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
The asking price of the 1900C Zagato published yesterday is a very important amount but, you know, sky’s the limit and so today here it is a Cisitalia 202 Aerodinamica. This car (chassis #202/4) belongs to the same collection of the Alfa Zagato, a collection put together, probably over many years, by an old collector… Read More Bring an expert: 1948 Cisitalia 202 MM Aerodinamica
How long has it been since you saw the last Cisitalia for sale? Ok this is the “2nd generation” Cisitalia but, anyway, many months have passed since the last time we saw one for sale. These cars was not entirely built by Cisitalia: the founder’s son, Carlo Dusio, kept on building cars but starting from… Read More Red and open: 1961 Cisitalia-Abarth 850 Spider by Allemano
Many of these Cisitalias can be found in Argentina where Carlo Dusio, son of Piero, founder of the firm, kept on building cars following his passion. And lile most of the cars built by the famous factory were based on Fiat chassis, mostly smaller than 1000 cc in order to provide customers with coachbuilt cars, faster than… Read More A little one: 1961 Cisitalia 750 GT “racer”
For the uninitiated, these Cisitalia weren’t built by one coachbuilder only: actually they were built both by Pininfarina and Vignale but unfortunately we son’t now this detail maybe because the car is missing its fender badges. The seller says that this is a very early car since it has a split windscreen, the engine type… Read More Needs love: 1947 Cisitalia 202 Cabriolet
Ok the seller doesn’t mention the build year of this Cisitalia made in Argentina but we know pretty well that these were built for three years, from 1959 to 1961 starting, of course, from the chassis of a Fiat 600. Actually this one just one of the several models built by Cisitalia Argentina after that… Read More South of the border: 1959 Cisitalia 750 Spyder
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