Orca Sports Cars

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Orca Sports Cars Ltd
legal form Limited
founding 2005
resolution 2010
Seat Breitenbach SO , Canton of Solothurn , Switzerland
management René Beck
Number of employees 15th
Branch Automobiles

Orca Sports Cars Ltd. was a sports car manufacturer from Switzerland .

Company history

René Beck, who previously headed Orca Engineering in Liechtenstein , founded the company on May 9, 2005 in Breitenbach SO in the canton of Solothurn . He continued the production of sports cars while keeping the brand name Orca . The company made the Orca 113 platform . It was available in three variants, of which a total of seven copies were made.

The company was dissolved on May 7, 2010. René Beck had already founded Beck Engineering & Composits in Muri near Bern on July 6, 2006 and tried to continue production and marketing as Beck there.

Orca 113 platform

This platform was to be the basis for 198 vehicles in three variants. Ultimately, however, only seven vehicles were produced in the two companies together: three C 113 (Coupé), two R 113 (Roadster) and two SC 7 (Coupé)

C 113

The C 113 was a coupe and the first concept vehicle on the Orca 113 platform. The maximum speed was given as 360 km / h. Nevertheless, the C 113 was proven to be the fourth fastest car in the world (acceleration 0–100 km / h in under 3 seconds).

  • Acceleration 0–100 km / h in under 3 seconds
  • Acceleration from 0-200 km / h in 8.5 seconds
  • Acceleration 0–300 km / h in 15 seconds
  • Top speed: around 360 km / h

R 113

The R 113 was the roadster version of the C 113. Before the Orca 113 platform was discontinued, the R 113 was the fastest roadworthy vehicle in the world (acceleration 0–100 km / h in under 2.5 seconds). It was powered by the same Audi twin-turbo V8 engine as the Beck LM 800; Values ​​see here:

  • Acceleration 0–100 km / h in under 2.5 seconds
  • Acceleration 0–200 km / h in 6.5 seconds
  • Acceleration 0–300 km / h in 12.8 seconds
  • Top speed: around 410 km / h

SC 7

The SC 7 would have been by far the most exclusive model from Orca. Little is known of this concept vehicle either: it weighed 850 kg and was powered by an Audi twin-turbo V12 engine. The top speed was over 400 km / h. From the start, only seven copies of this super sports car were planned, but only two were actually built.

  • Acceleration 0-100 km / h in under 2.7 seconds
  • Top speed: around 400 km / h

literature

  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Katalog 2006. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2005, p. 284.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Moneyhouse. Commercial register and business information. (accessed November 5, 2015)
  2. ↑ a b c Orca cars - specifications, pictures, prices . Top speed. April 27, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c Orca SC 7
  4. ↑ Orca C 113 . Supercars.net. March 1, 2004. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  5. ↑ a b c Attack of the killer whale: The orca goes hunting with 850 hp - Yahoo! Cars ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.cars.yahoo.com
  6. ↑ a b The 80 Fastest Cars in the World . Carinsurancecomparison.com. Retrieved April 16, 2012.