Veritas was a West German post World War II sports and race car company, located in the village of Hausen am Andelsbach, near Sigmaringen , Baden-Württemberg . It later moved to Meßkirch and Muggensturm and finally to the Nürburgring .
8-562: The Veritas RS was a Veritas sports car based on the BMW 328 , which also competed in Formula One . It participated in five World Championship Grands Prix: the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix , the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix , the 1952 German Grand Prix , the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix , and the 1953 German Grand Prix . Its best result in Formula One racing was a 7th-place finish at the 1952 German Grand Prix , driven by Fritz Riess . In 1949, work
16-510: A 2 L (120 cu in) engine (specifically, 1998 cm³) manufactured by Heinkel. Despite receiving 200 orders for motorised Veritas models, poor financial management led to the end of series production in 1950. This Formula One –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Veritas (automobile) The company was founded by Ernst Loof , Georg Meier and Lorenz Dietrich who initially re-built and tuned pre-war BMW 328 cars using components supplied by
24-460: A Veritas RS made street legal. It was followed by the more civilised 2+2 Saturn coupé and Scorpion cabriolet, both being styled by Ben Bowden. The company moved to larger premises in Muggensturm in 1949 but they were badly undercapitalised. New cars were designed using a 1998 cc engine designed Eric Zipprich and built by Heinkel . Over 200 orders were received for the new car but there
32-577: The Veritas name. It produced a concept known as the Veritas RS III in 2001, initially using a BMW sourced 6.0 litre V-12, producing 670 hp (500 kW; 679 PS). Over the following years pre-production models of the RS III were exhibited at trade shows and used as press demonstrators. The motor was changed to a 5 litre BMW unit. In 2011 VerMot announced that the RS III would be offered as
40-465: The customer, turning them into BMW-Veritas cars. The first car was used in 1947 Karl Kling to win at Hockenheim and subsequently become the 1947 German 2-litre champion. After only a few cars were made, following an objection from BMW, the cars became simply known as Veritas. The first Veritas to be made for normal road use were made in 1949 with the launch of the Komet coupé which was little more than
48-476: The final bodies were fitted with Ford or Opel engines. The number of cars made at the Nürburgring is estimated to be between 6 and 20. A total of 17 privately entered Veritas cars participated in 5 FIA World Championship races. After a virtual disappearance from motor racing and automotive engineering for nearly 50 years, a small company known as VerMot AG of Grafschaft, Rhineland planned to revive
56-515: Was completed on the racing sports car based on the BMW 328 , with the engine output increased to 125 hp (93 kW) (with some models reaching up to 135 hp (101 kW)). However, 1949 also saw the launch of the Veritas Komet coupé, a road version of the RS. Additionally, in the same year, Veritas relocated to Muggensturm, where it abandoned the 2-litre BMW engine of the 328 in favour of
64-528: Was not enough money to buy the components and production came to a halt in 1950. The company continued in operation until 1952 by making new bodies for Panhard cars. Ernst Loof moved to the Nürburgring in 1950 where he rented the old Auto Union workshops and set up a new company Automobilwerke Ernst Loof GmbH and started a new range of Veritas cars with the Heinkel manufactured engine and saloon or cabriolet coachwork by Spohn. Money quickly ran out however and
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