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Monteverdi High Speed 375 L - elegant top-class family sports car

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Created on August 29, 2016

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Bruno von Rotz

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the elegant coupé was built by Fissore

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - large glass surfaces

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the design was created by Peter Monteverdi himself

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - elegant and certainly very fast sports car at the time

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - Interior with lots of leather and wood

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - speedometer up to 325 km/h - that probably wouldn't have been necessary

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the automatic transmission was concealed under the wide center console

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the instruments came from Smiths, the switches from the mass production warehouse

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the rear seats offered a surprising amount of space

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - Chrysler 7.2-liter engine in the front

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - twin headlights

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the body was built by Fissore in Italy

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - Ventilation behind the side window

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the numerical type designation, the "L" stands for long

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the wheels were of course made by Borrani

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - Trunk with spare wheel and battery

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - type designation at the rear

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Monteverdi 375 S High Speed (1967) - on show for the first time in Frankfurt - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1967

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Monteverdi 375 S High Speed (1967) - Chassis and De Dion rear axle

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Monteverdi 375 S High Speed (1968) - the chassis developed by Monteverdi, on show at the 1968 Geneva Motor Show

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Monteverdi High Speed 375 S (1967) - Pietro Frua designed the elegant bodywork and also built the superstructure

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Monteverdi 375 S High Speed (1967) - the shorter coupé

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Peter Monteverdi at the 1968 Geneva Motor Show

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1968) - the prototype by Pietro Frua at the 1968 Geneva Motor Show

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1968) - Steering wheel and dashboard

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1969) - at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1968) - front view of the prototype

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Monteverdi High Speed 375 L (1971)

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1969) - wooden mold for the bodywork at Fissore

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1969) - front view of the not yet fully finished sports car built by Fissore

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1973) - side view, left-front

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1974) - the 2+2 coupé

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - comfortable seats

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1971) - the Chrysler engine in the front of the coupé

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1973) - View into the engine compartment, now with improved cooling

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1973) - Trunk, right battery box

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1976) - 53 of this type are said to have been built

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Monteverdi 375 L High Speed (1976) - together with the 375/4 saloon and Safari off-road vehicle

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Monteverdi 375/4 (1973) - weighing almost two tons, but still as fast as a sports car thanks to 340 hp (DIN) - at the Geneva Motor Show in 1973

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Monteverdi 375/4 Golden Executive - equipped with every conceivable accessory - at the 1974 Geneva Motor Show

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Monteverdi 375/4 (1971) - stately rear end

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Monteverdi 375/4 (1971) - imposing limousine

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The Monteverdi 375/4 at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show - to the left is probably the 375 L with chassis number 2052

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Monteverdi 375 L Fissore (1973) - as part of the exhibition "Fascination Monteverdi" at the Museum of Transport Lucerne (6.1.-6.4.2015)

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Monteverdi 375 L Fissore (1973) - as part of the exhibition "Fascination Monteverdi" at the Museum of Transport Lucerne (6.1.-6.4.2015)

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Monteverdi 375 L Fissore (1973) - as part of the exhibition "Fascination Monteverdi" at the Museum of Transport Lucerne (6.1.-6.4.2015)

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Monteverdi 375 L Fissore (1973) - as part of the exhibition "Fascination Monteverdi" at the Museum of Transport Lucerne (6.1.-6.4.2015)

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Monteverdi 375 L Fissore (1973) - as part of the exhibition "Fascination Monteverdi" at the Museum of Transport Lucerne (6.1.-6.4.2015)

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Monteverdi 375 L Fissore (1973) - as part of the exhibition "Fascination Monteverdi" at the Museum of Transport Lucerne (6.1.-6.4.2015)

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Summary

In 1967, Peter Monteverdi launched his own car brand with the 375 S sports coupé, and just six months later he presented a variant called the High Speed 375 L with a longer wheelbase. However, this car was never to be produced in its presented form, as it was only the completely redesigned coupé built by Fissore, which made its debut at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show, that made it into series production. This report tells the story of the Monteverdi High Speed 375 L and shows the 1971 Salon vehicle in many pictures, supplemented by historical illustrations from the time.

This article contains the following chapters

The extended second version at the 1968 Geneva Motor Show
Delays
Also for the Americans
Noble interior
Continuous improvements and a model series extension
Sporty, yet luxurious
Manageable production
The 1971 Salon High Speed
Further information

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It was 1967 when Peter Monteverdi launched the first sports car bearing his own surname. At the IAA in Frankfurt, he presented the 375 S, an elegant sports coupé with 2+2 seats and a powerful Chrysler 7.2-liter engine in the front. The car was well received, the first orders trickled in, but Peter Monteverdi was already thinking about a model extension. In March 1968, Monteverdi presented the stretched 375 S as the High Speed 375 L. The wheelbase had been extended by 14 centimetres, which benefited the rear seats in full. As with the 375 S, body design and construction were delegated to Pietro Frua.

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