Cisitalia 360

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The name "Cisitalia" derives from "Consorzio Industriale Sportive Italia," a business conglomerate founded in Turin in 1946 and controlled by the wealthy industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio. Cisitalia was a Formula One constructor from Italy. Piero Dusio participated in a single grand prix, driving a Cisitalia 360. See also Porsche 360. Torino redirects here. ... Piero Dusio (born in Scurzolengo, Asti, October 13, 1899 - died November 7, 1975) was a racing driver from Italy. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Categories: Automobile stubs | Porsche vehicles ...

Cisitalia D46 and 360

Using Fiat parts as a base Dante Giacosa designed the very economical racer, which make its successful debut in 1946. The D46, the small racer featured a simple, but sturdy space frame chassis. Giacosa had vast knowledge of Fiat bits and pieces, as he had designed the legendary 500 Fiat Topolino before the War. The engine and suspension were directly derived from the small Fiat, but extensively modified for their racing purpose. The engine received dry sump lubrication and further tweak considerably increased the power output. Weighing under 400 kg the 60-70 bhp available was more than enough for competitive performance. Fiat Grande Punto Fiat Group, or Fiat S.p. ... Danti Giacosa Autobianchi Primula Dante Giacosa (January 3, 1905 Rome - March 31, 1996 Turin) was one of the greatest light car designers of all time. ... The Topolino was an automobile model manufactured by Fiat from 1937 to 1955. ...

Dusio's dream of a one model series came to nothing, but instead his D46s started to dominate the voiturette series. Highly talented drivers like Tazio Nuvolari piloted the D46 to multiple successes against more advanced, but older racing cars. The successes led to a much more ambitious single seater project that would prove too much for the small company. Ferdinand Porsche's Design Studio was commissioned to design and construct a full Grand Prix racer, which had the overly complex, but very interesting Type 360 as a result. Nuvolaris statue in front of PalaLottomatica in Rome. ... Ferdinand Porsche Prof. ...

The Cisitalia 202 - A masterpiece of modern art and automotive design

Dusio commissioned several automobiles from Europe's leading designers. He provided Pinin Farina with the chassis on which the Cisitalia's body was placed. The body was more or less handcrafted, with its aluminum panels shaped over wooden forms. Because of this time-consuming process, only 170 models were produced between 1947 and 1952. When first presented to the public at the Villa d'Este Gold Cup show in Como, Italy, and at the 1947 Paris Motor Show, the Cisitalia "202" GT was a resounding success. The two-seater Cisitalia "202" GT was an aesthetic and technical achievement that transformed postwar automobile body design. The extraordinary Pinin Farina design was honored by New York's Museum of Modern Art in 1951. In the MOMA's first exhibit on automotive design, called "Eight Automobiles", the Cisitalia was displayed with seven other cars (1930 Mercedes-Benz SS tourer, 1939 Bentley saloon with coachwork by James Young, 1939 Talbot-Lago Figoni teardrop coupé, 1951 Willys Jeep, 1937 Cord 812 Custom BeverlySedan, 1948 MG TC, and the 1941 Lincoln Continental coupe). ... Como is a city in Lombardy, Italy, 45 km north of Milan; the capital of the province of Como, it borders Lake Como. ... The Mondial de lAutomobile (Paris Motor Show in English) is an annual auto show in Paris. ... View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... Bentley Motors Limited is a British based manufacturer of luxury automobiles and Grand Tourers. ... Talbot-Lago was a French automobile manufacturer at Suresnes, Seine. ... 1920 Willys-Knight advertisement Willys (correctly pronounced WILL-iss, but Will-eez is more common), was the brand name used by the United States automobile company, Willys-Overland Motors, best known for its production of military and civilian Jeeps, during the twentieth century. ... Look up Cord on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Cord has several meanings: String or Rope Cord Automobile Vibrating cord A measurement of the volume of firewood A power cord or extension cable In electronics, a cable Cord, a former American car marque founded by Errett Lobban Cord. ... MG may refer to: Match Game, U.S 1970s Game Show Champion Air IATA airline designator Myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease MG (car), British automobile manufacturer mg (editor), Emacs-compatible Unix text editor Machine gun Madagascar (ISO 3166-1 country code MG) Malagasy language (ISO 639 language code mg) Magnesium... Lincoln is an American luxury automobile brand, operated under the Ford Motor Company. ...

