Birdcage 75th
MASERATI BIRDCAGE 75th: A YEAR OF ACCOLADES ROUND THE WORLD
The fantastic Pininfarina concept car celebrates a year as leading player at the most elite international prizes.
Assignment of the prestigious Louis Vuitton Classic Concept Award marks the end of a fantastic year for the Maserati Birdcage 75th, a prototype developed by Pininfarina to celebrate its 75 years of business, reviving the storied theme of the dream car and seamlessly integrating exclusive design, sports DNA and technological innovation.
The Birdcage 75th carried off the elite Louis Vuitton Award, assigned to the maximum expression functioning prototype amongst those presented at major international Motor Shows during the year, for the following reason: “Celebrating the cooperation between Maserati, Motorola and Pininfarina, the Birdcage 75th is both a high level concept car integrating the most modern technologies and a fascinating dream car as was imagined in the Sixties”.
The Birdcage 75th carried off the elite Louis Vuitton Award, assigned to the maximum expression functioning prototype amongst those presented at major international Motor Shows during the year, for the following reason: “Celebrating the cooperation between Maserati, Motorola and Pininfarina, the Birdcage 75th is both a high level concept car integrating the most modern technologies and a fascinating dream car as was imagined in the Sixties”.
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At its debut at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show, this extraordinary prototype already carried off the “Best Concept” prize of the Editors’ Choice Awards assigned by Autoweek, the leading American car magazine with the following motivation: ”Birdcage 75th is pure unadulterated passion. The Pininfarina concept car also embodies the spirit of the Geneva Show. Birdcage 75th is precisely what Americans expect from an independent design house such as Pininfarina which has now become a myth”.
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In July, it made its world driving debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed participating in the Supercar Run and enchanting more than 150,000 spectators. The Birdcage 75th also took front stage in August 2005 when Pininfarina celebrated its 75th anniversary at the 55th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California where it took its place on the podium strutting its stuff between two wings of the public present at the event.
The world tour of the prototype then continued with a stopover at the Tokyo Motor Show where the Japanese press finally had a chance to admire the Birdcage 75th on the Maserati stand.
In October 2005, the International Jury of the “L’Automobile più Bella del Mondo” award assigned the Birdcage 75th a Special Prize for the quality of the concept car motivating this as follows: “With this Maserati, Pininfarina, reviving a famous model of the early Sixties of the Tridente, imposes its commanding, future-looking innovative style”.
Then, back to America for a roster of Motorola events from Las Vegas to Miami and another appearance before the American public at the Los Angeles Motor Show.
The Birdcage 75th wound up its world tour returning to Europe where it was awarded the Louis Vuitton prize in Paris, marking the end of a year spangled with success for this splendid Pininfarina concept car.
The world tour of the prototype then continued with a stopover at the Tokyo Motor Show where the Japanese press finally had a chance to admire the Birdcage 75th on the Maserati stand.
In October 2005, the International Jury of the “L’Automobile più Bella del Mondo” award assigned the Birdcage 75th a Special Prize for the quality of the concept car motivating this as follows: “With this Maserati, Pininfarina, reviving a famous model of the early Sixties of the Tridente, imposes its commanding, future-looking innovative style”.
Then, back to America for a roster of Motorola events from Las Vegas to Miami and another appearance before the American public at the Los Angeles Motor Show.
The Birdcage 75th wound up its world tour returning to Europe where it was awarded the Louis Vuitton prize in Paris, marking the end of a year spangled with success for this splendid Pininfarina concept car.
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