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A rendering of the 1,900 hp Battista hypercar sporting a livery that comes from the collaboration between Automobili Pininfarina and Magnus Walker.
Magnus Walker (left) and Davide Amantea, chief design officer for Automobili Pininfarina, discuss the collaborative Battista's livery.
Amantea and his team were tasked with turning Walker's stylistic concepts into reality.
Walker was given a scale model of the car to work with.
Walker began 'doing basic line drawings' on the Battista using vinyl tape.
Automobili Pininfarina's Davide Amantea describes the final product as embodying 'Irreverent Elegance.'
Magnus Walker and Davide Amantea discuss the collaboration in front of a small group of Pininfarina's prospective clients and invited guests.
A rendering of the collaborative Battista's cockpit.
On the interior, specially embroidered Poltrona Frau leather covers the seat backs and bottoms, while a custom turquoise-plaid textile inlay provides the headrests with a brilliant pop of color.
A color-blocked motif, inspired by scannable bar codes, covers the roof and extends to a custom carbon-fiber panel at the rear.
A rendering of the Pininfarina Battista with Magnus Walker's livery, a car that will eventually be sold to an as-yet-unidentified customer.
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