Solved - NEH 1603: Siata Daina convertible - 1950

[Carnut]

For an easy Rookie point - what is this car and when was it built?

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[Carnut]

Rookies don't want the point so a VERY easy Expert point!

[72Must]

Siata Daina ,c '53 ?

[Carnut]

Siata Daina ,c '53 ?

Too easy for the Experts really - it was meant for a Rookie!
It gets you your hundredth point though - well done!  Half way to Professionalism!

[woodinsight]

Here's another view of this car -
ps - the headline should read Siata not Saita......

[fgsavoia]

The correct name is Siata Daina 1400 Trasformabile, and the year is 1950

[Carnut]

The correct name is Siata Daina 1400 Trasformabile, and the year is 1950

Thanks.
Is "Trasformabile" an official title or does it just mean "Convertible"?

[als15]

Official, as you can see on this Siata flyer issued on April 1950.

However, I don't agree about the "1400" being part of the official name. It was simply "Siata Daina", coupè or trasformabile, based on Fiat 1400.

[Carnut]

Hmmm... I'm still not convinced the word 'Trasformabile' is being used as a proper noun rather than an adjective..

The booklet could equally have been printed in English too, when it would have said the Daina convertible (the Daina coupe bit would still have read the same..)

I say this because neither 'coupe' nor 'trasformabile' use a capital as their first letter.

[als15]

Unfortunatly in my archive I only have the English version of the second generation's brochure, but the open version was then called "Gran Sport" independently from the language...