Momo Gear Shift Knob - ULTRA BLACK
Momo Gear Shift Knob - ULTRA BLACK
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Description
Momo Gear Shift Knob
Product Details: The MOMO Ultra Gear Knob is produced from a fully machined aluminium body with a premium microfibre finish. The MOMO Ultra is available either black, blue or red with a sticker-bomb effect of the MOMO logo around the collar and a MOMO arrow logo on the top.
Colour: Black
Material: Aluminium
Manufacturer's Part Number: POULTRABLK0
Product Description
Why Momo?
It all began with a passion for motor racing.
Giampiero Moretti, an amateur racing driver, had a unique steering wheel made
for his car. Aside from being a smaller diameter than a conventional racing
wheel of the day, the most distinctive part was the large diameter handgrip,
that made the car far easier to drive.
It attracted the attention of many racing drivers, amongst them John Surtees,
who drove for the Ferrari F1 team at the time, and had the Moretti wheel fitted
to his 1964 race car. It was a great year for Surtees and Ferrari, who won the
F1 World Championship, and also for Moretti’s steering wheel, which had its
share of the glory. Requests for the steering wheel began to pour in and what
started as a passion grew into a business.
In 1966 a plant in Tregnano, near Verona, Italy, was opened to produce these
steering wheels, giving birth to MOMO (initials that stand for MORETTI-MONZA).
The first order was from Ferrari, who had decided to use MOMO steering wheels
on all its racing cars. With this formidable entrée, MOMO began to scale the
international market. The steering wheel range broadened and production
diversified, with the company starting to produce light alloy road wheels.
The importance of design in the success of MOMO products led to the creation of
a separate division, MOMO DESIGN, in 1982. And the following year saw the birth
of MOMO CORSE, specialising in the production and distribution of high
technology racing equipment.
Today, MOMO is a global brand, representing the pinnacle in high-style
accessories, tuning products, cutting edge alloy wheels and motorsport
equipment, designed for real enthusiasts and manufactured with the same passion
that started the ball rolling over 50 years ago.