Amore Cars

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Amore Cars Ltd.
legal form Limited
founding 1974
resolution 1990
Seat Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
Branch Automobiles

Amore Cars Ltd. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on April 10, 1974 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . In 1978 the production of automobiles and kit cars began . The brand name was Amore , possibly with the addition of Cimbria . On April 17, 1978, the Cimbria brand was registered. Production ended in 1990. A total of over 500 vehicles were built.

Nereia Cars continued the production of a model under its own brand name.

vehicles

The first model was the Cimbria . It was a coupe with gullwing doors . Initially, a chassis from the VW Beetle formed the basis. Later, a tubular frame was used that could accommodate V6 and V8 engines .

In 1984 the better equipped variant Viper 2000 added to the range. This model was only available as a complete vehicle. One of the options was a six - cylinder boxer engine from the Porsche 930 with a turbocharger . One source states that only one vehicle was made.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Amore.
  2. a b c d e f g George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 56. (English)
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  4. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed February 25, 2017)
  5. Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 25, 2017)
  6. Trademark protection at trademarks.justia.com (accessed February 25, 2017)
  7. Trademark protection at trademarkia.com (accessed February 25, 2017)
  8. a b The history of the Cimbria model (accessed February 25, 2017)