Sauter (racing car)
Sauter was a Swiss racing car manufacturer in the 1950s and 1960s.
Shortly after the war, the Swiss racing driver Kurt Sauter started his own workshop in Basel with a specialist automobile workshop. By the mid-1960s, Sauter had acquired an excellent reputation as a manufacturer of small series for international motorsport. Sauter himself was also active as a racing driver for many years .
The Sauter Formula Junior car was built at Bamosa . The bustling Swiss Peter Monteverdi , who raced in the 1950s, later became known and popular as a sports car maker and even entered Formula 1 in 1990 with Onyx , was the initiator of the Bamosa project (Bale - Monteverdi - Sauter). Before the team could form, Sauter went his own way to build his own car.
The Sauter Formula Junior had a multi-tube frame and a plastic body. The small vehicle was powered by a 1-liter two-stroke engine from DKW . Outwardly, the Sauter resembled the MBM Type A, the follow-up project to Bamosa. The car was driven by, among others, the Swiss racing driver Heini Walter , who achieved some successes with it in 1960.