It is true that the plans were delayed, among other things due to the pandemic, but the Pininfarina Battista announced in 2018 is going yes or yes. Automobili Pininfarina’s first car will be a reality from the middle of this year and the company founded by the heir to the famous Italian designer Battista ‘Pinin’ Farina is finalizing adjustments to the four-engine hypercar that will hit the market with a slightly demure output of 1,900 horsepower. . Now one of the prototypes of the electric Battista – named precisely in honor of the creator of the body company – went to the Nardò circuit in southern Italy to make himself available to Nick Heidfeld, the former Formula 1 driver.
The German unleashed this 1900 Hp, all-wheel drive beast, among other things, to determine the most appropriate chassis and engine setting. software which controls the first model entirely Pininfarina. Before, the brand has designed countless trains and sports cars for brands such as Ferrari, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Bentley and even Peugeot, Ford and Volvo.
Heidfeld said that for now the Battista prototype (it was shown in Geneva 2019) it is tested with around 80% of its power and that even then its acceleration “goes beyond anything you could imagine”.
The German retired in 2011 from the Great Circus, added that “the control in the curves and the speed we achieved were exceptional. It was my first time driving the Nardò circuit, so I spent time watching videos about the circuit to familiarize myself with the circuit. I quickly realized that they would be of little use, because the acceleration of the Battista is on another level, even compared to the fastest road cars in the world.
After the testing phase, the Pininfarina Battista will begin to be manufactured in Turin with a number never exceeding 150 units.
