Isadora Duncan, the American dancer, died in a CGSS when her silk scarf became entangled in the open-spoked wheels.
The 1,074 cc four-cylinder engine from the CGS was fitted, but in a slightly higher state of tune, delivering 35 hp (26 kW).
Thus equipped, a CGSS won the 1927 Monte Carlo Rally.
[1] Isadora Duncan's fondness for flowing scarves was the cause of her death in 1927 in an automobile accident in Nice, France.
The famed American dancer was the passenger in an Amilcar CGSS[3] when her silk scarf became entangled in the open-spoked wheels and rear axle, pulling her from the car and breaking her neck.