Photo Gallery «Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024 - from bread and butter to Monteverdi»

Name: VW 1200 1959
Brand: VW

On June 16, 2024, the classic car event "Old Wheels" took place in Biel for the fifth time. The highlight of the current event was a large Monteverdi special show with over two dozen vehicles. However, the many visitor vintage cars that were part of the exhibition concept also provided a splash of color. This review with over 100 photos shows the event in all its facets.

Monteverdi special show with over two dozen vehicles - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi's cars embodied elegance, exclusivity and high speeds that were comfortable to drive - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

There has never been such a large Monteverdi special show outside the former Monteverdi Museum and the Swiss Museum of Transport - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

View of the Monteverdi special show - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Three generations of Monteverdi coupés in contrast to Monteverdi's military vehicles - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

The three Monteverdi by club members whet the appetite for a visit to the Monteverdi special show - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Special (1952) - 4 cylinders, 1089 cm3, 45 hp, around 95 km/h - an early work - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

MBM Tourismo (1961) - leading sports car from Monteverdi on a British basis - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

MBM Tourismo (1961) - with plastic body - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

A look at the Monteverdi ancestral gallery - even in the past, cars weren't always colorful ... - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Hai 450 SS (1970) - 7 liter displacement, 450 hp, 280 km/h - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Hai 450 SS (1970) - the fastest production sports car from Binnigen of its time - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Hai 450 SS (1970) - in the background the spiritual successor Hai 650 F1 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Hai 450 SS (1970) - is always an attraction - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Hai 450 SS (1970) - on the right the wooden mold for forming the sheet metal parts - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Hai 650 F1 (1992) - with F1 engine technology - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi High Speed 375 S (1967) - early coupé, built by Pietro Frua - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi High Speed 375 L (1969) - built by Fissore - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi High Speed 375 L (1969) - the Fissore variants had a different front design - 5. Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi High Speed 375 L (1969) - less unconventional design of the C-pillar compared to the Frua prototype - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi High Speed 375/4 (1971) - Peter Monteverdi once wanted to give it to the Federal Council, without success - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi High Speed 375/4 (1971) - was already painted in a wide variety of colors - 5. Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi HIgh Speed 375/4 (1972) - one of the few examples of this type - 5. Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi HIgh Speed 375/4 (1972) - with significantly longer wheelbase than the coupés - 5. Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Berlinetta (1972) - successor to the High Speed - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Berlinetta (1972) - elegant lines - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi High Speed 375 C (1971) - already with modified front - 5. Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi High Speed 375 C (1971) - with 7.2-liter V8 as convertible - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Sierra Cabriolet (1978) - the basis was provided by Dodge technology - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Montverdi Sierra Station Wagon (1980) - the technical platform was provided by the Dodge Aspen - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Tiara (1982) - based on the Mercedes-Benz W126 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Military 260 F (1979) - the Swiss military did not bite - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Military 230 M (1979) - short version - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Military 250 Z (1979) - also suitable for civilian use - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Range Rover 4 Door (1980) - Peter Monteverdi transformed the two-door into a more practical four-door - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Safari 4x4 (1976) - an International Harvester Scout with only limited modifications - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Sahara 4x4 (1978) - the technical platform again came from the USA - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi Onyx F1 (1990) - Monoposto with V8 engine - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi F1 (1991) - probably lacked the necessary small change to be really successful in Formula 1 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

MBM Formula Junior (1959) - monoposto for the entry-level class, still 215 km/h fast - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

MBM Sport (1960) - with aluminum body and Osca engine - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Monteverdi F1 (1991) - Mockup based on ideas by Luigi Colani - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Sometimes you had to weave your way through very large numbers of visitors - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

The visitor classic cars can be shown on two levels - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

It wasn't called Volkswagen for nothing: four older VW Beetles in a row - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Bread-and-butter from Fiat and VW, the sporty saloon from Alfa Romeo - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

The visitors also provide for the exhibition - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

