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Sports car for the masses - the people's Monteverdi from Switzerland

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Created on July 4, 2013

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - hübsches Coupé mit gradlinigen Konturen

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Rot steht dem Coupé ausnehmend gut

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - der Prototyp von 1968 an einer Ausstellung im Jahr 2012

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - gleicht sich im Design an die grösseren Monteverdi-Coupés der Zeit an

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - von aussen erinnert kaum etwas an BMW

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Blick ins sportliche Cockpit

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Doppelscheinwerfer vorne

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Rückleuchten ähnlich zu jenen von BMW

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - ein GTI lange vor dem Golf

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - das Monteverdi-Markenzeichen auf dem Bug

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Türgriff

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Magnesiumräder

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BMW 2000 ti Frua (1968) - aufgenommen in der Nähe des Studio Technico - die Ähnlichkeit zum Monteverdi 2000 ist augenfällig

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BMW 2000 ti Frua (1967) - sehr frühes Foto des Frua-BMW-Coupés mit Zweiliter-Motor, aufgenommen in der Nähe des Studio Technico - ob dieser Wagen mit dem späteren Monteverdi 2000 identisch ist?

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - elegante Silhouette

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - das Coupé war ausgenommen hübsch, hier mit Stahlrädern

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - aufgenommen 1969

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - mit BMW-typisch nach vorne öffnender Motorhaube

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - typische Monteverdi-Front

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - von hinten sind BMW-Ähnlichkeiten auszumachen

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Motor mit Vergaserbestückung, aufgenommen im März 1969

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - der BMW-Vierzylinder im Bug

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Blick in den Motorraum, aufgenommen 1969

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BMW 3.0 Coupé Frua (1972) - das u.a. 1972 in Paris gezeigte Coupé zeigt ähnliche Linien wie der Monteverdi 2000 GTI, verfügt aber über einen starken Dreiliter-Sechszylindermotor

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BMW 2800 GTS Frua (1970) - gezeigt am Genfer Autosalon von 1970, eindeutig mit Anklängen an den Monteverdi 2000, hat aber ansonsten nichts damit zu tun

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BMW Frua 2002 GT 4 (1969) - ausgestellt in Paris im Oktober 1969, enstanden auf private Initiative - hat mit dem Monteverdi 2000 nichts zu tun

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BMW 2002 GT 4 Frua (1971) - erstmals gezeigt in Paris im Jahr 1970, dann in Genf im 1971, dort von einem Schweizer gekauft - hat mit dem Monteverdi 2000 nichts zu tun

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - am Salon in Genf nicht gezeigt, jetzt erstmals vor grösserem Publikum - Zürich Classic Car Award ZCCA 2020

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - elegantes Coupé mit BMW-2002-Technik - Zürich Classic Car Award ZCCA 2020

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - vom Museum zurück auf die Strasse - Zürich Classic Car Award ZCCA 2020

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Monteverdi 2000 GTI (1968) - Sieger in der Klasse der Sechzigerjahreautos - Zürich Classic Car Award ZCCA 2020

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Summary

At the end of the sixties, Peter Monteverdi presented a small sports car called the Monteverdi 2000 GTI, which was created on the mechanical basis of the BMW 2000 Ti and a body by Pietro Frua. The planned presentation fell through and since then rumors and conjectures have swirled around the Volks-Monti and its identical twin, the Frua BMW 2000 ti. This vehicle report attempts to trace the history of the small sports car and shows it in many historical and current illustrations.

This article contains the following chapters

Collaboration between BMW and Monteverdi
Intended for the 1968 Motor Show
Presentation canceled
Identical twins?
A second attempt
End and successor
Survival assured
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Peter Monteverdi became famous for his expensive, large-volume Granturismo vehicles, which combined comfort with elegance. In 1968, however, a small Monteverdi was also built, which is still the subject of myths and rumors today. Why was the prototype not shown in Geneva in 1968, why did the car disappear from the scene, how many test vehicles were there? In 1965, Peter Monteverdi took over a BMW agency for his company in Binnigen. As part of this activity, he also met BMW sales manager Hahnemann and agreed on a collaboration with him (according to the interview AR with Peter Monteverdi in 1979). A two-seater coupé based on the BMW 2000 was to be built at Frua in Turin according to Monteverdi's plans.

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