After a year of apprenticeship, by 1970 the Porsche 917 was finally a reliable and balanced car. After losing the first race at Sebring, won by the Ferrari 512S, the 917 proved to be almost unbeatable. The 1970 car had an updated bodywork, which had been developed as early as the end of 1969. The engine, type 912/00, was the 4.5 liter, which was later replaced by the 4.9 liter 912/10. The 917, in short configuration (917K) was also the car with which Porsche took its first victory at Le Mans. A particular aerodynamic long tail body was also studied for Le Mans, which was then re-proposed, with some modifications, also in 1971.
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 Brumm originally made 1:43 scale models of horse-drawn carriages.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.