In the late 1960s, two Americans, Joe Vos and Charles Schwendler, decided to produce a luxurious and powerful car and created the Murena Motor Corporation. It took the form of a large coupe equipped with a 360 horsepower Ford V8 and bodied with the typical shapes of a shooting brake. The Murena was presented at the 1969 New York Auto Show. Only about ten units were produced.