Graber

The origin of Carosserie Graber goes back to 1925 when Hermann Graber started as an independent coachbuilder in Wichtrach near Bern. Of the various Swiss coachbuilders, Carrosserie Graber is undoubtedly the most well known and successful. Hermann Graber, who was born in Wichtrach, learned the coachbuilding trade from his father, becoming a well respected builder of horse-drawn vehicles before making his first automobile body for a Fiat 508 in 1927. He achieved additional fame in St. Moritz two years later, as he won the Concours d'Elegance for his work on a Panhard-Levassor 20 CV - an achievement that undoubtedly expanded his international renown and eventually resulted in additional commissions from Alfa Romeo, Bentley and others.

In the 30's Graber became World famous for his beautiful convertible and coupe body designs and for his perfect craftsmanship. Until his death in 1970 Hermann Graber designed and built over 800 coachworks on chassis from Alvis, Aston-Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Duesenberg, Lagonda, Packard, Rolls-Royce, BMW, Rover and others.

With his death in 1970, the coachbuilding stopped in Wichtrach, but the Work- and Bodyshop was carried on by his widow until 1980. From 1980 until 1996 Graber was one of the official Swiss Ferrari Dealers and very active in the complete restoration of Italian and German sport cars. In 2001 Graber Sportgarage merged with the workshop of Markus Scharnhorst and moved all activities to Toffen, where the locality were bigger and more appropriate to the activities of the company. Today Graber Sportgarage is mainly focused on the service, maintenance, race preparation and trading of classic and historic sports cars.