Cisitalia was an Italian sports and racing car brand named after "Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia", a business conglomerate founded in Turin in 1946 by industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio. One of the most memorable cars manufactured by the company was the 202 GT from 1946, [1] which earned praise for its design and sold about 170 units.

2011年5月3日 · The 1946 Cisitalia 202GT Coupe is not at MoMA because retrospectively it is seen as a milestone car, perhaps the first to most perfectly encapsulate the design ethos of the post war era. It was already recognized for its pioneering role in its day: MoMA acquired a 202 in 1951, being the first car to be thusly honored.

A partire dalla 202 S MM di Nuvolari viene realizzata la nuova Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport, che ne riprende il telaio tubolare e il motore 4 cilindri in linea, derivato da quello della Fiat 1100 ed elaborato fino a sviluppare 55 CV.

The first car to enter MoMA’s collection, in 1972, the Cisitalia 202 is also the rarest—only approximately 170 of them are known to have been made.

Designed in 1946 by the Italian car designer and coach builder Pinin Farina (who later changed his name to Pininfarina), the two-seater Cisitalia "202" GT was an aesthetic and technical achievement that transformed postwar automobile body design.

2025年2月25日 · The firm’s first road going model was the type 202, a Pinin Farina-designed grand-touring fastback with a modified 1100cc Fiat engine. Considered revolutionary because of its taut lines and low hood, a Pinin Farina-bodied Cisitalia 202 was featured in the 1951 New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) show entitled 8 Automobiles , an exhibition ...

2022年12月23日 · Cisitalia 202, the Italian GT at MoMA for fifty years We retrace the history of the Italian company and its most famous car, among the very first Grand Tourers in history and part of the collection of the most famous contemporary art museum for half a century.

2024年7月24日 · The first car to enter MoMA’s collection, in 1972, the Cisitalia 202, designed in 1946 by Battista “Pinin” Farina (known as Pininfarina) is also the rarest – only approximately 170 of them are known to have been made.

After producing a several customer D46s, and achieving a debut victory in the Brezzi Cup in Turin, Cisitalia focused on building small passenger car based on the D46, including it’s Fiat components and space frame chassis. Called the 202, each cars was finished as a rolling chassis and bodied by various design houses.

2025年3月12日 · Starting with Nuvolari’s 202 S MM, the new Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport is built, which takes its tubular chassis and inline 4-cylinder engine, derived from that of the Fiat 1100 and elaborated to develop 55 hp. The new 202 is previewed to the public on the eve of the 1947 Italian Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix organized in Italy after the war ...