Services | Wind Tunnel

The Center is active in the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic field, mainly on full-scale passenger cars, using its own automotive wind tunnel.
The purpose of this Website is to give general information on the measurement techniques developed and used by Pininfarina in its own Research Center, for the flow analysis and the aerodynamics and aeoracoustics development of the new vehicles.

WIND TUNNEL

ACTIVITIES

The Pininfarina Wind Tunnel 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 link for potho gallery)

AERODYNAMICS AND AEROACUSTICS OF VEICHLES

LOW-DRAG RESEARCH CARS

INDUSTRIAL VEHICLES (1:2.5 to 1:5 scale models)

COMPONENTS (open roofs, soft-tops, internal flows, radiators, ski-racks..)

WIND ENGINEERING, SPORT AND OTHER

BUILDINGS (1:100 scale models)

INDISTRIAL FACILITIES (1:100 scale models)

WIND TUNNEL

CONTACTS

Galleria del Vento

Via Ferrero 1,

10095 Grugliasco (Torino)

wt@pininfarina.it