Apollo Motor Cars

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Apollo Motor Cars Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1982
resolution 1989
Seat Berkeley , California , USA
management
  • Milt Brown
  • Ron Plescia
Branch Automobiles

Apollo Motor Cars Inc. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on August 6, 1982 in Berkeley , California . Milt Brown and Ron Plescia are named as owners. They started producing automobiles in 1982. The brand name was Apollo . Kit cars were also available from 1984 . The last sign of life dates from February 14, 1989. Other sources give the production period from 1979 to 1993.

Verona Automobile acquired the rights and manufactured the vehicles under its own name in Germany.

vehicles

The only model was the Verona as a roadster . It resembled a Morgan model . However, it had a grille in the style of the Jaguar XK 150 . A tubular steel frame formed the basis. The wheel suspensions came from General Motors . V6 engines from Buick , V8 engines from Ford , six-cylinder in - line engines from BMW and unspecified engines from Chevrolet were available.

In 1986 a variant as a convertible added to the range, which was only available as a kit . The vehicle had a larger wheelbase and thus offered more space for a larger engine and a larger interior. In addition to a V8 engine, a Jaguar V12 engine was also available.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Apollo (IV).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 62. (English)
  3. ↑ opencorporates (accessed February 25, 2017)
  4. ↑ a b ca-registry.com (accessed February 25, 2017)
  5. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed February 25, 2017)
  6. ↑ Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 25, 2017)