design language to the modern day. The Lancia Delta, Maserati Quattroporte, the MkI Golf. And, of course, the brilliant Fiat Panda.

[@nicholasgade2288]

Chalk filled with great info. Who did the narrative?

[@jimlewis6743]

I do believe Pininfarina is the greatest coach designer/builder (carrozzeria) ever. I liked your picks. I have a 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider, the series 1 style, (The "Duetto" style). Personally, I like it more than my first car, the great 124 Fiat Spider, you mention. I also had a Fiat Dino Spider, which was also very cool (and forgotten). But, you ask if we thought you missed something? How about the second series Nash Healey Roadster!

[@paulbayly5890]

I'm Alfa to the core but appreciate why you omitted the 'Duetto'. I think it's still the most 'unique' design to make it into mainstream production numbers, all the more intriguing when you see it beside the sedan and coupe's all sharing basically the same underpinnings. Peugeot 406 coupe is also worthy of mention in your list. Something I would always turn back to appreciate after I'd parked it (if I owned one). Sublime.

[@Ozzienuck]

I think the Peugeot 505 is better looking that the 504 with it's silly half sloped-off trunk. It just looks odd. I also think you should have included the Guilia Coupe version of the Spyder as one is just as pretty as the other. Finally, the Alfa Romeo 1750 Duetto Spyder like Dustin Hoffman drove in the graduate is drop dead gorgeous. I had the later model with the chopped off tail which IMO wasn't nearly as beautiful. Long live Pininfarina.

[@Rammstein56]

Forgot to mention the workhorse of the workhorses, or better said the car that replaced the camel in Africa, the legendary Peugeot 404. Even well into the seventies Parisian taxi drivers often chose the 404 over the 504 as it was even tougher. And of course the Fiat Dino Spider deserves a place on the shortlist, totally different but brilliant with a very distinguished shape.

[@bobstuart2638]

MG had tried to put a roof on the "B" more than once before giving PininFarina a chance. They had been trying to retain the roadster windshield, and it just didn't work without the extra 2".

[@stevenfernando1842]

Series 3 XJ6? Maserati A6G, Fiat 1100TV coupes

[@jhonistein5347]

u forgot the Peugeot 404 cupe and the 405 cup and many more cars. love the work keep them coming love the video 👍👍

[@boyblue998]

The Volvo P1800 was a rare beauty from Pininfarina.

[@OpiceSF]

Uh, no, it's not a Pininfarina design.

[@stephanelebalier9108]

The Peugeot 406 coupe

[@andrewlucas6214]

Second gen fiat 130 is a fav of mine

[@adrianmonk4440]

What I gathered, was Pininfarina was gathering large Debt. For the Ferrari Enzo, on a cocktail napkin, Ferrari people inked a rudimentary likeness with F1 inspiration. ABOVE ALL, Body design became closely linked to wind tunnel testing; integration of downforce into Body Without use of a wing; reduction of drag; incorporatation of FLOW to minimize port intakes; and complete use of CAD design after initial concept sketch. So yes, they designed the Artist's Soul out of it.

[@mario5140]

When we Italians knew how to make cars, now unfortunately not anymore :(

[@davidsherley2652]

Long live the aesthetics of PininFarina! Only Gordon Murray’s road car designs are in the same league.

[@russcooke5671]

Different eras. The old style is much better in my humble opinion.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Agreed - see my comments elsewhere - Gordon Murray has admitted that the car is a love letter to the glory days of Italian car design.

[@dough740]

I've always associated Pininfarina with curves and Giugaro with angles - the Gamma coupe being the exception. The 164 was a dream, and it must have taken a great effort to ruin it when Alfa facelifted it to become the Super

[@adrianmonk4440]

How do you really feel ??

[@dough740]

@@adrianmonk4440 Not really got an opinion......

[@robertopiedimonte2078]

The first one Cisitalia has 1 litre engine but reached 200 km/h 125 miles per hour I underline was 1947 beautifully shaped lines astonishingly aerodynamic

[@michaelisaacson9735]

Thrilled to see the 124 appear on this list. Between my father and I, we had nine of them. Strong cars when hitting something, I must say. 35 years after I last owned one, I still often dream of driving one of the four I owned (an Alfa GTV-6 replaced that last Fiat). As far as the 164 goes, I was mortified when it appeared. Looked like it was hit with a baseball bat in the face. Even more ugly than the Milano (33), which replaced the lovely GTV-6 body with something that looked as if it had already been rear-ended. But how I loved my cars!

