The Ferrari

[golfmobile]

with my love of needlework, wouldn't go this far. "Lauren Porter used 12 miles of yarn" to knit a life-size Ferrari:



the mind boggles . . . .

golf

[Magnum T.]

Ah, thanks. Saw something on TV some time ago and they wrote his name like: Sergio "Pinin" Farina, so it sounded like a nickname to me

I think I read somewhere "pinin" is a diminutive meaning little or something like it. As in Spanish where "burro" means donkey and "burrito" means little donkey. Maybe he was a junior. Any Italian speakers?

I quote from Wikipedia:

Battista Farina (founder of the Company) was born in Turin, Italy. The tenth of eleven children, his nickname, "Pinin" (the youngest/smallest (brother), in Piedmontese), referred to his being the baby of the family.

Farina officially changed his name to "Battista Pininfarina" in 1961.

So, according to Wikipedia "pinin" is a Piedmontese dialect word meaning "youngest".
But in Italy Giuseppe (Battista father's name) is often shortened in Pino so Pinin could be a dialectical form for "Little Pino".

[Kalai-pahoa]

Ah, thanks. Saw something on TV some time ago and they wrote his name like: Sergio "Pinin" Farina, so it sounded like a nickname to me

I think I read somewhere "pinin" is a diminutive meaning little or something like it. As in Spanish where "burro" means donkey and "burrito" means little donkey. Maybe he was a junior. Any Italian speakers?

I quote from Wikipedia:

Battista Farina (founder of the Company) was born in Turin, Italy. The tenth of eleven children, his nickname, "Pinin" (the youngest/smallest (brother), in Piedmontese), referred to his being the baby of the family.

Farina officially changed his name to "Battista Pininfarina" in 1961.

So, according to Wikipedia "pinin" is a Piedmontese dialect word meaning "youngest".
But in Italy Giuseppe (Battista father's name) is often shortened in Pino so Pinin could be a dialectical form for "Little Pino".

Correct.
Actually Giovanni Battista was nicknamed "Pinin" because of the great physical similarity between him and his father Giuseppe (Pino).
In Italy 'Giuseppe' is often just shortened in 'Pino' (Giuseppe - > Giuseppino -> Pino).
And as said 'Pinin', in piemontese dialect, just means 'little Pino'.
In 1930 he formed the "Società Anonima Carrozzeria Pinin Farina", then simply called "Carrozzeria Pininfarina".
Battista was universally known as "Pininfarina" so in 1961 he asked to change his family surname from Farina to Pininfarina. That change was authorized by the President of the Italian Republic, Giovanni Gronchi, in the same year.
His nephew, Giuseppe Antonio "Nino" Farina, became the first ever F1 World Champion in 1950, driving an Alfa Romeo car.


About the Ferraris in the show:
I've found some chassis numbers of the cars used in the show: 28585, 28251, 34567, 57685.
sources:
http://www.magnumpi.it/Curiosity/308.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_308_GTB/GTS

Here is an interesting site explaining everything about the VIN tags of the Ferraris:
http://www.red-headed.com/vin.html

Good luck!

[Bennyjc]

Check out news link below it talks about the Petersen Vault Museum in LA that has one of the original Ferrari 308 GTS from the show as shown in this picture.
http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/peters ... ssic-cars/

[Rembrandt's Girl]

Ferrari fans…

A test drive video of the new 2014 Ferrari F12berlinetta:

http://www.businessinsider.com/ferrari- ... ive-2014-4




Also, this weekend is the first “Ferrari Racing Days” in Sydney:

BBC Travel article:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20140 ... OCID=twtvl

Ferrari Racing Days website:
http://www.frdsydney.com.au/

[Kalai-pahoa]

"Record bonus awarded to Ferrari employees"
GOOD FOR THEM!

http://auto.ferrari.com/en_EN/news-even ... employees/

Maranello, 8th April 2014

"Ferrari has announced that its production bonus for employees for 2013 will amount to 4,096 euro, the highest ever awarded in the company’s history.
The production bonus is in recognition of the excellent financial results achieved last year, not least of which were record profits, in addition to other parameters, such as levels of quality.
This means that, on top of the two advances of 1,000 euro each already received, Ferrari employees will find an extra 2,096 euro in their pay packets this month.
For a young employee hired recently, this equates to an extra 20 per cent of his or her annual salary.
This bonus, the result of an agreement signed with the unions in 2012, is linked to a grid of operational values with the objective of sharing the company’s success.
Last year, as well as the production bonus, an additional three-yearly bonus was paid out and Chairman Luca di Montezemolo has announced its extension for a further three years.
In 2013 Ferrari adopted a strategy to reduce production to under 7000 cars a year to preserve their exclusivity and value over time, and this strategy will continue this year and into 2015.
Last year revenues increased by 5 per cent and trading profits rose by 8.3 per cent. These are unprecedented figures, as is the net financial position which, at the end of 2013, stood at an all-time high."