MBM Tourismo

{{Infobox automobile

| image = MBM Tourismo 1961 vr.JPG

| name = MBM Tourismo

| manufacturer = MBM

| production = 1961-1962

| designer =

| class = Grand Tourer

| body_style = 2-door 2-seater coupé

| layout = Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

| engine =

| transmission =

| related = Heron Europa

}}

The MBM Tourismo was a very low-production (likely only two were built){{cite web | title = Monteverdi Hai 450 SS - An Enigma | url = http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info_monteverdi_hai_450_ss.htm | publisher = Unique Cars and Parts | accessdate = 2010-12-10 }} automobile sold by Peter Monteverdi.{{cite web | url = http://www.madle.org/emontemus.htm | author = Peter Madle | title = Monteverdi-Museum: Part 1: Street Cars | publisher = Madle.org | accessdate = 2010-12-10 }} Monteverdi's small company MBM (standing for Monteverdi Binningen Motors) mainly focused on competition, but a "few" sports cars were also produced.{{cite book | title = A to Z of Sports Cars | author = Mike Lawrence | publisher = Bay View Books | location = Bideford, Devon | page = 215 | year = 1991 | isbn = 1-870979-81-8 }}

File:Monteverdi MBM Tourismo composite body prototype.jpg]]

The car's body was bought from England, where a company called Heron Plastics 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 Luzern Switzerland.

In 1960 an open two-seat sports car called the MBM Sport meant for competition was shown. The little barchetta had a 1092 cc O.S.C.A. engine with {{convert|100|PS|kW|1|abbr=on}}, and was front-engined unlike the Lotus and Elvas with which it was meant to compete.{{cite magazine | title = MBM - Schweizisk sportvagn |trans-title=Swiss Sports Car | page = 24 | language = Swedish | editor-last = Björklund | editor-first = Bengt | location = Lerum, Sweden | magazine = Illustrerad Motor Sport | number = 3 | date = March 1962 }} While offered for sale at {{CHF|link=yes|22000}} (~US$95,000 in 2016), only the one car was built.