Word: cisitalia
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...After those aspirations were finally extinguished with the fall of Benito Mussolini in 1943, post-war Italy used the Marshall Plan's funds to exploit its creative talent to the full. Iconic designs include the Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport, a 1947 automobile whose svelte curves were emblematic of the epoch's streamlined aesthetic; and Piaggia's Vespa 150 GS, similar to the one ridden by Audrey Hepburn in the 1953 film Roman Holiday. Speed also played its part in the golden age of Italian cinema; witness the Lancia Spider that homegrown idol Vittorio Gassman drove in Il Sorpasso...
...early 1950s. His work is far more widely known to car buyers in Europe, where his firm regularly creates models for Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Peugeot. The Rolls-Royce Camargue (list price: $150,600) was designed by Pininfarina, who has also styled every Ferrari built since 1952. His 1946 Cisitalia coupe is the only car on permanent display in New York City's Museum of Modern Art. It was chosen by the museum in 1951 as "the best expression of beauty and trimness of design in the automobile field...
...Cisitalia (Italy): a sleek, low-slung car with a grill resembling "the cut end of a cigar...
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