Production-ready Pininfarina Battista makes debut

Automobili Pininfarina has rolled out the final production-spec version of its upcoming pure-electric Pininfarina Battista hypercar at the Monterey Car Week festival in the US.

Described by the famous stylist as the "most powerful road-legal Italian car ever built", the Battista hypercar makes its debut more than two years after the first concept was revealed at the 2019 Geneva motor show.

Set to battle it out with both the Lotus Evija and the Rimac Nevera, the battery-powered, quad-motor Battista churns out a mighty 1416kW of power and an unbelievable 2300Nm of torque.

Claimed to sprint to 100km/h in less than 2.0 seconds, on its way to a top speed of around 350km/h, the Battista has an advanced pure-electric powertrain that's been co-developed with Rimac.

It includes a large 120kWh battery that provides a range of up to 500km and can be charged at up to 180kW.

Already confirmed for Australia and New Zealand, each model will be priced here from a cool $3.5 million.

Just 150 will be made, but each will be offered with an astonishing 128 million exterior/interior colour combinations that are claimed to tap into Pininfarina’s 91-year heritage of coachbuilding.

At the Californian car show, Pininfarina revealed the Battista Anniversario – one of just five examples of an ultra-limited special-edition which features exposed carbon-fibre bodywork, polished forged alloy wheels and black leather/blue Alcantara seats that combine with an interior 'Jewellery Pack' with extra brushed aluminium anodised black metal touches.

As part of its reveal, visitors and potential buyers at the Monterey Car Week will be given the chance to experience the special soundscape that's created for the pure-electric hypercar.

Said to be the work of famous Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi, the soundtrack to the Pininfarina driving experience was specifically tailored to the Battista and is claimed to "radiate the beauty of [the] Battista's design both inside and out".

At the US car show Pininfarina announced that first customer deliveries of the Battista were scheduled to begin later this year. There's no word on how many of the 150 cars to be produced are still available to buy.