It’s Wednesday and days go by so fast that I felt like yesterday was just Sunday. During the weekend, I woke up extra early and met up with one of our awesome photoG’s DPhan. We got to Houston Coffee and Cars (HoustonCAC) and saw David already there, taking pictures of a DeLorean. One thing that I always do every time I go to car meets (specially CAC) is that I look in each car’s interior and check out the steering wheel. I get all smiles when i see a Momo steering wheel in a factory or a modified car.

One cool fact that I love about the Italian company founded by Giampiero Moretti is that after opening his company in 1964, after 4 years, in 1968 Momo signed a contract with Ferrari to supply steering-wheels for all its Formula 1 racing cars and road models.

Momo’s aren’t only found in a Ferrari now a days, even other companies are being supplied by the Italian steering wheel maker. A good example would be the Honda Type R line up, that has a momo stamp on it’s factory equipped wheel. If there’s one part that I think a Honda, and a Ferrari have in common(no not the spoiler..lol), it’s the Momo steering wheel; not just any regular Momo steering wheel but the Monte Carlo series.

Maybe you guys are thinking, why am I talking about a plain leather wrapped steering wheel found all over Ebay and Amazon?

The Monte Carlo design for me is timeless 3-point steering wheel that i can never get tired of. The grip is great, it has a simple, functional design, it’s affordable and it’s popularly found on some Ferrari F40’s, Spoon Sports modified Civics which is enough reason for me.

And I believe other than the pedals and gear lever, that the steering wheel is one of the key factors that connects the driver to the car. I would not buy any other steering wheel other than a Momo Monte Carlo 😉

-Mark@MaydayGarage