Cheetah (make of car)
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legal form | one-man business |
founding | 1966 |
resolution | 1974 |
Seat | Bonn - Beuel , Germany |
management | Helmut Kretzschmann |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Gepard was a German car brand.
Company history
Helmut Kretzschmann founded the company in Bonn - Beuel in 1966 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Gepard . In 1974 production ended after 22 copies were made.
vehicles
Kretzschmann developed its own tubular space frame. The wheelbase was 214 cm. The coupé body had gullwing doors. The body was made of the plastic Leguval from Bayer AG . The four-cylinder engine from the NSU TT with a displacement of 1200 cc provided the drive . The new price was 6,000 DM for a kit and 15,000 DM for a complete vehicle. Some vehicles were open prototype racing cars.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .