Cisitalia Badge - History
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Cisitalia was an Italian sports and racing car brand. The name Cisitalia derives from Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia", a business conglomerate founded in Turin in 1946 and controlled by the wealthy industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio.
During the companies short existance, 1947-63, as many as 21 different low volume models nevertheless Cisitalia did gain quiet a reputation on the race tracks. Their first car the D46 came to dominate voiturette series racing, designed by Dante Giacosa formerly of Fiat and with the use of Fiat parts as a base, it engine received dry sump lubrication and further tweaks considerably increased the power output to 60-70 bhp. With a spaceframe chassis and weighing under 400kg the car attracted drivers of the likes of Tazio Nuvolari and Ilario Bandini. The D46 was modified as the the D47 and D48 This successes led to a much more ambitious single seater project that would prove too much for the small company. Ferdinand Porsche was commissioned to design and construct a full Grand Prix car which led to the innovative but complex Cisitalia 360. With a mid engined layout and four wheel drive the Type 360 was far too expensive for Dusio to support and the attempt essentially killed any further racing cars.
Dusio commissioned several automobiles from Europe's leading designers the 202GT which was unveiled at the 1947 Paris Motorshow designed by Pininfarina it was an aesthetic and technical achievement that transformed postwar automobile body design. Though not, a commercial success; because it was coachbuilt, it was expensive, and only 170 were produced between 1947 and 1952. Most cars were coachbuilt by Pinin Farina with some by Vignale and Stabilimenti Farina. Around 200 were built.
All the 202s were handbuilt Carlo Abarth, Dante Giacosa and Giovanni Savonuzzi, made several variants of the 202. as Coupe and Open sports racers, a 202 was victorious in the 1947 Mille Miglia driven by to class victory by Tazio Nuvolari
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