Fields of activity

The Pininfarina Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Research Center has been, since 1972, a Center of Excellence for research and development in the field of  aerodynamics and aeroacoustics. Modern facilities and advanced measuring techniques are available to support research work.

The main fields of activity of the Research Center are the following (click on images for photo gallery):

Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics of Vehicles

Passenger Cars Two Wheels Vehicles (motorcycles, bikes) High-Speed Trains (1:5 to 1:7.5 scale models)

Racing Cars Aircrafts (scale models) Components (open roofs, soft-tops, internal flows, radiators, ski-racks…)

Low-drag Research Cars Industrial Vehicles (1:2.5 to 1:5 scale models)

Wind Engineering, Sport and Other

Buildings (1:100 scale models) Sport Goods (golf clubs, tennis rackets, etc.)

Industrial Facilities (1:100 scale models) Sport Champions

Bridges (1:30 scale models)