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A revolution in automotive performance, design and collaboration is revealed with the Pininfarina Battista – the world’s first luxury electric hyper performance GT.Built in Italy, the Battista will be the most powerful Italian-made car of all time. When it arrives in 2020 it will deliver a level of performance that is unachievable today in any road-legal sports car featuring internal combustion engine technology. Faster than a current Formula 1 race car in its 0 -100 km/h sub-two second sprint, and with 1,900 hp and 2,300 Nm torque to hand, Battista will combine extreme engineering and technology in a zero emissions package.2020 also marks the 90th anniversary of the legendary Pininfarina SpA design house, which has taken the design brief for the Battista and produced a classic Pininfarina: an elegant form that seamlessly integrates the car’s innovative engineering solutions that will support unprecedented performance. It is the same design principle of form and function in harmony as seen in classic Pininfarina cars reaching back to the Cisitalia 202 of 1947 and through more than 60 Ferraris, with the latest launched this decade.The Pininfarina Battista’s place in automotive history is defined by its name. It is the first in a future range of purely electric, zero-emissions, luxury cars solely branded Pininfarina, delivering on a long-held family dream that has been carried by founder, Battista, his son Sergio and current Pininfarina SpA Chairman.
On Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 October, the largest official Abarth meeting in history took place in Milan, smashing the record set at the last edition: more than 5,000 fans and over 3,000 Abarth vehicles attended, taking part in 3,500 test drives in the new 70th Anniversary range. Figures that effectively sum up the success of a winning 2-day event which, in perfect Abarth style, treated visitors to fun, emotion and adrenaline, and featured the world première of the new Abarth 695 70° Anniversario, the most important tribute to the first seventy years of the brand. Undisputed queen of the event, the bold limited edition charmed all the participants with her new adjustable spoiler, green Monza 1958 livery and the Campovolo grey body-kit, a tribute to the racing world and history of the Scorpion.
Honda’s showstopper at the 89th Geneva Motor Show was the e Prototype – which previews the company’s future electric models for Europe. Cut to 2019, Honda has taken a step further in that direction and presented the e Prototype, which is positioned as the next-gen urban commuter. The production version of the e Prototype will be revealed later this year, says Honda. The Honda e Prototype has a range of 200km on a single charge and also boasts of a fast charge function that charges the batteries to give 80 per cent range in 30 minutes, according to the company. It has garnered some interest, as Honda claims that it has received 15,000 registrations for the e Prototype in Europe. Tom Gardner, Senior Vice President, Honda Motor Europe said: “Since we made that first pledge in March 2017, the shift towards electrification has gathered pace considerably. Environmental challenges continue to drive demand for cleaner mobility. Technology marches on unrelenting and people are starting to shift their view of the car itself.”
Russian luxury car manufacturer Aurus introduced its vehicles to the world at the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland last Thursday, March 7.Visitors to the show, which showcases the latest in automobile design and concepts, got a glimpse of a high-end armored Aurus Senat limousine, as used by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Fiat has chosen Geneva as the prestigious stage for hosting the presentation of its new 500 "120th" family, the most elegant, best-connected range ever. Available on 500, 500X and 500L, the new range celebrates Fiat's 120th birthday - a milestone that very few car manufacturers around the world have reached - and at the same time, it also writes a new chapter in the book on connectivity, a social and technological dimension already explored in 2018 with the 500 Mirror family.In Geneva, visitors can therefore become familiar with Fiat's idea of connectivity: something that is always simple, democratic, safe and intuitive. After all, these are also the cornerstones of the Fiat tradition: offering technological solutions that are innovative but user-friendly, and just as capable of meeting modern daily mobility requirements as they are of accommodating the increasing focus of society on safety and communication.A lot has changed since that fateful day, 11 July 1899, when the "Società Anonima Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili - Torino" was established, but its perception of the car, and above all, the way in which it is experienced, has remained unchanged over the years, becoming a distinctive trait of the brand globally.The Swiss event will also witness the débuts of the new Panda Connected by Wind, the result of the cooperation between Fiat and Wind, yet another example of "connectivity according to Fiat" and its way of experiencing the car: always 100% connected, contemporary and safe.
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