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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina - aerodynamic and quite different

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Created on February 19, 2023

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Bruno von Rotz

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - with exemplary low cd value

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Pininfarina wind tunnel

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - in the Pininfarina wind tunnel

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - wind tunnel test, not yet with the final wheels

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - quite wide at 1.92 meters

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - with extended airbrakes

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - generously glazed passenger cabin

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - Wind tunnel study

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - front view

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - with the tires for the eighties from Pirelli

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - less than 1.2 meters high

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - Airflow through the front

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - Air duct on the flank

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - Air duct at the rear

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - on the Pininfarina stand at the 1974 Turin Motor Show

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - with voluminous and aerodynamically used front bumper, seen in Turin 1974

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - with headlights folded out, seen in Turin 1974

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - the exhaust gases escape in front of the rear wheels, seen in Turin 1974

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - wide rear lights, seen at the 1974 Turin Motor Show

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - interior fitted with fabric, seen in Turin 1974

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Ferrari Pininfarina Cr 25 (1974) - aerodynamic study with very low drag coefficient - Geneva Motor Show 1975

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Ferrari Studio Cr 25 Pininfarina (1974) - later photo by Schlegelmilch for Pininfarina

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Ferrari 365 GTC 4 (1971) - 2+2 Coupé with Pininfarina design

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Ferrari 365 GTC4 Coupé (1971) - Silhouette of this Pininfarina design close to the Daytona

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Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 (1972) - classic Pininfarina elegance in the four-seater Ferrari

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Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 (1972) - Pininfarina design, the three rear lights were typical stylistic elements of the time

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Ferrari 365 GT/4 BB (1971) - a captivating shape and perhaps one of the most beautiful designs from Pininfarina

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Ferrari BB (1971) - the twelve-cylinder Ferrari engine

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Summary

In 1974, aerodynamic drag and low fuel consumption were a major issue due to the energy crisis. It is doubtful whether Pininfarina's proposal for a sports car with a low drag coefficient and compact silhouette, but with a Ferrari twelve-cylinder engine under the hood, hit the mark. But the car was certainly interesting, even though few people remember it today. This report takes a look at the history of the streamlined four-seater Ferrari prototype and shows it in pictures, some of which have never been published before.

This article contains the following chapters

Presentation at the Turin Motor Show
Contrasts
Ferrari technology
Sophisticated aerodynamics
Innovative detailed solutions
Tires of the future?
Digital interior
Few appearances

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It was already known before the Second World War that there was a direct correlation between air resistance and the achievable driving performance, as well as the fuel consumption values produced. Wind tunnel tests were carried out on car models as early as the 1950s, but it was quite a while before the effects of aerodynamics could be measured and tested on full-size cars themselves. Pininfarina had already carried out initial project studies in the mid-sixties in collaboration with the Polytechnic of Turin and the Augsburg-based company Pfister Waagen AG, but it was not until 1970 that construction work on the building could begin.

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