The Dream Auto Exhibition was held from September 19th through November 23rd of 2008 in Turin, Italy as a tribute to the memory of the late Andrea Pininfarina. The exhibition hosted 54 examples of conceptual and one-off designs, including fully functioning automobiles, scale models, sketches, and drawings.
Organized into 12 galleries that lead viewers in a chronological journey, the exhibition layout started from the relaunch of the coachbuilding industry after the Second World War, through to the rise of Ghia, Bertone and Pininfarina and culminating with the latest creations shown at Geneva that year. The Exhibition featured 54 full-size prototypes and mock-ups on display, including scale models, original sketches and drawings from the various design studios.
An entire hall was given to the still-stunning 1955 Ghia Gilda Streamline X penned by Giovanni Savonuzzi, one of the first engineer/stylists to study the use of dorsal fins to increase the stability of automobiles. Named in honor of the American actress Rita Hayworth, it remains as an emblem of the carefree optimism of that period returned to it’s birthplace of Turin fully restored, and currently resides in Scott Grundfor’s collection in California.
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Exhibition Highlights
Exhibition Floor Tour
1500B.C. Egyptian Dream Chariot
da Vinci’s Car
1769 Cugnots Car
Steam Powered Tricycle
1935 Monaco Rossi Racing Car
1947/1945 Fiats
1953 B.A.T. 5, 1954 B.A.T. 7 and 1955 B.A.T. 9 Concepts
1954 8V Demon Rouge Fiat Vignale
1954 Fiat M-1000 Prototype
1954 Fiat Turbina
1955 Ghia Gilda Streamline X
1956 Fiat M-1000 Prototype
1956 Modello di Forma Pura
1963 Testudo Chevrolet Corvair Bertone
1966 Manta Bizzarini Italdesign
1967 Alfa Romeo Bertone Montreal Expo Prototype
1968 Carabo Alfa Romeo 33 Bertone
1970 Lancia Bertone Stratos Prototype
1970 Pininfarina Modulo
1971 Alfa Romeo Pininfarina P33 Cuneo
1973 X1-23 Fiat Electric City Car
1978 CNR Pininfarina
1991 Nazca M12 BMW Italdesign
1992 Italdesign Machimoto
1993 Fiat Down
1994 Bertone Zer
1994 Fioravanti Sensiva
1995 Honda Pininfarina Argento Vivo
2001 Citroën Pininfarina Osee
2005 Maserati Pininfarina Birdcage 75th
2006 Veicolo da Record Mollino Stola Model
2008 Fioravanti Hidra
2008 Idea Institute Era
2008 Phylla CRF E Scuole Photovoltaic Electric Car
2008 Pininfarina Sintesi
2008 Toyota Italdesign Giugiaro Quaranta
Magic Trick Mini Car
Urban Computer Car
Swarovski Crystal Aerospace
Informational Wall and Placard Displays
Other Models and Displays
Dream Auto Show Hall, Interior and Exterior
Drawings, Historical Photos and Other Graphics
Dream Auto Show Guide Book
