Automobili Pininfarina and icon Magnus Walker to work together in a long-term partnership
Collaboration to launch at exclusive fireside chat event between Magnus Walker and Dave Amantea, Automobili Pininfarina Chief Design Officer, on individual vision and design excellence
Initial collaboration product to be a one-of-its-kind Automobili Pininfarina Battista
Video of this fireside chat to premiere 10:00 PT, 15 April here: youtu.be/c3xrVAjQK18
Accompanying images available to download here
LOS ANGELES – 15 APRIL 2025
Automobili Pininfarina is collaborating with global icon Magnus Walker to fuse automotive heritage, precision craftsmanship, and bespoke design.
Both Automobili Pininfarina and Magnus Walker share an underlying belief that cars are dynamic works of art that are meant to be driven and will explore this passion together.
To launch this collaboration, Automobili Pininfarina’s Chief Design Officer, Dave Amantea, joined Magnus for an exclusive fireside chat at his iconic Los Angeles garage. Together, they will discuss the intersection of art, engineering, and storytelling, moderated by veteran automotive personality, Jonny Lieberman. This recorded gathering will be held in front a select group of hypercar and design enthusiasts, as a venue to exchange ideas and share inspirations.
Automobili Pininfarina’s ethos is ‘Dream Cars. Made Real’ and this concept will be visualised in a short film as Magnus puts his own design on a one-off Battista hyper GT which is to premiere 10:00 PT, 15 April here: youtu.be/c3xrVAjQK18
Magnus Walker, said: “Ever since I was a young boy it has been a dream of mine to design cars, so it was a real honor and pleasure to work with Dave and the team at Automobili Pininfarina to develop this car. It was the perfect blank canvas to express my artistic creativity and personality at this moment in time: I took inspiration from the '70s and '80s to create this color blocking and strobe effect and turn it into something signature, bespoke and unique that I believe will be distinctive and alluring for decades to come.”
Dave Amantea, Chief Design Officer at Automobili Pininfarina, said: “Magnus believes ‘You should build a car you love, not one others think you should’ and this perfectly aligns with Automobili Pininfarina’s own philosophy. We have unrivalled heritage as an Italian coachbuilder, creating bespoke, handcrafted pieces of automotive art that push at the boundaries of performance and design. Cars are more than just possessions but are living embodiments of their owner’s individuality and passion. Our collaboration with Magnus Walker is an exciting opportunity to show the world what this looks like through the eyes of a design icon.”
Following their fireside chat, Magnus and Dave will lift the covers on their work.
EDITOR'S NOTES
ABOUT AUTOMOBILI PININFARINA
Automobili Pininfarina is based in operational headquarters in Cambiano, Italy, with a commercial office in Munich, Germany, and resourced with a team of experienced automotive executives from luxury and premium car brands. Designed, engineered and produced by hand in Italy, with a focus on designing experiences for the world’s foremost taste makers, all of Automobili Pininfarina’s vehicles embody the PURA design philosophy. This philosophy will also permeate all future production cars, seamlessly blending classic inspiration with cutting-edge technology.
ABOUT AUTOMOBILI PININFARINA BATTISTA (LINK TO PRESS KIT)
Battista is the most powerful car ever designed and built in Italy and it delivers a level of performance that is unachievable today in any road-legal sports car featuring internal combustion engine technology. Faster than a current Formula 1 race car in its 0 -100 km/h sub-two second sprint, and with 1,900 hp and 2,340 Nm torque on tap, the Battista combines extreme engineering and technology in a zero emissions package. Battista’s 120 kWh battery provides power to four electric motors – one at each wheel – with a combined WLTP range of up to 476 km (U.S. combined EPA: 300 miles) on a single charge. No more than 150 examples of Battista will be individually hand-crafted at the atelier in Cambiano, Italy.
