The Cisitalia 202 was one of the defining post-war Italian sports cars, celebrated as much for its engineering as for its styling. While the Pinin Farina-designed coupé entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, a small number of bespoke cabriolets and special-bodied variants were commissioned from coachbuilders including Vignale.… Read More Silver jewel: 1950 Cisitalia 202B Cabriolet by Vignale
The Cisitalia Abarth 850GT Allemano Spider, a rare 1964 model, boasts excellent preservation, original components, and a rebuilt engine. It is for sale in Ferrara, Italy, priced at €76,000 ($82,000).… Read More The last one: 1964 Cisitalia-Abarth 850GT Spider by Allemano
When Piero Dusio, the founder of Cisitalia, realized that profits were very slim, if not nonexistent, with the 202, he tried to leverage the Fiat platform to bring cost savings to production. However, even this did not work. In the post-war car market, the demand for luxury cars was very limited and already covered by… Read More History repeating: 1951 Cisitalia 303 DF
This is a very rare car, yet we saw a similar one in person a few years ago and were fascinated by it. Firstly, the name: Cisitalia is a prestigious name in the world of classic cars, but this car is not part of those first models built entirely in the factory founded by Piero… Read More Little but special: 1954 Cisitalia 33DF Voloradente
Here is another car that emerges from the darkness and we assume, given the details of some photos, that it comes from South America. Obviously we are not sure but certainly, in relation to this car, there is very little, as in the announcement there are no details relating to the origin, the chassis number… Read More From darkness/3: 1947 Cisitalia 202 Cabriolet by Vignale
Exactly, this car is not the real deal but a replica which however seems to be built very well, at least as regards the exterior. But we imagine that the same care was also lavished on all the remaining areas of the car, which was built starting from the chassis of a 1950 Fiat 1100… Read More Swedish red: 1950 Cistalia-Abarth 204 Replica
We all know that the world of classic cars (and more generally, the world of cars) is a man’s world, however, as this interview shows, all the rules have their exceptions and that’s what Lucia Di Lorenzo talks about. Lucia is the only child of an italian passionate collector passed away when she was young,… Read More The Lady of the Trident
“Spyder” is not a typo: actually we’ve checked the period sale brochure and, indeed, Cisitalia called these open cars “Spyder”, just like the Porsche 550 RS. Strange indeed. Back to this particular car, we suspect that this could be the same car we’ve published here some months ago but we’re not sure of it, so… Read More Fair price: 1961 Cisitalia-Abarth 850 Spyder by Allemano
Did you ever see a car radio integrated in the rear view mirror? We didn’t, so this is the first time; however that’s not the only interesting aspect of this Cisitalia 850 Coupé. This is one of the few Cisitalia-Argentina built by the son of Piero Dusio, the founder of Cisitalia who left Italy for… Read More Invest in gold/2: 1961 Cisitalia-Abarth 850 Coupé by Allemano
DF is for “Derivata Fiat” (Fiat derived) and that simply means that this expensive (then and now) car was based on the reliable and rock-solid Fiat 1900 platform. Of course when it was unveiled at the 1953 Geneva Salon, it was not just a Fiat 1900 with a different body as Cisitalia clients were used… Read More One of ten: 1953 Cisitalia 505 DF
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