Italian industrialist Piero Dusio, who built up the conglomerate Consorzio Industriale Sportivo Italia, or Cisitalia, was also a talented driver. He wanted to create his company's own line of race cars. With the help of engineers from Fiat, he succeeded. Next, the company developed road-going sports cars like this two-seater. With a body by Alfredo Vignale, this is the second of only two of these cars ever built.