Monteverdi was a Swiss brand of luxury cars created in 1967 by Peter Monteverdi near Basel, Switzerland. During the late 1950s and early '60s, Mr. Monteverdi developed a motor vehicle repair business founded by his father into a major dealership handling Ferrari, BMW, and Lancia brands. By 1967, he had decided to undertake series production of exclusive high-performance luxury sports and touring cars. The first model, the two-seater Monteverdi High Speed 375S coupé, was launched at that year's Frankfurt Motor Show and received very positive reviews. Other models followed until production of super luxury cars ended in 1976. Monteverdi would continue to produced badge engineered versions of other vehicles until the early 80's.