Cisitalia Grand Prix

The Cisitalia Grand Prix, also known by its Porsche project number Type 360, was a single-seater car for the 1.5-litre supercharged class, introduced in 1949 by the Italian maker Cisitalia and designed for it by Porsche in 1946 and 1947. It combined a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout with switchable four-wheel drive, a mid-mounted supercharged flat-twelve engine and an early sequential manual gearbox. The design proved too complex for the small firm to build, and the long development contributed to the financial collapse of the company; with Cisitalia liquidated in 1949 and the Formula One rules changed for 1952, the car never raced in Grands Prix. The only prototype is displayed in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.