The MBM Tourismo was a very low-production (probably only two were built) automobile sold by

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. Monteverdi's small company MBM (standing for Monteverdi Binningen Motors) mainly focused on competition, but a "few" sports cars were also produced. The car's body was bought from England, where a company called

Heron Plastics In 1960 Heron Plastics of Greenwich, London was well established as a manufacturer of GRP bodyshells for Austin 7 specials. One of these was used as the basis for the original Diva GT in 1961. By this time, Heron also built their own coupe, t ...

had developed a fiberglass sports car called the Europa. It had a backbone chassis and coil sprung wishbone front suspension, with a Triumph Herald swing axle at the rear, although it is unknown what may have been different in the MBMs. The engine was a 997 cc Ford Anglia 105E unit, as was usual for the Heron as well.Lawrence, ''A to Z of Sports Cars'', p. 152 A 1961 MBM Tourismo currently resides in the Swiss Transport Museum in

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In 1960 an open two-seat sports car called the MBM Sport meant for competition was shown. The little barchetta had a 1092 cc

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engine with , and was front-engined unlike the

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and Elvas with which it was meant to compete. While offered for sale at (~US$95,000 in 2016), only the one car was built.

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