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La scrivania Cavour di Carlo Mollino, 1949




La moto Aermacchi Chimera, 1957


Different by Design: 1957 Aermacchi Chimera

Sleek, chic and packaged in jazzy space age design, the Aermacchi Chimera was definitely different, but being different didn’t guarantee success.

By Greg William, March/April 2014

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Being different doesn’t guarantee success. Consider the Italian-made Aermacchi Chimera. Unlike many small-bore motorcycles of the 1950s, the Chimera was sleek, chic and packaged in a jazzy space age design.

Equipped with alloy body panels and monoshock rear suspension — none of which was truly new, but definitely unusual — the machine didn’t capture the imagination of the motoring public. That’s not to say the Chimera wasn’t a great little motorcycle. It was; it just didn’t sell. Built from 1956 to 1964, production was minimal, with only 119 of the 175cc models and 177 of the larger 250cc machines rolling out of Aermacchi’s Varese-based factory [ ... ].

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Replico alcune immagini postate da Luca Oleastri aka Innovari [ 1 , 2 ] nella sua bacheca faccialibresca [ 3 ].
Opere di stile autoriale, oggi apprezzate dalla critica e dal mercato, ma, questo vale almeno per la moto, non abbastanza dai contemporanei negli anni del lancio.

La valutazione di mercato della scrivania Cavour disegnata da Carlo Mollino e riedita da Zanotta [ 4 ] è di 10-11K € [ 5 ].
La motocicletta Chimera di Aermacchi [ 6 ] si può acquistare sborsando tra 14K e 24K € [ 7 ].

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