About Tough to crack puzzle #94: Monteverdi 2000 GTI

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No it’s not a Jensen, and also not a Frua BMW, or is it? Well, yes and no, since that suggestion actually provided the link that we mentioned. Regular Till Jauernig knew that and wrote: “It is based on a BMW 2000ti. But BMW didn’t want series production and so only one was build.” Tobias Wenzel, another regular puzzle buff, knew that too, and even mentioned the car’s chassis number and the alleged selling price of 90,000 Swiss Francs!

But hang on, Swiss francs? Yes, for this boys and girls, is the Monteverdi 2000 GTI - born in Basel in 1968. And Luc Ryckaert is our winner. He wrote: Peter Monteverdi (Swiss BMW dealer) presented the car in 1968. It was designed by Pietro Frua and based on a BMW 2000Ti. Release plans at the 38th Automobilsalon in Geneva were cancelled, some say the prototype was damaged in Turin during transport, other claim it on the dispute between Frua and Monteverdi that ended their co-operation. Production never started, as BMW saw this ‘Volks Monti’ as a rival for their own brand. Later that year, Frua presented the same car with BMW badges in Paris as the 2000 Ti Coupé. The featured one-off is in the Monteverd Car Collection in Binningen Basel Switzerland.” Indeed it is, as seen on the unaltered images now. Congratulations Luc!

(Pictures Jeroen Booij)
   

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