Posted on Thursday 23 November 2006
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 30’s BMW 328.
Fast forward to 2001 and we have the Veritas RS3 concept powered by a 6.0L BMW sourced V12 with around 670hp and 760Nm of torque. Featuring design cues from the original cars from more than 50 years back, the RS3 is 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 so the manufacturer’s claim of a 350km/h top speed doesn’t seem that unreasonable.
Via: Autoblog.it
this thing is not only abstolutely stunning, its a total paradigm shift from whats currently on the market. I love it. pity pedestrian safety laws would never allow such a low slung car to hit mass market, poo on those laws. motoring is heading to everyone driving rubber bubbles around, yechhh