Ferrari 500 Mondial Pinin Farina Coupe '54

The Ferrari 500 Mondial Pinin Farina Coupe '54 is a road car produced by Ferrari. It first appears in Gran Turismo 7.
The car that appears in-game is the CN.0422MD, winner of the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Gran Turismo Award.
==Colors==
There is only one color available for this vehicle:
*CN.0422MD (Blue)
==Description==
For some years after its establishment in 1947, now-legendary Ferrari would only develop and produce the chassis and engines of its cars, while outsourcing production of the exterior bodies to other Carrozzerias. The 500 Mondial produced in 1953 is a car from that era, and the model's most famous body style is the Barchetta, designed by Pinin Farina,Written as one word ("Pininfarina"); the company was known as "Pinin Farina" (two words) prior to 1961 who also produced two special coupe bodies for the model. These were called the 500 Mondial Pinin Farina Coupe, built to participate in the 1954 Tour de France Automobile. 
The 500 Mondial is an extreme sports car, as were many Ferraris of that era, powered by a detuned F2 race car engine that dominated the 1952 and 1953 Grands Prix. The '500' stands for the engine's per-cylinder displacement within the lightweight DOHC 2.0-liter inline-4, designed by Aurelio Lampredi. Although detuned, it manages to squeeze out 167.6 HP from just 1985 cc. The powerplant is mounted in a small, lightweight steel tube space frame and connected to an advanced de Dion axle. 
The name Mondial loosely translates to "World," and it was given to the car in commemoration of the Grand Prix victory by Alberto Ascari. Unfortunately, the Pinin Farina Coupe was unable to complete the Tour de France Automobile, but one of these cars still exists in its pristine original condition, never once undergoing a restoration. It received the Gran Turismo Award at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance. 
=== Café Conversations (GT7) ===
==== Hideo Kodama ====
The classical proportions and simple shape without needless frills make this car essentially a sculpture. Until then, carrozzerie such as Vignale, Ghia and Zagato produced Ferrari bodies. In the mid-1950s, the association with Pininfarina deepened, and their work together increased. This is a product from that time period. It's powered by a 4-cylinder engine, which is mounted well back... allowing for a long hood and the cabin's placement right in front of the rear wheels.
==Acquisition==
==Trivia==
*An entry for the car (as Ferrari 500 Mondial Pinin Farina Coupe CN.0422MD '54; GT7 moves chassis numbers to its original body color field) can be found in GT6's files, although it did not make it to that game.Gran Turismo 6/Cars on The Cutting Room Floor This suggests that the car's inclusion was originally meant to be for that game, but was instead moved to GT7 (it had also missed GT Sport).
==Notes==
Category:GT7 Cars
Category:Ferrari Cars
Category:1950s automobiles
Category:Coupes
Category:Pebble Beach Gran Turismo Award Winners
Category:Legend Cars