Riverti Automobili was founded on a genuine passion for cars and a clear vision: to bring into the present the spirit of an era in which design, competition and motoring culture gave rise to some of the most captivating cars ever created.

It was a time when the automobile was not simply an industrial product, but also an expression of style. The great Italian coachbuilders interpreted manufacturers' platforms through forms, proportions and details capable of turning outstanding engineering into objects that would enter the collective imagination, almost as works of art.

It is from this tradition that Riverti Automobili draws its inspiration. Not with the intention of recreating the past, but of carrying its spirit forward. Not through nostalgia, but through a new expression of automotive culture capable of creating a dialogue between two different eras.

This is the idea behind the retromod concept. While a restomod begins with a historic car and updates its mechanics, performance and features, a retromod takes the opposite approach. It begins with a contemporary car, designed to meet modern standards of safety, reliability, emissions and homologation, and reinterprets it through a design language inspired by the great icons of the past.

The technology belongs to the present; the emotion, design and identity look to history. This approach allows Riverti to work from a modern automotive platform, retaining its fundamental principles while developing an entirely new visual identity around it, both inside and outside. It offers a different perspective from the transformation of a historic vehicle and, from the outset, is conceived around a path towards compliance and homologation for road use.

The retromod therefore becomes the clearest expression of the Riverti philosophy: bringing into the present the appeal of the cars that made generations fall in love with motoring, following the same principle that, for decades, defined the relationship between the automotive industry and the great Italian coachbuilders.