Abarth Cisitalia 204A

The Abarth Cisitalia 204A was the first car sold by the newly founded Abarth & C. When the Cisitalia company was liquidated, Carlo Abarth, who had been its sporting director since 1947, took over its assets, and the Cisitalia 204 sports car was marketed under both the Abarth and Cisitalia names. Abarth received two complete 204 Spiders and several unfinished chassis, and six cars were built in all. The 204 used a light tubular frame with an aluminium body, a Porsche torsion bar front axle and the four-cylinder engine of the Fiat 1100, tuned with twin Weber carburettors to about 83 CV. At 510 kg it was lighter than its rivals, and its reported top speed was 190 km/h. Tazio Nuvolari made his last racing appearance in one in 1950, and the car is credited with 19 victories.