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Veritas was a small German company formed towards the end of WWII by three employees of BMW, who wanted a brand to fulfill their dream of building and racing sports cars. Under the Veritas label, they managed to build 75 cars before the company went bust in 1952. Their most famous car is easily the Veritas-BMW Rennsport Spyder, which ran a ‘Hemi’ six-cylinder engine from the late ’30s’ BMW 328.
Fast forward to 2001 and we have the Veritas RS3 concept powered by a 6.0-litre BMW-sourced V12 with around 670 bhp and 760Nm (561lb-ft) of torque. Featuring design cues from the original cars from more than 50 years back, the RS3 was the perfect evolution of the brand.
At one point Veritas moved into the construction of boats, and the RS3 represents that faithfully with its road-going interpretation of a sea vessel. Thanks to its tubular chassis structure, total weight is a lithe 950kg (nearly 2,100lbs) so the manufacturer’s claim of a 350km/h (217mph) top speed doesn’t seem that unreasonable.
Now, seven years later, a more modern interpretation of the RS3 concept has popped up for testing at the Nürburgring. Details were scarce at first, but we’ve uncovered some dirt on the car.
Dubbed the Veritas RS III, the car is indeed headed to production. Veritas is planning to produce 50 RS IIIs per year, with the first cars being delivered later this year. The concept’s BMW-sourced V12 has been swapped for the German automaker’s 5.0L V10, which will make 600 horsepower in the RS III, according to Carscoop. That power combined with a car that only weighs 2,360 pounds — thanks to a carbon-kevlar body — will net a 0-62 run of only 3.2 seconds, with a top speed of 216 mph.
Spied - May 14th, 2008
You gotta love it! Atypical, asymmetrical, and outrageous!
but with todays gas prices reaching close to 4dollars…… blah blah blah, car does looks badass- has the mean and low stance and 670bhp isn’t bad either
how are they going to get away with the rs- name? surely audi will get them on that, im sure they have ideas of an a3 based rs3 one day.
Looks like a kit car.
I’d rather see this front-end on the Fisker Karma versus what it currently has.
This is the worst car I’ve ever seen.
worst looking, that is
Looks fierce. I like it. It needs to come in yellow or orange though.
They make that a two seater, just to pay the bills, they could make a real company of themselves.
Looks very 1960s in concept. Very minimal. A surfboard with an engine. Coolness.
Really Blakkarr? It looks like somebody stepped on it and then gave rims from a Hot Wheel.
this car could easily be changed around to be one badass looking supercar for the road. I agree with blakkar, definitely coolness.
Swell. A competitor for Tramontana. Just what the world was missing without realising it.
Should be in Speedracer 2. If they make another one.
The buisness model already exists (with Maybach). Don’t try to dredge up some uber-expensive niche German marque…results will be disappointing.
No electric windows? How much this thing, anyway?
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL2140300920080521