Salon de l'automobile de Turin
The first car to be called a barchetta was a Ferrari 166 MM shown at the 1948 Turin Auto Show. The car was designed by Federico Formenti at Carrozzeria Touring. Giovanni Canestrini, editor of the Italian sporting newspaper "La Gazzetta dello Sport", applied the term to describe the new car's original bodystyle. The name barchetta has been associated with the open 166MM model ever since.