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| Top Italian car designer killed | Top Italian car designer killed |
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| Andrea Pininfarina, head of a world-famous Italian car design group, has been killed in a road accident. | Andrea Pininfarina, head of a world-famous Italian car design group, has been killed in a road accident. |
| Mr Pininfarina was riding a scooter which was hit by a car on the outskirts of Turin early on Thursday. He was 51. | Mr Pininfarina was riding a scooter which was hit by a car on the outskirts of Turin early on Thursday. He was 51. |
| He was chief executive officer of the family firm Pininfarina, which has designed sports cars for Ferrari, Maserati, Volvo and Fiat. | He was chief executive officer of the family firm Pininfarina, which has designed sports cars for Ferrari, Maserati, Volvo and Fiat. |
| Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Ferrari's Luca Cordero di Montezemolo were among those paying tribute. | |
| Mr Berlusconi labelled him "the representative of a dynasty that helped bring the story of 'made in Italy' to the world". | |
| Mr di Montezemolo, who is also boss of Fiat, said: "Italy, Turin and the Fiat group have lost a business figure who knew how to follow and develop the work of his grandfather Pinin and his father Sergio." | |
| The driver of the car involved in the collision was admitted to hospital suffering from shock, Ansa news agency reported. | |
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| Maserati was among the car brands to call on Pininfarina's expertise | |
| Mr Pininfarina, survived by three children, trained as a mechanical engineer. He joined the family business in 1983 after working in the US. | |
| He was the grandson of Battista Pininfarina, who founded the firm in Turin in 1930. | He was the grandson of Battista Pininfarina, who founded the firm in Turin in 1930. |
| Andrea's father Sergio Pininfarina, 81, is the company's honorary chairman. | Andrea's father Sergio Pininfarina, 81, is the company's honorary chairman. |
| The family currently controls 55% of Pininfarina's shares, but under a restructuring plan it aims to cut its stake to about 30%. | The family currently controls 55% of Pininfarina's shares, but under a restructuring plan it aims to cut its stake to about 30%. |
| The firm recorded a net loss of 114.9m euros (£91m; $178m) last year. | The firm recorded a net loss of 114.9m euros (£91m; $178m) last year. |