Pininfarina is presenting a concept-car that renews the nature and values of the amazing achievements acquired under the leadership of Sergio Pininfarina, projecting them in the future within the name of initiation, exclusivity and fire. A concept car consistent with the strategy which has enabled Pininfarina to create a wealth of creations which have become auto legends: the capability to combine fire, imagination, wisdom, technology and sophistication within the continuity of the brand's genetic code. A mix of aesthetic stability and refined simplicity that last over time and make all Pininfarina versions longlived and immune to changes in trend and style.

The new Pininfarina concept-car could just be called Sergio. In general a tribute which was instantly morally supported by Ferrari and Luca Montezemolo.

The twoseater barchetta for the future

Using the Sergio you enter the thrilling and interesting land of being a distinctive and intense object the twoseater barchetta. Sportsmanship in the truest sense of the delight of driving, the fire of people who see as an unequalled source of delight, the enjoyment of the dmiring cars the essentiality of the auto by Pininfarina.

The sports car concept is assembled in to Pininfarina: the fruitful cooperation with Ferrari which started in 1952, has created a number of the very popular sports cars of the post-war period. Returning to the allure of the twoseater Ferrari, compact and incredibly sporty, is additionally, an ideal foundation for bonding Pininfarina's past to the future. The proper interpretation, where the dynamic, unstable and pure volumes spring, is completely free, in the finest tradition of that Pininfarina design vision which has created numerous Ferrari-established concept vehicles recognised over time as masterpieces, like the Mythos of 1989 and the Rossa of 2,000.

The end result is actually a contemporary, natural light of the mid-back-engined twoseater barchetta. A revolutionary thing, exceptional and crucial, which is functionality - oriented and rejects the superfluous. A genuine open-air vehicle with an explicit nod to racing cars, in the meaning that the cupola isn't fitted to shield residents, that two helmets are supplied.

A realistic really quite possible theory

The current interpretation of a barchetta is a choice in keeping with some of the historical peculiarities of Pininfarina: command in the crafting of extraordinary auto bodies, effective at stirring emotions and being another icon.

The plan concept

The Sergio is recognized by an extremely straightforward and clear fashion, that becomes unforgettable the instant you take a close look at it. Proportions shoved to the extreme, a dynamic front quantity penetrating into a back that's projected forwards, a sculpted, threedimensional interpretation of the normal barchetta. The makeup of both body masses via a longitudinal black insert becomes the design's guideline. Two volumes that enfold from outside to within the vehicle, developing a section / union line between front and rear. Via the incredibly fluid passage from one-body to some other, a form which was homogeneous in its accentuated muscularity was acquired.

The extreme lightness of the Sergio, which seems to float together with leading up, is really a direct effect of aerodynamic study. In the purest Pininfarina convention, design is really not an end in itself, but integrates aesthetics and performance. The front semifloating improvement together with the spoiler below the front, expresses aesthetic pressure and it are at once operational for the stabilisation of the heat-exchange and also the load. A virtual windscreen is also created by the aerodynamic deflector in front of the cockpit through the deviation of the airflow, shielding the travellers from turbulence. The roll-bar, like a wing surface designed, is totally tuned for the development of the stream from the front, including an additional down-force impact. Lastly, the extractor and the back nolder shut the design efficiently and functionally. Still in the issue of aerodynamics, even the mirror assumes a liquid form that, provided the movement of the front baffle, helps to redirect air from the heads of the travellers.

All the technical portions of the Sergio (handles, fins, air-intake holes) are concentrated in portions of the human body, making the red-painted components free, to improve the proper purity of the Pininfarina fashion standard.

The side

The harmony of the side-view is a powerful characteristic of the Sergio, reviving the common aesthetic denominator of several Ferraris by Pininfarina. The threequarter front view highlights the topic of the links between floors and distinct tendencies supplying an atmosphere of processed continuity.

Leading

Adapted for the technology and size of our own times, this component becomes an identifying symbol, resulting in exceptionally clear lines.

