The auto maker Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia - or simply, Cistalia - was founded in 1946 by Piero Dusio, an Italian businessman, race driver, and former professional soccer player. He commissioned Battista "Pinin" Farina, one of Europe's leading designers, to craft the 202. Pininfarina's radical design was to mold the body of the auto as a single unified structural skin, or monocoque, as opposed to an assemblage of parts. The body was formed out of aluminum using aerodynamic principles used in race cars. Because each car was coach-built by hand, there were multiple variations of the model. It also meant that it was very expensive and labor-intensive to produce, and only 170 were produced in total between 1947 and 1952, when the company went into receivership and was sold. This 1948 Cistalia 202 GT was the first car to enter MoMA's collection of automobiles.
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