There was plenty of space in front of the Tissot Arena for classic cars of all kinds - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Different manufacturing countries, different colors - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Variety was the order of the day on the classic car parking areas - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Classic cars from different eras present themselves to the public - VW Beetle, Fiat 124 Spider and Peugeot 203 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Chevrolet Styleline De Luxe Convertible Coupe (1951) - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Elegance from England and the USA in the Tissot Arena - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

The main thing is open: Triumph Spitfire, Austin-Healey 3000 and Fiat 124 Spider - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

American extravaganzas: Opera Window and fins - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

American colors and shapes of the fifties and sixties - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Rear blinds were not only available on the Lamborghini Miura, but also on the BMW M1 or retrofitted on the Citroën CX - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

The next generation on the fifties of the sixties - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Tours in the historic trolley bus - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Adams Roadster (1978) - only 12 of these cars were built, the engine comes from the Jaguar XJ6 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Aston Martin DB5 (1965) - only 193 left-hand drive cars with five-speed ZF transmission are said to have been built - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Aston Martin DB4 Series 1 (1960) - one of 149 left-hand drive cars from the first series - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

BMW M1 (1980) - much admired - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Buick Riviera GS (1966) - with for sale sign, offered for CHF 41'900 - 5. Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Fins up - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Chevrolet Corvette (1976) - would I have liked to have one of these? - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Excalibur Phaeton Series III (1993) - based on a design by Brooks Stevens - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Excalibur Phaeton Series III (1993) - Exhaust pipe routing like Mercedes-Benz SSK - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Old car, young driver: Fiat Balilla at the entrance - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Fiat 1100 (1956) - compact four-door car from Italy - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Fiat 131 Abarth Stradale (1976) - only 400 examples were made back then - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Fiat Ritmo Abarth 125 TC (1981) - rare and powerful variant with the twin-camshaft two-liter four-cylinder engine - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Ford Cortina GT (1966) - in the classic two-tone look - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Ford Mustang Convertible (1966) - also arouses interest among young people - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Ford Mustang (1965) - as a hardtop coupé - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

The characteristic Mustang rear lights on a 1967 Fastback - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Lancia Stratos HF (1976) - almost unsaleable at the time, an icon today - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Lancia Delta Integrale HF Evolutione "Dealer Edition" (1993) - one of three Integrales in a row - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

A Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster advertises the Energy Park and a classic car magazine - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

MG A (1959) - still one of MG's most beautiful classics - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

MG A (1959) - ready to go - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

MG B (1971) - next to its competitor from Triumph - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Mitsubishi Sapporo (1978) - in subtle green - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

The Jäggi Classics stand with a beautiful Morris Mini Traveller - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Colorful seventies - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Opel Manta (1986) - a dream car for many back then - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Peugeot 404 and 504 from different eras - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Plymouth Cuda (1970) - at the entrance - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Pontiac Bonneville Sports Coupe (1963) - with 6.4-liter V8 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Porsche 928 S (1984) - next to two Porsche 911s - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

The Range Rover is also a coveted classic today, as is a Fiat 131 Abarth - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Renaul Sport Spider (1998) - in the right color - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Triumph Spitfire (1964) - on the driveway in front of an NSU Ro80 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Triumph TR4 (1963) - with Surrey top - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Triumph TR6 (1972) - next to an Alfa Romeo Spider in almost the same color - 5. Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Vauxhall Victor Super (1958) - assembled at GM in Biel - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

VW 1200 Cabriolet (1963) - pretty blue - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

VW 1200 De Luxe (1964) - Beetle with 32 hp next to its colleagues - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

Headlight design and colors - from the VW Beetle to the Porsche 996 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

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VW 1200 (1965) - with unorthodox protected bumper horns - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

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Volkswagen variety incl. Fridolin, Polo and of course Beetle and Bulli variants - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

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VW Golf (1976) - early Golf with metal bumpers, next to a Ferrari F355 - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024

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VW Polo Coupé (1992) - rarely seen today - 5th Old Wheels Biel/Bienne 2024