The back

The rear lights re-interpret the themes of Pininfarina - Ferrari history transforming them into practical elements whose sorts contemporaneously provide the lighting function and also the warm exhaust-air coming from the oil coolers.

Ferrari Sergio by Pininfarina - video review

The inside

The Sergio chose for the mechanicals of a fully rebodied Ferrari 458 spider, keeping the initial technology and its particular functionality, as it is a realistic auto which might simply be created in limited series. Because of this, the interiors take-all the practical parts of existing collection (dash, seat construction, steering-wheel and center console). The inside

is practical and crucial and develops as a natural expansion of the outside surfaces: the outside slips into the vehicle and produces the tank where in fact the conventional technical parts are incorporated. Even the engine bonnet descends inside, wrapping around the back part of seats. As floating elements different in the tank the door panels incorporate the capabilities of the arm-rest and handle and were created.

One progressive component includes the floating, aerodynamic headrest joined to the roll-bar as opposed to to the body of the seats, nearly getting aspects of the outside compared to the inside.

Colour and trimming

The upholstery is largely covered with light grey classic-effect leather-bound to seats in a weaving technology fabric with bronze details. These finishes match the first titanium color of the conventional technical parts. The materials in the seats are complemented by the insertion of steel studs that remember the facts of the outdoor design subject.

The outdoor ruby color, was inspired by the initial red of the Dino Berlinetta Speciale, strong and quite extreme, developing a modern variant including a multilayer depth effect plus metallic particles.

A contrasting element is represented by the rims in comparison to the remainder of the auto. The area of your body is compared with technological types founded on the quest for efficiency and lightweight.

Aerodynamic studies for a lightweight sports car

Transitions within the human body with which the Pininfarina Design Center has transformed the vehicle. Particularly, an entirely new body was created, total carbon, saving about 10% in weight when compared with the initial body in aluminum, all to the advantage of acceleration and pick-up. The windshield, roof and back bench seat were eliminated.

The aerodynamics have made it possible to reach interesting effects, starting with the establishment of the virtual windscreen. The removal of the windshield would, in fact, entail a flow of air at increasing stress as the auto's rate increases in the heads of the driver and passenger. The designers and engineers at Pininfarina have so designed, assembled and analyzed an airfoil put in a recess in the front bonnet, which creates a double deflection of the airflow going into the passenger compartment. The initial deviation is in the wing itself, the second in the atmosphere that accelerates within the channel developed between the airfoil and also the similar form of the recess within the luggage compartment. The end result is the fact that, because of the windscreen, the atmosphere passes above the heads of the motorist as well as the passenger, considerably increasing comfort. This aerodynamic effect also leads to raise the down force to the auto's front-axle.

The reduction of aerodynamic load in the front axle, as a result of removal of the windshield, is recovered from the wing inserted within the front fender. The dimensions and shape of the wing are computed in order to provide the essential load in the different rates and, in the same time, enable right flow of air to the radiators of the cooling method, established centrally in the front.

To enhance the safety of the residents a rollbar with a spoiler increases the force on the rear-axle. The attention to detail goes as far as the central rearview mirror, whose type is aerodynamically optimised to link-up with the airflow of the windscreen. The air ports at the foundation of the rollbar carry the cooling air to the oil coolers.

All In All, the Sergio provides actual sports operation, with a shell of torsion rigidity which surpasses that of the first spider, thanks to the decrease in the measurement of the doors, and also the decrease in the absolute mass of approximately 150 kg in comparison to the spider.

Ferrari Sergio Concept by Pininfarina Design

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Maximum length: 4550 mm
Maximum width: 1940 mm
Maximum height: 1140 mm
Boot capacity: 110 litres
Power train (from Ferrari 458 Spider): 4499cc V8; Sequential gearbox 7M + RM
Package: 2 doors, 2 seats
Chassis: original 458 Spider
Cx XS: about 5% lower than the original car
Weight: about 1280 kg
Maximum speed: ~320 km/h
0-100 km/h: less than 3.4 seconds