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Stabilimenti Farina

Stabilimenti Farina was a Turin coachbuilder founded by Giovanni Farina, elder brother of Battista "Pinin" Farina. It bodied Lancia, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Hispano-Suiza and early Ferrari chassis before closing in the early 1950s.1,2

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1906Founded

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Key facts

Founded
19061 Independently researched
Founder
Giovanni Farina1,2 Independently researched
Headquarters
Corso Tortona 12, Turin, Italy1 Independently researched
Status
1952 (operations suspended; renamed SAIO and bankrupt in 1953)1 Independently researched

History

Stabilimenti Farina was established in Turin in 1906 under the name of Giovanni Farina, with his younger brother Battista "Pinin" Farina also involved until leaving in 1930 to found his own firm. Based at Corso Tortona 12, it bodied Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Itala, Isotta-Fraschini, Hispano-Suiza and Rolls-Royce chassis and won concours prizes in the 1920s and 1930s, including with the Lancia Dilambda in 1930. After the war it built bodies for Cisitalia and Ferrari 166 and 212 Inter chassis. Operations were suspended in 1952 and the firm, renamed SAIO in 1953, went bankrupt that year.

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Milestones

  1. 1906
    Stabilimenti Farina founded at Corso Tortona 12, Turin.1
  2. 1952
    Operations suspended; the company went bankrupt in 1953 after renaming to SAIO.1

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

  1. 1
    Stabilimenti Farina Level D Carrozzieri Italiani
    • Founding year 1906
    • Operations suspended in 1952; renamed SAIO in 1953
    • Giovanni Farina the central figure; Societa Anonima Stabilimenti Industriali Giovanni Farina
    • Corso Tortona 12, Turin
    • Operations suspended in 1952; renamed SAIO in 1953, then bankrupt
    • 1906 founding, marques bodied, Villa d'Este 1930, Ferrari 166/212 Inter, closure 1952-53
    Accessed 2026-11-13
  2. 2
    Death of an Artist (Motor Sport, September 1957, page teaser) Level C Motor Sport Magazine
    • Giovanni Farina founder of a famous Italian coachbuilding firm (teaser)
    • Giovanni Farina as founder of the firm (page teaser only)
    Accessed 2026-11-13

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