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 Cladio Zampolli's initials. Their only product, the Cizeta-Moroder V16T, featured a technically advanced V16 engine (two Ferrari V8 engines mated together) and styling that was strongly reminiscent of the Lamborghini Countach. And also, this was the only production car since World War II that has a V16 engine. Only 9 cars were built before the collapse of the firm in the early 1990s, which is a sad end for a supercar with such great potential.
The brand faded into obscurity until its inclusion in the video game Gran Turismo 4.
At the 2003 Concorso Italiana, an open top version made its debut, the Fenice Spyder, long after the productin of the hardtop version ended.