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110:, a uniquely designed coupé designed by Mario Revelli. Further Fiat-based cars appeared, helping to grow the company to the point where about 200 people were employed by the mid-sixties. At this time, Fissore also began designing bodies for other companies and also building small series or single cars.
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underpinnings. It was debuted at the 1971 Turin Motor Show. Originally named the Gypsy, this was developed by a small company called MAINA, but as they lacked capacity
Fissore took over production and marketing of the vehicle. Originally it was built entirely in fibreglass over a tubular metal frame,
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off-roader. The volumes reached during these year forced
Fissore to give up their artisan methods in favor of a more industrial mode of production. Monteverdi provided financial aid in acquiring the necessary presses, and in return received a stake in the company and ended up taking full ownership in
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severed the relationship in 1968, after only half a year, in favor of
Fissore. Frua's original design was built by Fissore until a copyright suit forced Monteverdi to switch to a new design - although it is unknown whether this was designed by Peter Monteverdi (as claimed by him) or by Fissore. In
326:("beautiful car"). The station wagon was called the "Vemaguet". The mechanics remained unchanged. In 1965, Fissore reworked the front and rear appearance, with twin headlights, and a new grille. The front doors were front hinged, in total about 51,000 of the Belcar variants were built in Brazil.
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by the brothers
Antonio, Bernardo, Giovanni, and Costanzo Fissore. Originally they built horsecarts and only later expanded into repairing automobiles and trucks. In 1936 Bernardo took the reins and began constructing special bodies for automobiles, funeral vehicles, mail cars, and small buses.
465:, was built by Fissore. Since the car only received light modifications rather than unique bodywork, it is presumed that the work was carried out entirely in Switzerland. Fissore also designed the stillborn Monteverdi 2.8 Turbo prototype, an elegant if square-rigged three-door coupé on
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to receive the bodywork. The car was then returned to
Switzerland to receive the engine and other mechanical componentry and for finishing. Due to capacity restrictions a number of High Speed Monteverdis were actually constructed by the Poccardi and
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In 1976 Rayton
Fissore was founded by one of Bernardo Fissore's daughters, Fernanda, and her husband, Giulio Malvino. They chose to create their own firm rather than collaborating with her father. Rayton Fissore is best known for the
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at the same time. However, Bertone's design for the Ritmo
Palinuro Cabriolet convertible ended up being chosen for series production named after world-famous pristine beach "Palinuro" on the south-west cilento coast of Italy.
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but self-supporting pressed metal bodywork was employed from 1974. A metal hardtop version was also available. Production in Greece was planned, and the 127 Scout (improved versions renamed 127 Amico) was produced there by
337:. It was simply a rebodied Belcar, and retailed at a price around 25% higher. Its two-stroke engine made it a hard sell in Latin America, and only about 2,500 were built between 1964 and 1967.
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light commercial vehicle for Auto Union's
Spanish subsidiary IMOSA, a front-wheel drive design with a trapezoidal theme. This design was adopted by Mercedes-Benz who developed it into the
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any case, Fissore never claimed the design as their own. Fissore also never claimed to have designed the future coupé, convertible, and sedan derivatives of the High Speed.
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was a cleanly designed two-door sedan with a front end reminiscent of the earlier
Fissore-bodied OSCA 1600. It also looked superficially similar to the German
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in March 1965. Before it entered production, TVR went bankrupt and
Fissore sold the rights to an ex-TVR dealer who proceeded to market the car as the
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141:. This provided a steady stream of work, although the expected orders of 100 cars per year did not materialize until the 1976 introduction of the
554:; one was this Turbo Wagon and the other was a 2.0 litre version named the Sportwagon. In total seven or eight wagons were built for Alfa Romeo.
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took control of Alfa Romeo. Based on an Alfa 75 Turbo it was dubbed the 75 Turbo Wagon. Two estate versions were to be found at the later 1987
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estate was shown by Rayton Fissore. This attractive forerunner of the later 156 Sportwagon was never listed for sale, being cancelled after
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253:, called the "Poker", was also shown. The final production version was only produced in Greece, again by Autokinitoviomihania Ellados.
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enterprise. The elegant three-box bodywork was based on the OSCA 1600. 22 of the coupés were built, and two convertibles.
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In the 1950s and 1960s Fissore built a number of special-bodied cars on Fiat basis, some in small series. These include:
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the late seventies. When Monteverdi closed doors in 1984, Fissore also shut down and was liquidated shortly thereafter.
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Costa, André & Georges-Michel Fraichard, ed. (September 1980). "Salon 1980: Toutes les Voitures du Monde".
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In Argentina, IASF (Industrias Automotriz de Santa Fe) built Fissore-designed Coupés and Spyders based on the
306:, leading to two Fissore-designed versions being built in Brazil by DKW's local subsidiary VEMAG. These were:
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was of particular importance for the company. The relationship secured Fissore's survival in the seventies.
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B, but it remained a single prototype (which still exists). A small sporting coupé based on the
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designed by Alessandro Sessano. The Fiat 500 engine was tuned by
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The production process was convoluted: the chassis was built in
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Fissore also developed a convertible version of the
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426:. Due to Frua's restricted capacity
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313:Front of the VEMAG Fissore (1965)
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407:375/L with a Fissore-built body
83:Carrozzeria Fissore logo (1966)
1103:Contract vehicle manufacturers
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589:Lösch, Annamaria, ed. (1981).
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186:(1953). A fastback coupé on
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372:De Tomaso Vallelunga c.1965
348:Fissore also developed the
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