R.I.P Andrea Pininfarina

Andrea Pininfarina died Thursday in a road accident near the northern Italian city of Turin. Pininfarina was driving a scooter along a provincial highway when he struck a car whose driver failed to stop at an intersection.

Pininfarina, 51, was the third generation to run Pininfarina SpA, founded in 1930 by his grandfather Battista "Pinin" Farina - who combined his nickname and last name to create the company's name and new family name.

Pininfarina SpA has designed cars for Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Cadillac and Volvo, among many others, but is perhaps most closely associated with Ferrari, designing nearly all of Ferrari's models since the 1950s. They include the convertibles California Spider and Daytona Spider.

Andrea Pininfarina took over as CEO in 2001, and in 2006 also became chairman of the board of directors, a position previously held by his father, Sergio Pininfarina, who is a senator for life in the Italian parliament.

via CNN.com