The biggest worldwide premieres launched in Geneva since1905

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1962 - Worldwide Premieres
RENAULT FLORIDE & CARAVELLE

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1963 - Worldwide Premieres
MERCEDES 230 SL



MERCEDES 230 SL Mercedes caused a sensation at the 1963 Geneva Show with the 230 S,its pagoda-style roof had the advantage of increasing the surface area of the side windows. Also available in a cabriolet version, the 230 SL had its first outing on the small Veytraz-Monthoux race track near Annemasse where the world's press was greeted by professors Nallinger and Uhlenhaut, accompanied by press officer Arthur Käser.

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1964 - Prototyp
FIAT 2300



FIAT 2300 PININFARINA "LAUSANNE" Battista and Sergio Pininfarina have often formally marked their attachment to Switzerland and the Geneva Motor Show. In 1964, on the occasion of the National Exhibition in Lausanne, a special car on a Fiat 2300 chassis was produced and named "Lausanne". This unique copy, powered by a Fiat 6-cylinder in-line engine, was exhibited at the 1964 Show as the Italian coachbuilder's homage to the Swiss Confederation.

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1964 - Worldwide Premieres
LANCIA FULVIA

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1965 - Prototyp
FERRARI DINO BERLINETTA



FERRARI DINO BERLINETTA SPECIALE The Pininfarina berlinetta, with a rear-mounted V6 engine, was a forerunner of what was to become the Ferrari Dino 206 and 246 GT, and this prototype already shows several features which the production model would have, such as the concave side air intakes, the line of the roof and the inverted curve rear window, and the contours of the front wings.

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1965 - Worldwide Premieres
RENAULT 16

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1966 - Prototyp
FIAT DINO SPIDER



FIAT DINO SPIDER Fiat, who collaborated closely with Ferrari, decided to make use of the Modena V6 engine for a cabriolet and coupé. The Spider (Italian for roadster) designed by Pininfarina was chosen for the open version, while Bertone was selected for the coupé. The Spider, exhibited at the Turin Motor Show, was produced in 2.0 and 2.4 litre versions, with a front-mounted engine and rear-wheel drive. It had many similarities with the Dino competition prototypes.

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1967 - Worldwide Premieres
FIAT DINO COUPE

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1968 - Prototyp
ALFA ROMEO P/33 ROADSTER




ALFA ROMEO P33 ROADSTER Fundamentally different from the design of the Ferrari P5/6 and Coupé 33 prototypes, the cabriolet, with its taut lines and sharp angles, demonstrates how Pininfarina was continuously pushing back the boundaries of style and efficiency. The cabriolet was built on an Alfa Romeo Type 33 sport cars chassis with a V8 mid-mounted engine, with large overhead spoiler and "beetle-wing" doors.

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1968 - Worldwide Premieres
AUTOBIANCHI

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1968 - Prototyp
FERRARI 250 P5/P6




FERRARI 250 - P5/P6 - PININFARINA Very probably built using a P4 chassis with a 3-litre V12 rear-mounted engine derived from Formula 1, Pininfarina presented the P5 prototype at the Geneva Show which was a perfect illustration of the collaboration between Ferrari and Pininfarina on a competition berlinetta. This aerodynamic design, which was both admired and disliked by the critics, was used as the chassis for production of the Ferrari BB which borrowed several stylistic elements from it.

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1968 - Prototyp
FERRARI DINO BERLINETTA PROTOTIPO COMPETIZIONE




FERRARI DINO PROTOTYPE This prototype of the Ferrari Dino, on a 206 S chassis, was designed by Pininfarina and presented as a world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1967 and then at Geneva in 1968. It is well known to collectors under the name of the "Yellow Dino". The lines of the future mass-produced Dino 206 and 246, powered by a V6 overhead camshaft 2.0- and 2.4-litre engine, are already easily recognisable.

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1969 - Prototyp
PEUGEOT 504 COUPE






PEUGEOT 504 COUPÉ At the 1969 Geneva Show, Pininfarina presented the harmonious Peugeot 504 Coupé, powered by a 4-cylinder in-line 1.8-litre engine which produced 90 bhp. With its very fine roof lines giving excellent visibility, almost 26,000 copies of the car were sold. That same year, Pininfarina also exhibited the 504 cabriolet, closely based on the coupé, of which more than 7800 units took to the road.

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1969 - Prototyp
ALFA ROMEO 33 COUPE




ALFA ROMEO 33 COUPÉ PROTOTYPE Heavily influenced by the Ferrari 250 - P5, the Pininfarina Alfa Romeo coupé prototype, on a Type 33 sports car chassis, in contrast to the Ferrari P6 which resulted in the BB (Boxer Berlinetta), returned to the concept of a concave front, ovoid rear wings, "gull-wing" doors and the transparent roof going right to the back of the car. The engine, as on the P5/6 prototype, is mounted in the middle of the car.

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1969 - Prototyp
FERRARI SIGMA GRAND PRIX





FERRARI SIGMA GRAND PRIX Using the chassis of a single-seater F1 312 V12 Ferrari, Pininfarina, in collaboration with the Revue Automobile, produced this Grand Prix prototype which included various new safety features. The backbone chassis delimits two compartments for the cockpit and engine which have collapsible structures in front and behind them. The sides are reinforced, the wheels integrated to minimise risk and the spoiler forms a protective roll bar.