Italian studio Pininfarina has been responsible for designing some of the world's most desirable cars in a history that stretches back over 90 years. Its long-standing partnerships with brands like Ferrari and Alfa Romeo are perhaps what the studio is most known for, but they've worked with all manner of manufacturers, from Chinese EV startups to American greats like Cadillac. With such an expansive and diverse back catalog, it's inevitable that some of its best designs eventually get forgotten about.

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As well as designing cars, Pininfarina also has a long history of building them on behalf of other manufacturers, as well as developing public transport solutions like trains and buses. It seems like there isn't much that Pininfarina hasn't had a go at, but it's the brand's classic cars that remain its crowning glory, with icons like the Ferrari F40 and the Group B-spec 288 GTO starting life as sketches in Pininfarina's studio. Let's take a look back at ten of the brand's other designs that don't deserve to be forgotten.

10 Cadillac Jacqueline

Cadillac Jacqueline
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The partnership between Cadillac and Pininfarina is, unfortunately, best known for the ill-fated Cadillac Allanté, but decades before that, Pininfarina had tried to win over GM's bosses to no avail. After being contracted as a coachbuilder to manufacture the Eldorado Brougham in 1959, Pininfarina created the Jacqueline concept to try and win a further design contract with GM.

Cadillac Jacqueline
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The design mixed American proportions with Italian accents in what's undoubtedly a great-looking car today, but back then, GM bosses weren't impressed. They declined the Italian studio's proposals, and the concept went into storage at their facility in Turin, Italy. It was later sold to a private collector and fitted with a V8 and made road-legal for use in the States, where it reportedly resides today.

9 Pininfarina Cambiano

Pininfarina Cambiano
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While most of Pininfarina's designs are made in collaboration with other manufacturers, it also produces designs under its own name. One such design was the Cambiano, which debuted at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show and caused a storm among attendees.

Pininfarina Cambiano
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It featured a 320-hp electric powertrain with a range extender, enabling it to hit 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds and top out at 186 mph. The car was reportedly considered for production after its positive reception at the show, but for unknown reasons, this never happened.

8 Ferrari CR25

Ferrari CR25
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Ferrari's designs in the early Seventies were becoming more conservative, as the takeover by Fiat in 1969 had meant that less freedom was given for the company's designers to experiment. However, Ferrari did commission Pininfarina to create a car that was both aerodynamic and visually exciting, and the result was the CR25.

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Ferrari CR25
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Its name comes from its 0.025 drag coefficient, a figure that was groundbreaking for a four-seater at the time. The design proved too radical for Ferrari, who chose to stick with the existing 365 GT4, meaning that only one CR25 was ever built.

7 Maserati A6 1500 Gran Turismo

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Up until the advent of the Second World War, Maserati had been a company focused on racing, with all of its cars primarily built for the track. By 1947, though, a change was needed, and the company's first road car, the A6 1500 Gran Turismo was born.

Maserati A6 1500
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It was styled by Pininfarina and began a long tradition of Maserati GT cars, although only 61 examples of this pioneering car were ever produced. With just 65 hp, it was considerably less powerful than many of the brand's previous race cars, but its style, handling, and interior quality ensured its success and paved the way for the Maserati road cars of today.

6 Honda Argento Vivo

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This killer combination of Japanese engineering and Italian style emerged in 1995 and quickly caught the attention of the Sultan of Brunei, one of the world's most influential car buyers at the time, purchasing hundreds of cars every year.

Honda Argento Vivo
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He liked the Argento Vivo so much that he allegedly bought several examples for his personal collection, although it's not known exactly how many. It was never offered for public sale though, presumably thanks to its cutting-edge features like a folding carbon-fiber roof and inline-5 engine, which would have been tricky to develop for mass production.

5 Ferrari 330 America

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The 330 America was an evolution of the legendary 250 series of Ferraris, featuring a more powerful V12 engine than its predecessors, making around 300 horsepower. It was designed by Pininfarina for the American market, hence its name.

Ferrari 330 America
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Only 50 examples were ever built, and all the surviving cars are now in the care of collectors, rarely being seen in public. Despite their popularity with these collectors, 330s don't tend to get the same amount of recognition among the wider enthusiast community as the 250 series does, despite the fact that, mechanically at least, they're superior cars.

4 Fittipaldi EF7 Vision GT By Pininfarina

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Forming part of the Vision GT series of virtual concepts for the Gran Turismo racing game series, the Fittipaldi was unlike most of the other concepts, in that it was planned to have a small production run. Founded by racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi, the concept was supposed to preview a real-life hypercar that would have been released a couple of years after the car debuted in Gran Turismo Sport.

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Fittipaldi EF7 By Pininfarina Vision GT
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Unfortunately, it seems that the car is now unlikely to reach production, although it's not entirely clear why not, as a manufacturing facility had reportedly been secured and initial deposits for the 39 units were allegedly being taken. However, Motoring Weekly reported in 2019 that Fittipaldi seemed to have given up on the project, focusing his attention on unrelated projects.

3 Nash Rambler Palm Beach Coupe

Nash Rambler Palm Beach Coupe
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Pininfarina's designs for the American market are always worth taking a closer look at, as they often display a very different vision to the company's Eurocentric designs. Named after Palm Beach in Florida, the Rambler Palm Beach Coupe was commissioned by Nash as a potential replacement for the Nash-Healey.

Nash Rambler Palm Beach Coupe
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It takes a lot of inspiration from the "Jet Age" designs of the time, with a two-tone paint scheme and prominent rear fins. Only one fully-functional car was produced, and eventually, the project fell through, but not before it became a star exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum and graced the cover of Motor Trend Magazine in 1957.

2 Ferrrari Pinin

Ferrari Pinin
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Ferrari had been making four-seater cars since the Sixties, but up until the Pinin debuted in 1980, it had never made a four-door car before. Designed by Pininfarina and presented to Ferrari as a possible production car, Enzo Ferrari reportedly considered making a limited run of the Pinin but ultimately decided not to.

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With a 4.9L flat-12 engine and a luxurious interior, the car was a direct competitor to the Rolls-Royces of the era, and it's this competition that is thought to have doomed the project. Ferrari was concerned that its production quality couldn't match up to that of the Brits, so the project ended up being abandoned.

1 BMW Lusso Gran Coupe

BMW Lusso Gran Coupe
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It's sometimes the case that a manufacturer debuts a new car as a concept, then when the production version arrives, it doesn't quite live up to that original concept. The Lusso Gran Coupe was unveiled in 2013 as a potential preview to the upcoming 8 Series, sporting a twin-turbo V12 and refined styling that doesn't feature an obnoxiously large kidney grille (take note, modern BMW).

BMW Lusso Gran Coupe
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Despite generating a lot of hype at the time, it would take another five years for the production 8 Series to arrive, by which time it had lost its V12 engine and Pininfarina styling. It might not have been the biggest seller in terms of volume, but if Bimmer had put out a production version of the Lusso Gran Coupe, it would have surely been one of the most desirable cars of its era.