[@romanpaladino]

I had '75 one. Loved it. Though it was a shame that the ride-height was changed and the engine de-tuned for the US market.

[@michaelisaacson9735]

​@@romanpaladino Which car did you have? The Alfetta? Pretty car.The ride height was raised on the GTV-6 in the front, yes. But I don't believe it was detuned. 154hp with the Bosch L-Jetronic. It did have a catalytic converter. The 124's of 1977ish had air pumps that killed power. Also: a half-mile up my street is the mechanic I use. In his lot for a tuneup is a black Callaway twin-turbo GTV-6. I flipped out. Never saw one in person before. Want!

[@russcooke5671]

The Pegaso models are beautiful looking cars be Wilfredo Ricart Look up the design of these gorgeous motors

[@motorfab7014]

1) Maserati A6GCS 1953 2) Corvette Rondine 1963 3) Bentley mark IV Cresta Continental 1950 4) Alfa Giulia 1600 sport coupè 1965 5) Jaguar XJ spider concept 1978

[@Tom_Hadler]

The Alfa Giulia TZ2 concept you mentioned is very nice, just got a model of that. The A6GCS is by Fantuzzi I believe, and is very beautiful

[@Tom_Hadler]

Ah, pininfarina did the Berlinetta A6GCS.....yeah, that's really nice

[@legendus1159]

Peugeot 406 coupe

[@PoulStaugaard]

Peugeot 406 Coupe

[@arturf.reinecke3298]

Hi , dearly missing the Peugeot 605 . Mine has only 58000 km on the click . Thanks , Art

[@diegocalcagno5102]

164 😍😍😍😍😍

[@adrianmonk4440]

Pinin Farina like Michelangelo sculptures. There are times in a man's life when he sees his woman reclining face down, at a slight distance, in a dim bedroom. That is the inherent shape of beauty.

[@annhanntz275]

Fiat 124...19years same body and the most successful Italian Sports car ever sold by Italy.

[@BangerFleet]

Bertone, just to argue :). Do them next, and don’t over look the Arnolt MG from 1952. It saved the company. Was also displayed at MoMA

[@3ducs]

My example was a 1959 Alfa Romeo Giullietta Spider, a beautiful little car with those signature Pininfarina hips, a very sensual feature.

[@rilesupped1879]

What, no Lancia Scorpion? Great looking car, but in need of more power.

[@mikedx2706]

Seems to me that we are on the cusp of a revival of Italian coachbuilding on the modern "skateboard" electric car chassis types now being made by major legacy automakers.

[@adrianmonk4440]

Hope so

[@tarikwildman]

Fiat 130 Coupe deserved a mention I think

[@jamesfranklin2203]

What a pity they didn’t add the 1966 Alfa Romeo Duetto (Osso di Seppia)

[@hughwalker5628]

You missed the Lancia Flavia 2000 - I'm shocked!

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

The 504 in Australia, wasn't 'built by Renault', it was a factory that specialized in building TKD (Total Knock Down) 'kits' that came from Europe. Mini's, Renaults, Pugs and VW's all came out of the same factory, that was later owned by Nissan Australia, and then used by HSV for modified Commodores.

[@surfblue63]

Rolls-Royce Camargue, a much maligned piece of 1970's styling.

[@DNLV-yn2cw]

Totally agree with you, Carmague is so overlooked!

[@2Truth2you]

Yuk! It's a misshapen tank. Ungainly to the extreme. Rolls - Royce made beautiful cars in the early days. The older the better. But by the 70s were all ugly bricks and remain the same. Nothing more than a status symbol now. As the saying goes: "If you can afford to buy a Roller you can afford to run it." However these days they are as cheap as XJs and even more expensive to run.

[@marcobusch]

Maserati A6 is also a masterpiece from them.

[@raulcrudele1]

The 504 was produced and sold Argentina between 1969 and 1999. Regards!

[@GoodwoodRR]

A slight miss-speak. But thanks for pointing out!

[@kevinsandberg8216]

Honda NSX, first generation!

[@IPv6people]

The beauty of the car is somewhat damaged by the image transitions

[@mark6491]

first v6 aurelia b50

[@kevinhallaway5469]

Where is the Peugeot 406 Coupe in your list, surely one of the best proportioned PF cars?

