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The Volvo C70 is short and low but relatively wide. Its proportions and design were chosen to give the car a powerful profile. In order to ensure harmonious lines both with and without the roof, Volvo's designers decided to first draw the Volvo C70 as a coupe. Only after they were satisfied with the result did they make the necessary adjustments to create a convertible out of the finished design.

2009 Volvo C70: A three-piece retractable hardtop transforms the Volvo C70 from coupe to convertible at the touch of a button

Highlights new for the 2009 Volvo C70 (some systems and functions are optional):
* Exterior rear emblem with increased space between the letters
* Rear spoiler

Turin, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 -- The Board of Directors of Pininfarina S.p.A. met this morning for the first time since the tragic demise of Andrea Pininfarina, to whom his brother Paolo Pininfarina paid homage with the following opening remarks:

Pininfarina Nido, a prototype in safety research which had its world preview at the Paris Motor Show in 2004, has won one of ADI’s most prestigious awards

Turin, Thursday, 26 June 2008 -- Pininfarina is proud to announce that the International Jury of the 21st ADI Compasso d’Oro Award has selected the concept car Pininfarina Nido for the ADI Compasso d’Oro Award in the section dedicated to projects which anticipate new trends in transportation design.

Pininfarina Nido

“Pininfarina Hyperion” is based on a Rolls Royce Drophead Coupè and is an homage to the great pre-war cars

Turin, Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Pininfarina is proud to announce the unveiling of a new Special Project carrozzeria during Pebble Beach Concours, August 2008.

Pininfarina Hyperion

The project, named “Pininfarina Hyperion”, is based on a Rolls Royce Drophead Coupè and is an homage to the great pre war cars. Its style, size and overall presence is truly unique in modern day car production, firmly rooted in the history and heritage of the two Brands at the core of the project.

The Data, In Line With The Industrial Plan, Confirm The Turnaround In The Group’s Operating Performance: EBITDA In The Black And EBIT Loss Halved Compared With The First Quarter Of 2007

Turin, Monday, May 12, 2008 – The Board of Directors of Pininfarina S.p.A., meeting today under the chairmanship of Andrea Pininfarina, approved the Report on the Group’s Operations in the First Quarter of 2008.

EBITDA represent the profit or loss from operations before depreciation, amortization and additions to provisions.

EBIT represent the profit or loss from operations.

Tata has expressed interest in participating Pininfarina’s planned capital increase

Turin, April 24, 2008 – Pininfarina intends to establish a Research, Design and Engineering Centre in Pune, India within the end of 2008. Pininfarina and Tata have signed a Letter of Intent wherein Tata will support this Centre in India with contracts and participate with a minority interest. Pininfarina will be the majority shareholder with management responsibility.

- World preview of three new models designed and developed by Pininfarina for Brilliance and JAC
- Chery A3 Jiaoche and the Chery A3 YunDong, which soon go into production, will also be on display

Turin, Friday, April 18, 2008 -- Pininfarina will be holding the world debut of three cars designed for some of its Chinese clients at the Beijing Motor Show: the Brilliance Junjie station wagon, the JAC A108 and the JAC A107.

The A3 Jiaoche and the A3 YunDong, which were designed and developed by Pininfarina, and will soon go into production, will be on display on the Chery stand.

Pininfarina was the first Italian company to supply design and engineering services to the growing Chinese motor industry, back in 1996.

Sergio Pininfarina inducted into the European Automotive Hall of Fame

Turin, February 29, 2008 - Three years after the Birdcage 75th, Pininfarina returns with the Sintesi, a new concept car that explores ideas and solutions for the car of the future. A number of cars have their world première on the stands of Pininfarina clients: the new Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet, the Alfa Spider Model Year 2008 and the Maserati Granturismo S.

“The Sintesi is not only a testament to the creativeness of our design team,” declared Andrea Pininfarina, Chairman and CEO of the Group, “but it reiterates our historical ability to anticipate stylistic and technological solutions that we will see in the cars of the future.”

Turin,Friday, December 14 2007 – The agreement establishing application for Pininfarina of the Special Unemployment Benefits Fund, under waiver, for 12 months starting from January 2 2008, and which will involve all Company units, was sealed yesterday with the Trade Unions at the Region of Piedmont.

According to a further agreement – as already announced during the meeting with Trade Union Representatives on November 29 last – the period in which a worker mobility procedure may be applied, already envisaged in the agreement signed last year, has been extended from December 31 2007 to December 31 2008.

Turin, Friday, December 14, 2007 -- Pininfarina is proud to announce the unveiling of a new concept at the next Geneva Motor Show in March, 2008. This exciting new car will be named “Sintesi”.

“Sintesi” is the result of the Pininfarina Design Department, under the direction since last August by Lowie Vermeersch, the 33 year old Design Director with almost ten years experience at Pininfarina. Assisting him are Vice Directors Guglielmo Cartia and Fabrizio Valentini and chief designers Jason Castriota, Giovanni Piccardo, Goran Popovic and Giuseppe Randazzo.

“Three years ago we unveiled Birdcage 75th, our last prototype. Together with our new concept Sintesi we would like to anticipate new car design trends” says Andrea Pininfarina, Chairman and CEO Pininfarina S.p.A.