Pininfarina Sintesi

Vehicle Overview

The Pininfarina Sintesi was announced by Pininfarina in December 2007 initially with a symbol, namely a chromed Moebius ring. It was then virtually unveiled to the public, first with a hand-drawn sketch in January 2008 and then with photographs and textual information in an electronic brochure in February 2008. Finally officially presented to the public at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show in March 2008. The design concept arises from the manufacturer’s need to communicate its way of interpreting the car of the future. The synthesis is not “alien” compared to the current cars in production (as it happened in the concepts of the ’70s and’ 80s) but a direct evolution of it, especially in the arrangement of spaces and in the type of power supply. The Sintesi therefore encompasses concepts of spaciousness, safety, sportiness, eco-sustainability and performance. Sintesi was conceived by the Pininfarina Design Department, which since August 2007 has been directed by Lowie Vermeersch together with the deputy directors Guglielmo Cartia and Fabrizio Valentini, as well as the chief designers Giuseppe Randazzo, Giovanni Piccardo, Goran Popovic and Jason Castriota. The project was also followed by Nazzareno Epifani, who made the original drawings and followed the project as a designer. In December 2008, Sintesi won the Red Dot Design Award 2008 with this motivation: “the excellent quality of its design and the high degree of innovation of its technological contents”