[@Francois_L_7933]

And in the U.S. there was the Cadillac Allanté. The styling was OK, but reliability was typical General Motors... as in "it should have come with a lifetime membership to the automotive association"

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

@@relectric69 Never owned a Slant Six powered Valiant then? ;)

[@peterlord3355]

Fiat 1800 & 2300 models of the 60s.

[@Tk-ou9ec]

I’ve been told by a few people now that my old Datsun has Pinin farina styling! It’s on my channel. See what you think.

[@robertllr]

It's "Metropolitan Museum Of Art", not "Museum of Metropolitan Art." Can you imagine a museum totally dedicated to "Metropolitan Art"? LOL!

[@ericculver1718]

But, of course, it wasn’t the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but, famously, MoMA: Museum if Modern Art. if that seems to be nitpicking, I’m watching the wrong show.

[@adrianmonk4440]

(4) It takes LARGE Economies of Scale for vendor part, price breaks. Meaning to build something interesting you have to build a lot of boring stuff to have capital for a reasonable price & premium, else $150,000. ++++++++++++++++++ (5) Shame a consumer can't buy a retro style build for a reasonable premium. Even if the order took a year. ++++++++++++++++++ (6) I understand the US first was Kurtis Sports Car, 1949. 2yr production. See Wikipedia.

[@philprice5712]

Always wondered, are Pininfarina and Penn and Teller somehow connected?

[@GoodwoodRR]

Um... no

[@ajaychoudhary9817]

you missed out the coca cola machine

[@michele_]

Wasn't it giulia spider and not giulietta spider?

[@Lar308]

Fiat Coupe should have made this list too.

[@robwilliamson5950]

Fiat 130 coupe for me.

[@Mulitafelix]

Torino 380W

[@DavidM-mb1vx]

No Alfa Duetto? For shame !

[@DouglasJWalker]

Rolls Royce

[@quonston]

Please pronounce “Ghia” correctly! It’s not difficult!

[@ramblerdave1339]

No kudos for Pininfarina's contribution to the styling (?) Of the '52 Nash lineup? Even as one of the Auto Show pictures, clearly showed a Nash Rambler 2 door station wagon, front&center? ( yes, I know, the Rambler was done in house by Nash, but the Country Club Hardtop had the Pininfarina reverse-slanted c-pillar design, (later copied by GM, '54-'58) as did all 2 door Nash hardtops '51-'57, all Nash 4 doors cars, '52-'57, and AMC Ramblers, 4 doors & wagons, '54-'62. ( none of these will be on anyone's 10 best list, unless there is a list of 10 best 4 door hardtop station wagons). ✌😎👍

[@ianfindlay865]

It's the Museum of Modern Art, not Metropolitan Art.

[@chrishallgren6572]

Seriously? Alfa Spider is conspicuously absent.

[@spagbowlsparmacheese629]

Quattroporte

[@romanpaladino]

You know which one you missed...

[@markyamaguchi9571]

Ferrari wouldn't be where they are today if not for pininfarina. Why Ferrari told pininfarina bye bye. We can design our own cars To me when I see that pininfarina badge on the side of a Ferrari. I say this is a beautiful ferrari. Today's Ferrari doesn't have it. Ferrari just bring back pininfarina.

[@simmadpaul2880]

Fiat Coupe

[@ericculver1718]

MoMA Cisitalia, not Met.

[@jimrohrer2751]

Ok video. I find it shameful to not mention the 59 Cadillac pininfarina designed. It's a stunning car. And I know few were built but don't they deserve a mention? So sorry cars this side of the pond can't have time "wasted" on them. Would have been a fabulous addition anyway.

[@Lukeywoodsey]

French car, and well built in the same sentence...

[@Iamthestig42069]

Nash Healy or Cadillac Atlante > 164

[@alastairfaulds8184]

Have I missed something ? Are no Ferraris allowed on the list ?????

[@chijen2010]

Cadillac Allante

[@fanisfbt8710]

Fiat coupe is not in this list, instead is the bland 124 spider !!

[@XB10001]

9:28 "The 504 wasn't introduced to Argentina until 1999" That's nonsense. Production of the 504 *ENDED* in 1999 in Argentina.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

More then one mistake in the narration then, the one you've spotted, and the 'Built by Renault in Australia" line.