Orca engineering

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Orca Engineering Ltd.
legal form Corporation
founding February 26, 1987 (registration)
resolution July 12, 2005 (deletion)
Seat Schaan , Liechtenstein
Branch Automobiles

Orca Engineering Ltd. was a company from Liechtenstein that manufactured sports cars for a while.

Company history

René Beck developed a sports car for several years. The company was founded in 1987. The entry in the Liechtenstein commercial register took place on February 26, 1987. The registered office was at Feldkircherstrasse in Schaan . On the other hand, one website mentions 2004 as the year it was founded. Ralph Beck was a partner. Michel Zumbrunn is named in a prospectus as the owner of photo rights.

In 2001, Beck received road approval for a vehicle. In 2003 a ready-to-drive vehicle was presented at the Geneva Motor Show . In spring 2005, the company exhibited another vehicle at the Geneva Motor Show.

The company was deleted from the commercial register on July 12, 2005.

A few weeks earlier, René Beck founded Orca Sports Cars in Breitenbach SO in Switzerland and continued production there while retaining the Orca brand name .

vehicles

The first model Orca C 113 was a coupe . The V8 engine originally came from Audi and was revised by MTM - Motoren Technik Mayer . It had two turbochargers . The engine output was specified with 641 hp from a displacement of 4163 cm³ . Other sources give 650 hp. Production should start in spring 2004 and then after the 2005 Geneva Motor Show.

The Orca R 113 was a roadster on the same basis.

The Orca SC 7 was even more powerful. Its engine developed 800 HP or 850 HP, depending on the source.

Quantities

99 vehicles of the C 113 and R 113 as well as 7 of the SC 7 were planned . In total that would be 205 vehicles. A brochure from the manufacturer for the 113 series literally says: 99 cars limited , although it remains unclear whether this number related to each of the two body designs mentioned or represented a total. Another source confirms that seven vehicles were planned for the SC 7 .

The C 113 was created, according to a source in small numbers, while the SC 7 seven vehicles were manufactured. Another source gives the production of one vehicle for 2003. A more recent source names one vehicle produced for 2003 and 2004.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Entry in the commercial register of the Principality of Liechtenstein (accessed on November 5, 2015)
  2. ↑ a b c d Nick D: 2004 Orca C 113 . Supercars. December 29, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d Prospectus for Orca C 113 and Orca R 117 ( Memento from December 20, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 5, 2015)
  4. ↑ Information from Beck Engineering & Composits GmbH , a later company of René Beck ( Memento from July 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 23, 2019)
  5. ↑ a b c Matt McDonald: 2005 Orca C 113 . Top speed. April 27, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ a b c Eligiusz Mazur: 2005 · 2006. One of the largest car directories in the world. World of Cars. Worldwide catalog. Encyclopedia of today's car industry. ( online ; English)
  7. ↑ a b c Wacław Pożar (General Director): World Cars. 2006 · 2007. Media Connection, Warsaw 2006, ISSN  1734-2945 , p. 220.
  8. ↑ a b Marek Brzeżański, Robert Jabłoński: Cars of the World. 2008 · 2009. Moto Media Print, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 2008, ISBN 978-83-61604-12-9 , p. 357.
  9. ↑ a b c d e Orca 113 . madle.org (accessed November 23, 2019)
  10. ↑ a b c Attack of the killer whale: The orca goes hunting with 850 hp ( Memento from August 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ a b 2005 Orca SC 7 ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )