Cars
Monteverdi. The Rarest Brands in the Top 100 Collections
Monteverdi was a Swiss car manufacturer that produced remarkable cars from 1967 to 1984. Founder Peter Monteverdi was a Ferrari importer and constructor who introduced the first Swiss car to debut in Formula 1.
Our journey to explore the rarest brands of The Key’s Top 100 Ranking collections continues with Monteverdi, a car manufacturer from Binningen in Switzerland that produced remarkable jewels from 1967 to 1984.
Peter Monteverdi was surrounded by car engines from a very young age and took over the day-to-day running of his father’s workshop in 1956 at the age of 22 after he passed away. His first foray into the world of car manufacturing came after he began designing and constructing Formula Junior single-seater racing cars under the name MBM (Monteverdi Binningen Motors).
<font size="3">At just 22 years old Peter Monteverdi created MBM (Monteverdi Binningen Motors) and started producing racing cars from Formula Junior single-seaters (right) up to Formula 1 in 1961 (left)</font>
