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Alfa’s designed 20 years ago still look stunning today 🍀🇮🇹🤩

As a car guy and lover of abandoned buildings this was very enjoyable to watch. Also very informative and nicely edited! What great cars where made here!

It truly breaks my heart to see all this production equipment - super high tech for its day - going to waste.

As a massive car nut it was great to see the inner workings of such a pivotal company in 80's and 90's car design. It's just a shame that we're seeing fewer and fewer marques making use of their bold designs today

As an Italian this breaks my heart

Same thing happened in Australia 🇦🇺 we lost ford, Holden, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota and Leyland since 1980.

I love Pinninfarina designs. I am not Italian, I am Polish. I have 2014 Vovlo S60 and 2016 Maserati Gran Turismo both designed by Pinninfarinia. I love Italian cars, food and culture. The arts, the music, the craftsmanship!

My Cadillac Allanté #2617 in 1987 came from there. Thank you for making this video.

I wanna learn about the chair leg heist. Like someone broke in, saw that robot and all that equipment and thought. “We gotta steal all those chair legs”.

It's always sad to see this kind of abandoned facilities, doesn't matter if it's an old factory,an old hotel or amusement parks, just to see places once full of life and people rotting away, touches something inside.

Proud to be an owner of a gorgeous Brera in rosso red with just 22,000 miles. Been with me for 10 years and I am still in love with its looks and charm.

I had a tour round this place back in 1994 (??), at that point there were Fiat Coupes, Ferrari 456GTs and Peugeot Convertibles all on the same production line seemingly at random, this was followed by a trip round part of the test track in a 16V Turbo Fiat Coupe, so sad to see it now but thanks for showing it !!

The history with Cadillac goes way back to 1959-60 where they did exactly same thing as the Atlante model,though in a smaller scale ,building 200 Eldorado Broughams bodys and fly them to Detroit for final assembly. Crazy expensive ,but still with a great loss ,it was more important to show with extreme models who was the leader in the luxury car field in those days

I love these kind of videos especially being a car guy , it’s just amazing how the thieves grab the coppers yet leave the millions of dollars robots untouched.

Nostalgia is one thing, but the ownership costs & reliability of owning Italian automotive art 🎨 is why it happened.

As a south African this too breaks my heart.

Seat bases can be sold for scrap iron / steel. The plastic has no value. It would be nice if the office area could be restored and act as a museum for the company. They could also clean up the production lines and display some of the recent models produced there.

This has been happening, for decades In the US.. I recently lost my manufacturing job.. so I really feel for the workers ...😢

Amazing to see a detailed video of the place my car was built 20 years ago

I had the chance to drive an Allante back when it was in production. It was an amazing car compared to anything made in America, especially during that era.

I had a 406 Coupe brand new when released here in the UK, so its interesting to see where it was made.

I love Italian cars so very much. This is so very sad to see. I wish that the cars that were sitting outside were sold instead of being scraped. Pininfarina has reached legendary status amongst many European car fans. Thank you.

* Great Mission Guys ! Such a shame. The EB Bugatti plant is another beautiful state of the art plant left to rot. We have many abandoned plants here it Detroit too. Packard, Dodge Main, Chrysler Lynch Road etc. Most have met the wrecking ball others to follow. 😔

Not to beat a dead horse but as an American, a car lover, a Testarossa owner, and an owner of a shop here in Massachusetts, the site of this breaks my heart as well. The whole property, the test track, all those beautiful, super expensive machines that are worth untold millions. Someone like myself would love to take a few of those tools home!! And to hear that it’s been vandalized since this video makes it even worse!! So sad. They scrapped all those cars?? I could cry. Anyway, side note, Pininfarina is still in operation, they are a pretty large and very successful design firm still in operation today. So, that’s one nice thing to know. I don’t know when they last designed a car, but I know they are designing other item. Oddly enough, I noticed that familiar logo on a fancy Coke machine recently. I can tell you it is the sexiest coke machine I have ever seen!! Check out their website, but yes, they have done some beautiful cars back in the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Iconic cars like the Testarossa, 328, and even the Cadillac Alante. All very sexy vehicles. Ok, I’ll cut this off as I could go on for days. Great video as sad as it is.

In the UK the sites of the historic industries (ship building, coal mines, steel, large manufacturing etc) have been eradicated so you wouldnt know they ever existed. Usually replaced by souless housing or retail/distribution.

the building is surprisingly bright with just natural light, good design

Very sad to see any factory abandoned, but one with such heritage is even worse to me.

