1980 Ferrari Pinin Concept Car.

One-off Ferrari Pinin is a concept car created by Pininfarina. Discussed by Enzo Ferrari as being turned into a production model, the proposal was dropped and the car remained a singular concept model, the first 4-door Ferrari ever built.

The prototype was created by designer Leonardo Fioravanti, on a donor Ferrari 400GT chassis. The car included a flat 12 cylinder engine, mated to the shell of a five-speed manual gearbox. Pinin was unveiled by Sergio Pininfarina at the 1980 Turin Auto Show.

The Pinin Ferrari would have been competing against the quality of experienced luxury sedan manufacturers including BMW, Mercedes-Benz and even Rolls-Royce.

In the mid-1980s the Pinin was sold to Jacques Swaters, a Belgian racing driver turned businessman and car collector.

After being displayed at the 2005 Essen Motor Show to celebrate Pininfarina's 75th anniversary, the car was sold in 2008 for 176000 Euros.

The new owner send the Pinin to former Ferrari chief engineer Mauro Forghieri's firm Oral Engineering with the brief to make it a running vehicle.

The Oral Engineering team made multiple modifications to the Pinin, installing a flat 12 cylinder engine from a Ferrari 512BB as well as other components either taken from other Ferrari models or custom-made. In order to fit the engine, the chassis was modified and strengthened. The original engine mounts were moved up and forward. The conversion process took approximately 1.5 years.

In July 2015, the Pinin was listed for sale on Hemmings.com with an asking price of US$795000.

The car is currently owned by Ferrari collector Prof. Dr. Anthony Nobles in California. The Nobles Family Automotive Museum makes the occasional drive down Pacific Coast Highway.