• Offered without reserve • Hand built, limited edition Swiss GT car • Imported into the USA in 1986 • Present ownership since 2012 During the 1960s, American V8 power was seen by many independent European manufacturers as a means of creating a luxury Grand Tourer to compete with the more exotica offerings of long-established firms like Ferrari, Maserati, and Aston Martin.

AC, Jensen, Facel, and Iso among others all went down this route, as did Swiss BMW dealer Peter Monteverdi, who used Chrysler engines and transmissions for his sports and GT cars.

Launched in 1967, the first of these was the High Speed 375S, a two-seater coupé featuring a body styled by Pietro Frua.

The latter built the first bodies before production switched to Carrozzeria Fissore in 1969.

Monteverdi's tubular spaceframe chassis employed double-wishbone independent front suspension and a De Dion rear axle, and customers could choose between 7.0-litre (375bhp) and 7.2-litre (450bhp) 'Hemi' V8s, either of which wa...