Cisitalia Catalogue Raisonné 1945-1965, by Nino Balestra and Cesare De Agostini, published in 1991, tells a fascinating story, and represents, after many years, the most complete and definitive reference work on Cisitalia.
As in the other titles of the successful series of Catalogues Raisonnés, published by Automobilia, the first part of the work is dedicated to the history of the car manufacturer, treated in a comprehensive and detailed way, with hundreds of archive images in b/w and a gallery of colour photos.
The catalogue raisonné inside the work shows the main and most significant models of Cisitalia production, ordered chronologically and illustrated with one or more pictures.
The brief history that accompanies each data sheet has the task of setting the car in the context of the development of the car manufacturer, founded by Piero Dusio and Piero Taruffi in Turin and active until 1963.
Text in Italian, English, French.
Index: 07. Two forewords 09. The Cisitalia affair, by Cesare De Agostini 11. That distant name 17. Take-off for seven 29. Nuvolari races without a steering wheel 37. And Cisitalia it was 47. Group photo in an indoor setting 61. A thousand of those Miles! 73. Signed Pinin Farina 83. Face to face with Ferrari and Maserati 101. Carlo Dusio, son of Piero 109. The ibex of nostalgia 117. The industrial history, by Nino Balestra 119. D46: a new philosophy 139. The streamliners: the Savonuzzi school 149. Sports coupé: synthesis and sublimation 169. Grand Prix: engineering as a dogma 189. 204: the Abarth stamp 195. 202D: the B.P.M. of everyone's hope 201. 808XF: the Ford opportunity 211. P.W.O.: an affair within the affair 219. 1953-1963: in the wake of a name 225. Galleria 255. Roll of honour, by Adriano Cimarosti 272. The Cisitalia drivers 273. Technical specifications of Cisitalia models 278. Bibliography 279. Acknowledgements 280. Photo credits
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