Dear guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, good evening and welcome to the Residence of the Italian Ambassador in Tokyo, a beautiful building of the mid sixties, enriched by small treasures of Italian art and located in one of the oldest Japanese gardens of the Edo period.
I am very glad to host you today on the occasion of this exclusive event dedicated to Pininfarina, a historical brand and a true gem of Italian design and craftsmanship. With its successful combination of extraordinary creativity, technology and passion, Pininfarina creations have become an iconic symbol of “Made in Italy”, recognized all over the world for their “timeless beauty”.
The brand unique design much owns to the masterful synthesis of form and functionality, a principle that has guided Pininfarina since its birth in Torino almost 95 years ago. In the words of Paolo Pininfarina, the creator of the Battista Hypercar, design is purity, which means harmony, fluidity and balance of surfaces and volumes, a perfect synthesis of innovation and tradition.
Thanks to the drive for innovation and its extraordinary creative genius, in its long history Pininfarina has set the trend of design and aerodynamics of the world car industry, signing the design of many of the most loved cars in the entire world, of course most of them Italian!
Automobili Pininfarina arrived in Japan in 2019, thanks to the partnership with Sky Group and the Japanese market welcomed it with great enthusiasm. I am very proud of this success but not surprised, knowing the sophisticated taste of Japanese consumers and, on the other hand, the indisputable quality and uniqueness of today’s Pininfarina design and production of the most powerful Italian sports car ever.
Pininfarina extraordinary design and production, projected into the future while being a symbol of a beautiful and timeless past, has also fascinated Japan and I am sure it will continue to do so in the years to come with its astonishing dream cars made real.
Shortly we will unveil two masterpieces of Automobili Pininfarina. We will be surprised not only for their beauty and for perfect manufacturing, but also for their exceptional performance from pure electric power. I do not want to anticipate more, I am very thrilled to discover soon with you their history and features.
Before handing the floor over to Paolo Dellachà, CEO of Automobili Pininfarina, who I welcome and thank for being here for this exclusive event, I would like to thank all of you for your participation tonight.
My best wishes to Automobili Pininfarina!