Juan Antonio Orus

Juan Antonio Orus
legal form
founding	1922
resolution	1926
Seat	Spain
management	Juan Antonio Orus
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Juan Antonio Orus was a Spanish automobile manufacturer.

Company history

The motorcycle and car racer Juan Antonio Orus founded the company that bore his name in 1922 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Hercules . Production ended in 1926.

vehicles

The only model was a cycle car . The engine had a displacement of 1100 cm³ . Orus also used his vehicles in car races such as Brucs and Trofeo Armangué .

Orus

In 1932, Orus designed a larger car that was to be marketed under the brand name Orus . But the project got stuck in the prototype stage.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano : The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Publishing, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 . (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Hillclimb winner list (accessed on June 9, 2013)
3. ↑ List of participants Trofeo Armangué from October 29, 1922 ( Memento of the original from May 4, 2009 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed June 9, 2013)