Sometimes even being good at what you do isn't enough. The 406 Coupé and Brera* were beautiful attainable cars, but forces above that level intervened. Thankfully Pininfarina itself goes on. *the Brera Spider was also designed by Pininfarina, but ironically the original Coupé is actually a Giugiaro design, so I'm surprised to learn that Pininfarina manufactured that version as well!

I happen to own a 406 Coupé, so it it very interesting to see what the factory where my car was built looks like nowadays. After four years of ownership, I can safely say that San Giorgio Canavese made some high quality Automobiles (in 2000)

It breaks the heart to see such waste, if only someone could start that great factory up again.

This is deeply deeply unsettling for me to watch. Its insane that all this equipment can't be used for anything, at all. It's also extremely inspiring, imagining all the things that could be built there. All the money that building and hardware represents, just sitting, circles me back to unsettled.

The Peugeot 406 coupe is beautiful 😍 So sad to see a big part of one of my favorite car brands (Peugeot) disappear

That brera is a fine looking car.

Being a former Shop owner that enjoyed working on Italian Vehicles in American and a big fan of Abandoned Documentary series I must say this is the saddest documentary I have viewed yet amazingly filled with incredible information. Thank You for your efforts in this production.

The Peugeot was a beautiful car. Great video 👍

The Peugeot 406 Coupé I owned 10 years ago was likely built here. It's a a shame the factory closed :(

You forgot that they also built the true “poor man’s Ferrari” or “baby Ferrari” - Fiat Coupe, in that factory.

seeing a parking lot full of Alfas rotting away almost makes me cry

Mate, an old Brit here, just found your site and watched the Fiat factory in Sicily.. These are amazing, important and historic records of Italy’s fantastic industrial heritage. In the past, I’ve owned a Lancia Trevi and Alfa 147. Both are seared in the heart with love ❤️ 🚗 💨 🇬🇧

The Peugeot 406 coupé... what a beautiful machine made for the common man.

I have both opened new factories ( super exciting and super stressful ) and closed ones that were no longer needed ( usually depressing because they mark the end of an era,… and job losses). But I never left a factory looking like this. Typically all equipment would have been sold, auctioned off, or sent to the recycler. The building would have been brought back to a state where it could be sold or leased,… hopefully to another job creator.

Sad story, nice tour thanks allot

There is a video on KZfaq with Andreas Pininfarina showing off the Cadillac Allante at the Birmingham NEC Motor Show in 1986. The title of the video is: 1986 Motor Show - Highlights - Birmingham NEC. Uploaded by MontyMotorsport and the timestamp is 33:32.

Awesome content, I feel and share your pain of the loss of such an historical part of car manufacturing history. Much like Pininfarina, here in Australia we had the mighty Holden car manufacturer. Decades upon decades of history unfortunately came to an end on the 20th October 2017.

Never tell people about an abandoned location. Before you know it there will be nothing left of the place

As a car "nerd" i do love seeing half finished cars. And one of thesenwould be an amazing project for a automotive restoration channel to take on. But Its also kindof depressing to see

As a 2002 406 Coupe owner (since 2009), this video is absolutely fantastic. Lovely seeing where my car was made!

I've been in many car factories, running and empty, that was a nice one.

One of many casualties of the global car market trending towards increased consolidation. That includes design and manufacturing being done in-house instead of by specialist companies like Pininfarina.

That abandoned Brera Spider breaks my heart 😢

As a kid I lusted after these beautiful designs and what drove me into an enthusiast. Without these talented auto designers, we are left with SUVs and the like, that resemble melted-down soap bars.

Those Comau robots are still really expensive piece of machine for many modern car factories, its very sad to see how this iconic car designer ended up

They should try turn that area into a museum

So sad to see a great company die.

This is definitely the nicest abandoned car factory I've seen

Very cool walk around , sad to see the end of the car factory’s , should save some off those pictures as they will rot or be destroyed , a piece of history

Very insightful exploration. You seem to really do your research and explain everything very clearly.

Love the amount of history you added in while showing the current state! Definitely subbed

I have a Alfa 156 GTA 3.2 V6, I will be keeping it as one of the best "Ferrari's" missed opportunity !

Those wheel multiples are worth a lot. Surprised that no one dismounted them and sold them.

i have that car 406 coupe by pininfarina.. love it good looking car.. and it looks even better if you put bigger 18 inch wheels and tires and lower it 2 inches..

