Pininfarina Unleashes One-Off Electric Hypercar: The Battista Targamerica

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Electric hypercars whitethorn not beryllium flying disconnected showroom floors, but that hasn’t deterred 1 discerning individual. They’ve commissioned a roofless, coachbuilt variant of the Pininfarina Battista, and christened it the Targamerica.

Pininfarina claims it is the world’s archetypal coachbuilt electrical hypercar, a existent embodiment of some its plan practice and the owner’s extravagant desires.

Commissioned astatine 2023’s Monterey Car Week, the year-long task takes inspiration from different Pininfarina masterpiece – the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa Spider built for the then-Fiat chairman, Gianni Agnelli.

The Targamerica’s Argento Liquido Gloss exterior decorativeness with bluish and achromatic accents echoes the Spider, portion the horizontal lines connected the luggage compartment besides gully inspiration from the coachbuilt Testarossa.

Other meticulously crafted details see Iconica Blu pinstripes adorning the full rear underwing, ceramic-polished five-spoke alloy wheels, and a brushed and anodized “jewellery pack” scattered crossed the car. The tan leather interior, featuring bespoke headrests with an embossed Automobili Pininfarina logo, comes implicit with a matching luggage set.

Mechanically, it mirrors the modular Battista and adjacent with the extortion being removed, Pininfarina assures america the Targamerica retains the Battista’s performance.

Automobili Pininfarina CEO Paolo Dellachà says the car “demonstrates the infinite possibilities our highly skilled squad tin plan and engineer”, portion Andrea Crespi, Chief Technical Officer, added that “this committee forced america to situation ourselves to present Battista levels of show without the tensile enactment of a hard-body roof, pushing the squad to present a creative, one-of-kind solution to conscionable our client’s needs.”

This one-of-a-kind instauration volition beryllium connected show astatine The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering during Monterey Car Week earlier being delivered to its owner.