Ferrari built Ferrari Sergio in homage to the late Sergio Pininfarina, who died the year before the car was first unveiled as a concept way back in 2013. If you do not recall The Sergio, it was first unveiled back in March of 2013 at the Geneva motor show, Ferrari and Pininfarina unveiled a concept (pictured below) that was meant as a tribute to Sergio Pininfarina, hence the name. Although not intended to go into production at the time, the Pininfarina Sergio concept was underpinned with the Ferrari 458 Spider chassis and powertrain, helping bridge the gap between concept and production, this showing that, for a select few, this impressive machine can be brought to life. The Pininfarina Sergio Concept was initially designed as a concept, however, with the death of the iconic Pininfarina founder, Pininfarina decided to build a very limited number of cars together with Ferrari in October 2014.
It revives the spirit and values of the remarkable achievements achieved under the guidance of Sergio Pininfarina, and was unveiled to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Sergio Pininfarinas collaboration with Ferrari. To celebrate 60 years of his Pininfarina collaboration With the Pininfarina partnership, Ferrari is building six custom-built hypercars, all based on the concept vehicle by Sergio. Built to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Pininfarina, Ferraris 2014 Sergio is essentially a unique-bodied 458 Speciale Aperta, featuring external and internal coachwork from Italys famous design company.
The Sergio is far from the only special Ferrari on offer, with RM Sothebys gearing up to host Ferraris biggest auction yet, marking the 70th anniversary of the marques creation. Ferrari has now decided to offer Ferraris Sergio as a limited run, with just six roadsters, with the first Sergio produced being delivered today to its new owners — SBH Royal Auto Gallery in the United Arab Emirates — at Abu Dhabis Yas Marina Raceway, which Ferrari is hosting as part of its finali Mondiali. Delivering on the promise of creating a limited-run vehicle built around the stunning concept revealed at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Ferraris first Pininfarina Ferrari Sergio was revealed at Abu Dhabis Yas Marina Racetrack, adjoining Ferrari World.
Reports of a 2013 Ferrari Sergio being set for production first appeared in September 2014, and just over a month later, new reports indicated Ferrari and Pininfarina were indeed building production models of the radical concept. When Pininfarina took the wraps off the concept car of the Sergio at the Geneva Motor Show in 2013, the response was that it seemed like only a matter of time before Ferrari acceded to Ferraris biggest fans wishes and made the roadster available for limited production.
Ferrari and Pininfarina, the two architects of the roadster, built Ferraris six-unit Sergios, radical supercars, with a price of $3 million per unit. Rather than producing only one car under a special projects programme, Pininfarina and Ferrari P4/5 from Pininfarina announced that they intended to build half a dozen street-legal Sergios for six lucky customers. After the 1952 reunion, Enzo Ferrari basically handed production and styling over to the Pininfarina company.
Carozzeria Pininfarina has been responsible for nearly all of Ferraris models ever since the two companies began their collaboration in the 1950s, with company founder Battista Pininfarina serving as Ferraris Vice President, while his son Sergio sat on the Pininfarina Board. The Pinin nickname stuck, and Battista Farina opened up Carozzeria Pininfarina in 1930 to design and manufacture its cars. When Battista Farina died in 2012, Ferrari knew that they had owed his lifes dedication.
The car was built on Ferraris 458 Spider chassis, but its look was still vintage, to reflect that 1960s-70s style that Sergio Pininfarina had been developing at Ferrari during those years. Taking inspiration from the 1965 Dino Berlinetta Speciale prototype, the first Sergio Pininfarina-created project to come out of Ferrari, and also from Mythos and Ferraris Modulo Concept cars, Pininfarinas Sergio design is an uncomplicated open-top vehicle displaying a design purity by using simple, sensible elements.
The Italian supercar manufacturer has revealed to us that the production version of the concept would be based on Ferraris 458 Spider, keeping the same track and wheelbase dimensions of an open-top supercar. According to a press release used at Ferraris launch event for Sergio, the car is a genuine open-top that references track, heightening a feeling of athleticism and fun at the wheel, and a pure pleasure in the design. Its formal interpretation is completely gratuitous, following the best traditions of Pininfarina studios, which produced many Ferrari-based concepts or one-offs that are now recognised as masterworks.
The Ferrari Sergio has a stunningly simple and clean style, with references to designs from the past, like the clear lights that covered the Dino Special in 1965, the first car designed completely by Sergio, without any assistance from his father, Battista (Pinin) Farina. If Ferrari owes much to Ferraris sporting credentials and its flair for motoring, the Red Racers legend is also built upon the sculptural beauty of its models, many of which are the work of Pininfarina, a company founded by Sergio Pininfarina. Ferrari has offered concepts cars bearing their own badges very rarely, but a number of coachbuilders have tried their hand at the exercise, including Pininfarina, which delivered to us this Sergio Concept 2013.
