Cisitalia. The Rarest Brands in the Top 100 Collections

  • 10 March 2023
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It's not widely known that Piero Dusio, a wealthy entrepreneur from Turin with a particular talent for driving, achieved two remarkable feats soon after the end of World War II. Driven solely by his prodigious ingenuity, he created the first-ever car to be displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and soon after convinced Ferry Porsche to design the most innovative Formula 1 car to date. How was all this possible? Thanks to the bold ambition of a man who longed to become a manufacturer. A dream that lasted just a few years and went by the name of Cisitalia.  1-1946-Cisitalia-D46 1946. Dusio invented an open Formula one design with his small Cisitalia D46 powered by a Fiat 1,100cc engine used by great champions like Nuvolari

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