Carrozzeria Fissore

In 1936 Bernardo took the reins and began constructing special bodies for automobiles, funeral vehicles, mail cars, and small buses.

This provided a steady stream of work, although the expected orders of 100 cars per year did not materialize until the 1976 introduction of the Safari off-roader.

The volumes reached during these year forced Fissore to give up their artisan methods in favor of a more industrial mode of production.

Monteverdi provided financial aid in acquiring the necessary presses, and in return received a stake in the company and ended up taking full ownership in the late seventies.

[2] Rayton Fissore is best known for the Magnum, an off-roader on an Iveco-based chassis which was presented in 1985 and sold as the Laforza in the United States.

These were: In Argentina, IASF (Industrias Automotriz de Santa Fe) built Fissore-designed Coupés and Spyders based on the Auto Union 1000 SP, with more upright bodywork.

In 1964-65 Fissore designed and built aluminum bodies on a De Tomaso backbone chassis, the mid-engined Vallelunga.

Perhaps fifteen of the coupés were made before production was moved to Ghia,[7] which partly belonged to Alejandro de Tomaso at the time.

Due to Frua's restricted capacity Peter Monteverdi severed the relationship in 1968, after only half a year, in favor of Fissore.

Fissore also designed the stillborn Monteverdi 2.8 Turbo prototype, an elegant if square-rigged three-door coupé on Ford Granada basis.

[8] Fissore designer Trevor Fiore (né Frost) developed a wedge-shaped two-seater coupé for TVR, first shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1965.

Before it entered production, TVR went bankrupt and Fissore sold the rights to an ex-TVR dealer who proceeded to market the car as the Trident.