Probably where they made the Fiat Coupe too. The Peugeot 406 Coupe was designed by Pininfarena but rejected by Fiat who designed it in-house but gave it to them to make.

Had a 406 coupè, absolutely loved it!!

Incredible video - just incredible! Thank you! Subscribed.

Such a shame. The most innovative and exciting design house ever to come from Italy, just destroyed by market forces. There will never be an equal to this company again, as the costs associated with low volume design and development would no longer be justifiable. I know the bean counters only consider the costs, but no one considers the heritage and beauty of Italian design.

the san giorgio canavese plant the place where my beloved alfa brera was built, Ah I wanted sooo bad to see those prototypes, those notes, how a small scale production was handled.

With the obvious value of a facility this enormous, it's ludicrous the company wouldn't spend a paltry sum to safeguard the premises. In the UK, large and/or historically significant buildings are rented at very low cost to caretakers in exchange for keeping our vandals and looters.

It is great to see these kind of video's but unfortunately there are always people of opportunity out there that once viewed they track them down and remove anything valuable and often trash the places after. Although it is great to see them, sometimes I wish they could be just left or at least preserved in their original state

A sad end to such an iconic factory. Greetings from Australia. 👍 😀

i cant explain how much i love your videos

Perfect example that by far not every development is an improvement!!!! Soooooo sad. Industrial jobs are the most important onces. Once they are gone, they are almost impossible to be replaced. I hope that once again there will be cars produced in this renovated factory!!

It’s amazing that the company didn’t auction or sell the contents of the factory. The items would be put to good use and the company would recover some money. (Robots and production equipment, furniture, tools, etc.)

if there's still parts to put together a Brera/Spyder I think I'll go there and help myself

Wow this is amazing incredible footage and again thankyou for your hard work 😊❤🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🤝🍺🍻

Great video but very sad also 😞😞

This is so sad as Cadillac Allante was beautiful and so far ahead of its time and so under appreciated now it’s just a sad memory 😢 even after all these years the Allante looks and style remained truly iconic

If you get a chance Visit the Holden Factory 🏭 Sad the way Great places are treated then demolished and forgotten.

Great video! As a car lover, it's very interesting.

Zo duidelijk een Nederlander joh hee :-)

What a Gem 💎 New subscriber! Great work very impressive!

The tech nerd in me would want to get that stuff running just to play with it. Imagine the fun things you could do with that robot.

should be turned in to a museum for pininfaria cars

Great!! I live 1 hour from the factory and I have a Brera. I need to visit..

I owned the 3.0V6 coupe. I miss that car and will buy another one day. 👍🇬🇧

good upload thanks

I had a 406 coupé, great car but it was a nightmare to find spare parts.

Great video, those images speak volumes.

BRAVO ! - Sehr gute Reportage ! - Danke. .

Use to Travis Pastrana's gymcana.

I bought my red 1993 Allante with the Northstar System (engine, transmission, drivetrain) in 2021. It's a beautiful beautiful car with great performance!! Best investment I ever made in a Classic Car, and I have five Classic Cars: (1964-1/2 red Mustang convertible with all original body panels, 1982 red Camaro SC with T-Tops, 1986 red Corvette convertible that I bought new and now has only 850 miles, 1988 red Fiero GT with T-Tops, and the 1993 Allante). I paid $10,000 for the used but pristine Allante in 2021. The Allante is a fine, fine, fine car at any price. Compared to the junk that's being sold today, it should be valued for at least $75,000 in terms of quality of design, performance, workmanship, etc. I suggest that anybody who views this video run out and buy one today!! You will not be sorry!!

Interesting and sad at the same time

As a 306 cabriolet and a 406 coupé owner, loved this intersting vidéo !

"The new Allanté" @3:50 How many others couldn't help but see Kelly Bundy and the Bundy bounce? 😂

Cool story 👍

good work

The amount of natural light in there is crazy.

I believe my Lancia Gamma Coupé was built there too.

Well Pininfarina is still active making their own car

in the same factories, they were produced also some Ford and Mitsubishi models for the European market today there remains a much smaller factory where the Pininfarina Battista is built every year factories close throughout Europe to move production first to Eastern countries then to Asia and now also to Africa manufacturers are looking for increasingly convenient places to produce and I end up impoverishing those regions that lived from this plus they have been paying taxes in some tax haven for years