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Hail the Testadoro, again

August 10, 2026 By pete

Story by Gary Axon
Images courtesy of Dario Pasquali

At last month’s sell-out 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed (FoS), in among the multitude of major and important new car launches the revival of an obscure Italian marque at the event went largely unnoticed. Virtually unknown, even to Italians and most motoring enthusiasts, the long forgotten Italian Testadoro sports car brand made its international revival at FoS, 80 years after the Torinese marque was originally founded in 1946 by car loving motor racing participant Giorgio Giusti under the ‘Case dell’Auto’ heading.

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Fiat 1100 Part 2

January 12, 2021 By pete

Cisitalia is the acronym of “Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia”, the official name of the conglomerate of Piero Dusio’s business ventures. The logo, a stylistic Alpine goat (Capra ibex), was also an idea of Dusio, because these animals are reputed for their courage, speed and agility. The colors he chose – blue and gold – are those of the city of Turin. At right, the first batch of the Cisitalia D46 racing cars.

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Story by Gijsbert-Paul Berk

The name Cisitalia is inseparably linked to that of Piero Dusio. This Turinese sportsman, racing driver and entrepreneur was president of Juventus, Turin´s successful football (soccer) club and founder of the Scuderia Torino. His business enterprises were registered as Consorzio Industriale Sportivo Italia. Indeed: CISItalia! The business conglomerate included textile mills, a trading house, a bank, many hotels, sportswear manufacturing and bicycles. [Read more…] about Fiat 1100 Part 2

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