Cisitalia 1947-1964 - Pioneering in technology and architecture

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Cisitalia 1947-1964 - Pioneering in technology and architecture

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Created in 2011

Text:

Roger Gloor

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Guillaume Tassart

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Cisitalia Archiv (Diethelm Doll)

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Cisitalia 1100 (1952) - breathtaking design by Pinin Farina

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Cisitalia 202 (1948) - at a beauty contest on the Pincio in Rome

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Cisitalia 505 F (1953) - at the Concours d'Elégance of the Schloss Bensberg Classics 2014

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Cisitalia 360 (1947) - In 1960, 4th-year apprentices assembled the car, which had been brought back from Argentina in boxes and individual parts

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Cisitalia 360 (1947) - Tazio Novolari with the Cisitalia F1

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Cisitalia 202 (1947) - at the 1947 Turin GP

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Cisitalia Spider Sport Nuvolari (1947) - the completed car photographed in 1947

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Cisitalia 202 SC Berlinetta Pinin Farina (1949) - at the Mille Miglia 2014

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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. Cisitalia is one of these lost brands. After the war, the Italian brand quickly became famous thanks to the racing successes of renowned drivers. Many models were produced, including the Cisitalia 202, which at the time was considered a model of modern technology and architecture.

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Among Italy's many post-war start-ups, Cisitalia quickly became particularly well known. From 1945, the Turin entrepreneur Piero Dusio had single and two-seater racing cars with tubular chassis built, which were successfully raced by Italy's most renowned drivers. In 1947, the Coupé Sport Speciale was added to the Spider. It was also powered by the 1089 cc engine from the Fiat 1100, which had its own cylinder head. As the Cisitalia 202 with bodywork by Pinin Farina, this coupé designed by engineer Giovanni Savonuzzi was chosen by the New York Museum of Modern Art as a prime example of modern technology and architecture . The shape, with the hood embedded deep between the wheel arches, was to have a decisive influence on automobile design. By 1949/50, 170 Cisitalia 202 coupés and convertibles had been built, mostly with a Pinin-Farina body.

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