Ingegner Carlo Felice Bianchi (Cici) Anderloni, April 7, 1916

Ingegner Carlo Felice Bianchi (Cici) Anderloni
April 7, 1916 - August 7, 2003

Ingegner Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni (Cici to his family and friends) passed away on August 7,2003, leaving behind his wife of 62 year, Anna, and their two sons Giovanni, having a leading responsibility in a yard building luxury yachts, and Alberto of a most important Italian supermarket chain.

Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni was born on April 7, 1916. His formal involvement in Carrozzeria Touring, which had been founded by his father in the late twenties, started after his graduation from the Milan School of Engineering, in the war years.

Felice Bianchi Anderloni, Cici's (as he has always been called by family and friends) father, passed away in 1949 and Cici took over all the design and production responsibilities, since the administration ones remained with Mr. Gaetano Pozzoni, Felice's partner since the founding of Carrozzeria Touring.

The two first cars designed and built under Cici's responsibilities are two timeless all time masterpieces in automotive history: the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500SS coupe on Thirds Series Chassis, that won the last "real" Villa d'Este Concours d'Elegance in 1949 and was immediately nicknamed Villa d'Este, which the model keeps still today, and the Ferrari 166 roadster, which also received a nickname which still makes everybody dream: Barchetta!

These two cars were followed by several production models, like the Alfa Romeo 1900 coupe on 1st, 2nd and 3rd Series chassis, the Maserati 3500 coupe, the Alfa Romeo roadsters on 2000 and 2600 mechanical components, and the several variants (2 seat coupe, 2+2 coupe, roadster) on Lancia Flaminia chassis, to end up with the production version of the Lamborghini 350GT, very vaguely based on Franco Scaglione's 350GTV.

In addition to the production cars under Cici's management Touring built several one offs or semi oneoffs like the Maserati 5000 "Scià di Persia"; they also designed cars that were built under license by others, such as many Bristols and the Aston Martin DB 4's and 'follow ups' of Sean Connery/James Bond fame.

In the middle sixties little room was left for these almost entirely hand built bodies, and Carrozzeria Touring was no exception, stopping production in 1966. Many of the workers went to work for Carrozzeria Marazzi,which was in Caronno Pertusella, not far from the last location of Touring in Nova Milanese and which had already co-operated with Touring in the past;it was Marazzi to assure production of the 400GT 2+2 bodies and then to design and build the model that replaced the 400GT 2+2.

Cici went to work for Alfa Romeo, first as advisor and then as person in charge of the design department; after his retirement he remained active in Automotive History circles, being one of the leading forces in the Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile (Italian Association for Automotive History), founder and President of the Registro Internazionale Touring Superleggera, Judge and Chairman of the Jury at the most prestigious Concours d'Elegance (Bagatelle, Pebble Beach, Villa d'Este), co-author of books and so on.

Cici will be missed!.

	*Anderloni Passes*		Last updated Aug 7, 2003
	Photo from Jan 2003.		Ingegner Carlo Felice Bianchi (Cici) Anderloni April 7, 1916 - August 7, 2003 Ingegner Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni (Cici to his family and friends) passed away on August 7,2003, leaving behind his wife of 62 year, Anna, and their two sons Giovanni, having a leading responsibility in a yard building luxury yachts, and Alberto of a most important Italian supermarket chain. Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni was born on April 7, 1916. His formal involvement in Carrozzeria Touring, which had been founded by his father in the late twenties, started after his graduation from the Milan School of Engineering, in the war years. Felice Bianchi Anderloni, Cici's (as he has always been called by family and friends) father, passed away in 1949 and Cici took over all the design and production responsibilities, since the administration ones remained with Mr. Gaetano Pozzoni, Felice's partner since the founding of Carrozzeria Touring. The two first cars designed and built under Cici's responsibilities are two timeless all time masterpieces in automotive history: the Alfa Romeo 6C 2500SS coupe on Thirds Series Chassis, that won the last "real" Villa d'Este Concours d'Elegance in 1949 and was immediately nicknamed Villa d'Este, which the model keeps still today, and the Ferrari 166 roadster, which also received a nickname which still makes everybody dream: Barchetta! These two cars were followed by several production models, like the Alfa Romeo 1900 coupe on 1st, 2nd and 3rd Series chassis, the Maserati 3500 coupe, the Alfa Romeo roadsters on 2000 and 2600 mechanical components, and the several variants (2 seat coupe, 2+2 coupe, roadster) on Lancia Flaminia chassis, to end up with the production version of the Lamborghini 350GT, very vaguely based on Franco Scaglione's 350GTV. In addition to the production cars under Cici's management Touring built several one offs or semi oneoffs like the Maserati 5000 "Scià di Persia"; they also designed cars that were built under license by others, such as many Bristols and the Aston Martin DB 4's and 'follow ups' of Sean Connery/James Bond fame. In the middle sixties little room was left for these almost entirely hand built bodies, and Carrozzeria Touring was no exception, stopping production in 1966. Many of the workers went to work for Carrozzeria Marazzi,which was in Caronno Pertusella, not far from the last location of Touring in Nova Milanese and which had already co-operated with Touring in the past;it was Marazzi to assure production of the 400GT 2+2 bodies and then to design and build the model that replaced the 400GT 2+2. Cici went to work for Alfa Romeo, first as advisor and then as person in charge of the design department; after his retirement he remained active in Automotive History circles, being one of the leading forces in the Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile (Italian Association for Automotive History), founder and President of the Registro Internazionale Touring Superleggera, Judge and Chairman of the Jury at the most prestigious Concours d'Elegance (Bagatelle, Pebble Beach, Villa d'Este), co-author of books and so on. Cici will be missed!.