The mega-ton ship will be capable of breaking 4 meters thick ice to help explore the Arctic shelf.Ītomflot – a sister company of Rosatom – will build the ice breaking ship, and hopes to have it ready to sail in 2015. The world's biggest atomic icebreaker will cost Russia an estimated $1.1 billion, with construction to start in 2013. In 2011, the company announced it was stopping car production because it had seen its revenue plunge in a sector reeling from the financial crisis, but has continued to design and engineer, with a particular focus on electric cars.īorn Sergio Farina, he was head of Italy's business association Confindustria from 1988 to 1992 and was named senator for life in 2005. He was awarded dozens of honours throughout his illustrious career, including four honorary university degrees in fine arts and industrial design.
In 2006, he handed over management of the company to his son Andrea. In 1972, he opened the first wind tunnel in Italy, one of the few in the world at the time. Pininfarina had a passion for forward-looking technology, becoming an early supporter of reducing car emissions and increasing fuel economy. He also applied his talents to less exotic models like Peugeots and Mitsubishis. He joined the family car design company after graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering, and quickly became involved in all aspects of the business, from designing the cars to engineering and manufacturing.ĭetermined to change the common perception of cars as merely functional, he rose to stardom with beautifully sculptured and blood red Ferraris, from the 410 SA to the Dino Berlinetta Speciale, Ferrari F40 and Enzo Ferrari. THE Italian godfather of car design, Sergio Pininfarina, renowned for crafting sleek Ferrari cars, has died aged 85.īorn in 1926 near Turin, in Italy's industrial north, Pininfarina dedicated his long career to collaborations with top carmakers, designing the Ferrari Testarossa, Fiat 124 Spider, Fiat Dino and Maserati GranTurismo, among others. In this Apphoto, Sergio Pininfarina observes a Ferrari model in Turin.
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