Torino Italy 23/09/2011: Fiat Headquarters

Today we were going to Lingotto which is home to Fiat headquarders and the former Automotive Engineering faculty of the Politecnico. Since it was so far away, we decited to try out the train system.

Here we are all waiting for the train to arrive. The glass is there to protect passengers awaiting the train, much like Singapore.

Departing from the Porta Susa (Southern Port) train station. If you look at the map, it's actually North of the Porta Nuova (Northern Port). Why are they named like that when geographically it's not true I have no clue.

This is just an attempt at taking a picture of the train arriving.

Out we are at Lingotto, which is the last stop of the underground train.

There's the entrance to the Lingotto station.

Here's the Fiat headquarters! Actually we didn't know that this small building was the headquarters, we always imagined that it would be bigger, but I guess it's mainly administration.

Here's inside the Lingotto building. Historically, this building was a car factory! Cars will start construction on the bottom floor, and work their way up to the roof of the building, where a massive car track would await the car for testing! If you watched the original Italian Job with Michael Cain, the building they drove into was this one. Currently, it has been converted into a retail area with many shops, hotels and restaurants.

Here we are climbing up the stairs of the old Politecnico campus.

Only a series of windows separates us from the shopping area.

This here is Eataly, if you want really high end food, you come here.

Another shot of the city from within the Lingotto Fiat building.

Upstairs we found some old FSAE cars! The top floor where they resided was blocked off, but zoom works quite well on my camera.

Here's another one.

The last FSAE Car, which was canabalized for parts.