Veritas RS III

Veritas was a famous West German post World War II sports and race car company, located at Hausen am Andelsbach, near Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, later at Meßkirch and Muggensturm and moved finally to the Nürburgring.

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 a customer, turning them into BMW-Veritas cars.[1] The first car was used in 1947 by its owner 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.


With a virtual disappearance from motor racing and automotive engineering for nearly 50 years, a small company known as Vermot AG [2] plans on "resurrecting" the Veritas name on a planned model known as the RS III.

In 2001, a concept known as the Veritas RS3 was shown[3]. With some design cues taken from boats, in which Venturi explored the market at one time, it was well received. It used a BMW sources 6.0 liter V-12, producing 670 horsepower.

In 2008, it was released that Vermot AG was to take serious efforts into producting the RS III.

Production and testing began in early 2008, with the RS III spotted testing on tracks in May of 2008, and Vermot AG has released a general release date for the end of 2008. It runs on a BMW sourced 5.0 liter V-10 that generates 600 horsepower. Weight will be kept down to 2,360 pounds due to the extensive use of light materials, and performance figures of 0-60 in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 216 miles per hour are likely, according to Vermot AG. Production will be around 50 models per year.

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