Designed by engineer Mauro Forghieri, the Ferrari 312B is the first Formula 1 of the Cavallino of the seventies. It was used at the beginning of that decade and in 1970 it achieved three wins with Jacky Ickx (in Austria, Canada and Mexico) and a further success in Monza with Clay Regazzoni, an Italian Grand Prix marred by the death of the posthumous champion Jochen Rindt during Saturday qualifying. This car was also used during the first part of the following season, clinching a win in South Africa with Mario Andretti, before being replaced by the 312B2 that immediately won the Dutch GP with Ickx. Equipped with a 3000 cm³ 12-cylinder engine opposed to 180 ° with a power of 480 hp, it was fitted with a 5-speed gearbox. The chassis was a half-shell type, with a wheelbase of 2380 mm and a total weight of 540 kg. A documentary film produced under the direction of Andrea Marini was dedicated to the 312B.
Brumm was founded by Reno Tattarletti, former Rio sales director, with Emilio Molteni and Virginio Bianchi in Como, in 1972. The company name comes from a model of carriage (from "Brougham") widely used in Milan in Nineteenth century. Brumm originally made 1:43 scale models of horse-drawn carriages. In the mid-1970s, steam-powered vehicle models went into production, and in 1977, classic car models. Car models, mostly sports and racing cars, along with some small Fiats, soon became the company's most important and successful product line. Since the mid-1980s Brumm has regularly produced limited edition models in special and promotional liveries. Proudly continuing to produce in Italy, Brumm is today very active, with a very rich catalog that offers updated variants of already known moulds. Completely new molds are nowadays rare, such as the Fiat Panda II Series, which was long overdue.