Dusio, Pietro named Piero (1899 - 1975)

Founder

Piero Dusio was an Italian soccer player, businessmanand racing drive. He founded with italian designer and racing driver Piero Taruffi Cisitalia, an Italian sports and racing car brand. The name "Cisitalia" derives from "Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia", a business conglomerate founded inTurin in 1946. The Cisitalia 202 GT of1946 is well known in the world as a "rollingsculpture".
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Dusio, Pietro named Piero

Curriculum vitae

* 13.10.1899	Scurzolengo (Asti)	born
1947		Cisitalia won Millemiglia race
1947		starts 202 production
1951		Cisitalia 202 is exibited in New York's Museum of Modern Art
† 08.11.1975	Buenos Aires	died

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Dusio, Pietro named Piero (1899 - 1975)