Building on aerodynamic studies developed for racing cars, the Cisitalia offers one of the most accomplished examples of coachwork (the automobile's body) conceived as a single shell. The hood, body, fenders, and headlights are integral to the continuously flowing surface, rather than added on. Before the Cisitalia, the prevailing approach followed by automobile designers when defining a volume and shaping the shell of an automobile was to treat each part of the body as a separate, distinct element—a box to house the passengers, another for the motor, and headlights as appendages. In the Cisitalia, there are no sharp edges. Swellings and depressions maintain the overall flow and unity, creating a sense of speed.

The Cisitalia 202 MM

Since the 202 never made large scale production and all the cars were handmade, the small talented group at Cisitalia, including Carlo Abarth, Dante Giacosa and Giovanni Savonuzzi, made several variants of the 202. Of the more important versions, the SMM Nuvolari Spider was built and named after a class victory at the 1947 Mille Miglia. It is easily identified by its large rear fins, twin windscreens and usual Italian blood red paint scheme. Danti Giacosa Autobianchi Primula Dante Giacosa (January 3, 1905 Rome - March 31, 1996 Turin) was one of the greatest light car designers of all time. ... The Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles - pronounced miGlia) was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before the war, eleven from 1947). ...

Partly due to expensive construction of the mid-engine, four wheel drive formula one car, designed by Ferdinand Porsche, Cisitalia went into receivership in 1949 and was sold in 1952. In total, around 200 cars were made which made a large impact on the later marques, including Abarth's later range of cars. Ferdinand Porsche Prof. ... Abarth was an Italian racing car maker founded by Carlo Abarth, of Austrian origins. ...

The Cisitalia 202 SMM

For the upcoming 1947 season, Giovanni Savonuzzi, who had designed most of the 202, sketched a coupe body for Cisitalia's competition car. The design was executed by Stabilimenti Farina upon both chassis #101 and #102. After two coupes had been finished, a spider version, Called the SMM for Spider Mille Miglia, was completed which would adorn all subsequent competition cars bearing the MM designation.

At the 1947 Mille Miglia, the Cistitalia spider really proved itself by leading most of the race in capable hands of Tazio Nuvolari. Despite having competition with engines three times larger, Nuvolari held back the competition until troubles ensued in the rain. In the end, the Cistitalia took second overall and first in class. For this epic effort, subsequent competition spiders were known as 202 SMM Nuvolaris. The Mille Miglia (Thousand Miles - pronounced miGlia) was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before the war, eleven from 1947). ... Nuvolaris statue in front of PalaLottomatica in Rome. ...

Since the 202 SMM received much attention at the Mille Miglia, Stabilimenti Farina continued production of the design for several customers. In total around 20 cars were made very similar to Nuvolari's winning car.

Complete Formula One results

The 1952 Formula One season was the 3rd FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Piero Dusio (born in Scurzolengo, Asti, October 13, 1899 - died November 7, 1975) was a racing driver from Italy. ... The 1952 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 7, 1952 at Monza. ...

See also

• FISC EuroTour

The foundation FISC EuroTour was founded in 1994 with the explicit purpose of preserving historic and classic motorcars, and more specifically the European marques and types, through a programme of promotion by organizing motor races in Western Europe on historic Grand Prix circuits, representing the ambiance of the 50’s...

External links

Cisitalia Official Site
Cisitalia Club of North America
Museum of Modern Art New York