Born in Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy on October 30, 1906. Nicknamed “Nino”, Farina was the son of Giovanni Farina who had established Stabilimente Farina, a bodywork shop in Turin, the industrial city where much of Italy’s car manufacturing industry was initially located it is also where Giovanni’s brother, Farina’s uncle created the famed coach building firm of Pininfarina. Growing up around cars Farina was also athletically and academically inclined. In his youth he excelled at running, soccer and in skiing.
At the University of Turin he received a doctorate in political science and became Dottore Giuseppe Farina.
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Born in Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy on October 30, 1906. Nicknamed “Nino”, Farina was the son of Giovanni Farina who had established Stabilimente Farina, a bodywork shop in Turin, the industrial city where much of Italy’s car manufacturing industry was initially located it is also where Giovanni’s brother, Farina’s uncle created the famed coach building firm of Pininfarina. Growing up around cars Farina was also athletically and academically inclined. In his youth he excelled at running, soccer and in skiing.
