GTP Cool Wall: 1947-1952 Cisitalia 202

[AlvaroF]

It looks fantastic, considering it was a trend-setter even cooler. Power is irrelevant because this is a cruise machine, not an outright performance model. Has the tiny problem of being a garage queen, but I don't care since it's appreciated by everyone. Sub Zero

 

[Pupik]

Don't forget that 50hp was expected in an average European car in a post-WWII Italy which was no longer under a dictatorship and an uncertain future. In 1948, Ferrari was hardly a household brand name, so your choices were FIAT or FIAT or FIAT or Lancia, if you managed a little extra scratch. Your prize car is a Topolino.

For all that style in those terms, Cool.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Generic late 1940s/early 1950s GT car. Not a bad thing.

 

[Turbo]

It's almost like a baby Ferrari. Problem with these cars are, that they are unrecognizable if you see one driving, and they are likely to be garage queens.

Cool.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

It's looks balance out it's power output. Meh.

 

[niky]

Seriously Uncool. Because power means everything when it comes to classic automobiles.

Here you go, six times the horsepower:

Six times the ugly, but hey, power is what matters, right?

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Oh, the Cistalia? Instant sub-zero. Not as high a sub-zero as the 166, but hell, it's still a Pinin Farina from back when that actually meant something.

 

[Liquid]

It looks quite goofy, if I'm being honest.

 

[Fastcarguy]

I think what people are saying in regards to the power, is that it could use just a little more go. 90-100 HP would make this thing a solid cool for me.

 

[TexRex]

I think what people are saying in regards to the power, is that it could use just a little more go.

Are you sure about that?

only 50 horsepower!

could do with more power

I think it could've done with a touch more power

it has a mere 55hp

not much power

The horse is dead--stop beating it.

 

[axletramp]

Very pretty, very cool. A 40's coupe - yeah, it's a SZ all the way.

 

[ASSCVCCS]

Part of me wants me to say SZ, but I just can't.

It's beautiful, though. Cool.

 

[Leonidae@MFT]

Cool. Light and manual.

 

[MisterWaffles]

Doesn't exactly go zoom, but cars like the frogeye don't need much power to go fast.
Also that's one classic shell there.

Giving it a cool.

 

[Cano]

Lol, all the people claiming "not enough power" don't understand crap.

Fastest sub-zero of this year.

 

[TB]

Lol, all the people claiming "not enough power" don't understand crap.

Agreed. A car like this is for cruising, not laying down elevens at every light.

Although I couldn't pull the trigger on SZ. Cool for me.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

It's a great looking car that's designed by Pininfarina. Yeah, this sounds like a sub-zero vote to me.

 

[Nessy]

105mph out of a 1.1litre 50bhp engine is actually pretty good.

I imagine if you were a guy that had one of these cars, at the time when they were produced, you'd probably be attracting lots of female attention. Granted, that may not be considered a trait of coolness for some, but I reckon it's still a factor.

The cars styling was seminal, for it's time. I think it was one of the first (possibly the first) road cars to have it's bonnet lower than the front wings.

(I wish I could find a decent pic of it's flip-out door handles, they were a piece of art).

 

[niky]

The first of many Monte Carlo Rally winning Minis only had 55 hp.

Granted, it won thanks to a performance handicap system. In reality it actually came in second, in a field populated by big, powerful V8 rivals.

Horsepower is for motorboats and trains. The fun in actually driving car with a steering wheel and four gummy patches of rubber is in the bits between the straight ones.

 

[Tornado]

Conversation pieces aren't cool, particularly when they aren't interesting conversations to begin with. SU.

 

[hasslemoff]

Don't forget that 50hp was expected in an average European car in a post-WWII Italy which was no longer under a dictatorship and an uncertain future. In 1948, Ferrari was hardly a household brand name, so your choices were FIAT or FIAT or FIAT or Lancia, if you managed a little extra scratch. Your prize car is a Topolino.

Cough Cough Alfa .

Very high cool.

 

[Casey]

I like the way it looks and the amount of power it makes is decent for the time period it was made in.

Cool.

 

[Pupik]

Cough Cough Alfa .

Very high cool.

Ack. Forgot them, they weren't FIATized at the time.

 

[Legro]

Cough Cough Alfa .

Very high cool.

Sort of. Alfa Romeo didn't really have any 'average car' in 1947, and that didn't really change before the 50s.

You could even argue that Maserati was just as average back then. Funnily enough Maserati's attempt at a road car in 1947 had just about 10 hp more than the Cisitalia.