Eggenberger engine construction
| Eggenberger Motorenbau AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 2005 |
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Lyss BE Switzerland
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| management | Lothar Rothenträger (President / Managing Director) Nicolas Portenier (Vice President) |
| Website | www.egmo.ch/ |
The Eggenberger engine AG is a Swiss engine builder and - tuner based in Lyss ( Canton of Bern ).
The company was founded in 2005. However, its activities are based on the sole proprietorship Eggenberger Motorsport founded in 1973 by Ruedi Eggenberger , which was converted into a stock corporation in 1993 . Eggenberger Motorsport AG went bankrupt in October 2005 . Since then, the activities have been continued by Eggenberger Motorenbau AG, which was founded a few days earlier.
Racing
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Between 1979 and 1996, the Eggenberger Motorsport company competed with BMW , Volvo and Ford vehicles in various national and international racing series such as the World and European Touring Car Championship and the German Touring Car Championship . International greats such as Bernd Schneider , Marc Surer , Klaus Ludwig , Johnny Cecotto and Thierry Boutsen could be signed as drivers .
The team's first major success was winning the 6-hour race in Kyalami, South Africa, with drivers Helmut Kelleners and Eddie Keizan . Between 1980 and 1988 Eggenberger was able to win the European Touring Car Championship five times. In 1987 Klaus Ludwig, Steve Soper and Klaus Niedzwiedz won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in a Ford Sierra Cosworth .
At the 1984 AVUS race , Eggenberger entered the German Touring Car Championship. In 49 races, the Swiss achieved four wins, two pole positions and three fastest race laps. After the race in Donington Park ( 1991 ) Eggenberger left the DTM.
In 1996 Eggenberger and Walter Schmid became European Autocross Champion in a Ford Sierra .
Driver in the DTM
| 1989 | Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth | Klaus Niedzwiedz | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Bernd Schneider |
| 1991 | Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo 500 | Klaus Niedzwiedz | Alain Ferté |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry of "Eggenberger Motorenbau AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Bern ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Entry of the former "Eggenberger Motorsport AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Bern ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
