I second the statement that you guys are amazing. I've never heard of a Monteverdi. My first glance thought an early Bentley (sp?) but the Dodge Aspen thing is curious...

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dtf
1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

Ok...I had to cheat. If you want to keep guessing, don't click this url: http://www.tobiasullrich.de/monteverdi/cars/tiara/index.html

Otherwise...

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Glen Tokuhara
Beauty & the Beast and the wagon that could!

Good call on the W126 conversion; it's obvious when you see it from the rear. I guess that looked too big (and nice) to be an Aspen in fancy sheetmetal...

Here we go:

The manufacturer in fact was Peter Monteverdi, his plant is located in Bale-Binningen in Switzerland. The base of the modification called Tiara was in fact the W 126. The Dodge Aspen was the basis for the Sierra, but I have no idea, why anybody on this planet wants to modify this fine piece of american engineering.

The Tiara looks, to put it that way, unconventional. In my opinion, the 375/4 is the much better looking car with four doors and a Hemi. The 375/4 looks like a Bitter and they both have a close resemplance to the Maserati Quattroporte. Bitter, by the way, build his cars on Opel cars, his plant was located in Schwelm in Germany close to the Ruhr valley (the bodywork was partly done by Michelotti in Italy, but that is a different story )

The most successful work of Monteverdi was the conversion of the Range Rover to a four door design. The conversion was available through Rover dealers.

Very successful also was the luxury SUV on International Harvester Scout. He never took the Patrol, the only work he did with japanese cars you don't even want to see...

Kind regards
Eberhard

The mirrors gave it away for me.