Monteverdi Hai 650 F1 - The Forgotten F1 Powered Swiss Supercar [Shorts]
Channel: Alfa Guy 2
Date: 24/03/2020

Putting an F1 engine on a road car is no easy task, that’s why we have only a few successful examples. But looks like every now and then a car maker gives the F1 engine a try. And so did Peter Monteverdi in 1992. So hello guys and welcome back on another short stories episode and here is  the Monteverdi Hai 650 F1  The Montevrdi name is almost unknown, But this Swiss supercar maker has quite a rich and interesting story Like Lamborghini,Monterverdi also entered the sport car market after an argument that he had with Enzo. Ferrari tried to insist that Monteverdi would buy a fairly large batch of cars from him, while paying in advance, Monteverdi was against this deal, plus he hinted that the cars from Maranello were not reliable and uncomfortable, his rich clients often complained the lack of luxury. However, the dialogue didn’t work out and breaking off a partnership that lasted almost 8 years,  and so Monteverdi decide to go on the footsteps of Feruccio going against the “Commendatore” and creating his own company. But differently from Lamborghini, Monteverdi decided to use a formula which was quite popular at the time this was building Italian bodied cars with American engines, and this is probably the reason why Monteverdi never made it big like Lamborghini. In the late 70s they saw a hard decline on sales, and so they became more like coachbuilders, working with Mercedes, Range Rovers and a number of other cars and so in 1984 Monteverdi closed its doors. But the full story of Monteverdi is a story for another time. In the early 90s Montverdi decide to enter the car market again, And they planned to do this by building a Supercar. And this was no ordinary Supercar, Since was going to be power by a F1 engine. In 1990 Peter Monteverdi a struggling F1 team called Onyx, but by the time that Monteverdi got the full ownership and naming rights the team had gone bankrupt. Without an F1 team but with an F1 car, Peter decided to enter the production market  again. And in 1992 Monteverdi presented the Hai 650 F1 The Onyx F1 car used a Coswoorth DFR 3.5l v8  this was quite a popular engine among F1 teams in the late 80s, With names like Benetton, Jordan, Tyrell among other utilizing different versions of this engine. Now is quite hard to find exact information about the 650, since the car never made a public debut, and was only showed to a potential costumers. But Monteverdi Museum, which was founded in 1985 by Peter,claims  That the car 650hp @11000 rpm And a curb weight of supposedly 550kg, Which is quite hard to believe for a car of this size, Despite the use of carbon fiber, The top speed was at 320kmh, While the acceleration time at 3s. The design on the other side, Quite generic for the time and similar with the Nazca and also with the  Centenaire MonteCarlo Autmobile. The price of the car was 1m DM which was double the price of a f40. Only two prototypes were ever build one in red and one in with gradient purple to silver color. There are a number of sources that claim that 6 examples were built but that is hard to believe. So guys thank you for watching and see you next time.

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