Andrea Pininfarina, head of a world-famous Italian car design group, has been killed in a road accident.
Mr Pininfarina was riding a scooter which was hit by a car on the outskirts of Turin early on Thursday.
He was 51.
He was chief executive officer of the family firm Pininfarina, which has designed sports cars for Ferrari, Maserati, Volvo and Fiat.
He was the grandson of Battista Pininfarina, who founded the firm in Turin in 1930.
Andrea's father Sergio Pininfarina, 81, is the company's honorary chairman.
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The firm recorded a net loss of 114.9m euros (Ј91m; $178m) last year.
(BBC)
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