Cizeta Moroder

From WOI Encyclopedia Italia

Cizeta Automobili srl of Modena, Italy was a car manufacturer set up in the late 1980s by Claudio Zampolli (an Italian Ferrari dealer) and the record producer Giorgio Moroder. The name "Cizeta" comes from the Italian pronunciation of co-founder Claudio Zampolli's initials. Their only product, the Cizeta-Moroder V16T, featured a technically advanced V16 engine and styling by Marcello Gandini that was strongly reminiscent of the Lamborghini Diablo's. And also, this was the only production car since World War II to feature a V16 engine. Only 9 cars were built before the collapse of the firm in the early 1990s, which is an unfortunate end for a supercar with such great potential.

The brand faded into obscurity until its inclusion in the video game Gran Turismo 4.

Mr. Zampolli moved to the USA after the company went bankrupt in Italy. He has set up a new company in California, called Cizeta Automobili USA. In recent years, he has been working on a spider version of the V16T, called the Cizeta Fenice TTJ Spyder.