Turbo engine exhaust technology

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Turbomotors Abgastechnik GmbH
legal form Company with limited liability
founding 5th December 1991
resolution August 28, 2007
Seat Urbach (Westerwald) , Germany
management Horst Frischkorn
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The turbo engine exhaust GmbH (turbo engine exhaust GmbH according to another source) was a German manufacturer of automobiles . The original spelling was TURBOMOTORS Abgastechnik GmbH .

Company history

Horst Frischkorn founded Turbomotors Abgastechnik GmbH on December 5, 1991 . The company's headquarters were at Puderbacher Strasse 8 in Urbach . The company emerged from Turbo-motors, Gesellschaft für Turbo-Fahrzeugantriebe mbH . The oldest visible entry in the commercial register dates from July 12, 1986. This company was dissolved on December 3, 1991.

In the 1990s, the production of automobiles began. The brand name was either Sebring or Sebring-Spyder . Various magazines reported in 1995 on the vehicles that were produced and some of them were registered. So is z. B. in the October 1995 issue of the magazine Gute Fahrt a vehicle with registration in the Ludwigsburg district is shown. The vehicles were offered from October 1995 at the latest up to model year 2006. On July 28, 2007 the company was dissolved.

Other companies

Between January 20, 2000 and September 7, 2005 there was also Turbo-Motors Urbach GmbH . Turbo Motors AN GmbH existed between September 23, 2004 and May 19, 2011 . The connections to Turbomotors Abgastechnik GmbH are not known.

vehicles

The company made replicas of the 1957 Porsche RSK Spyder . The body type was that of an open two-seater. The body was made of plastic . The vehicle height was only 81 cm. One source cites a new price of DM 30,000 , but does not state for which model and in which year this price was valid.

Base VW

A shortened chassis from the VW Beetle was used for the weaker motorized versions . A four - cylinder boxer engine from VW provided the drive. The performance data ranged from 34 to 60 hp .

RS model

In 1997 the more powerfully motorized RS model added to the range. This model had a tubular frame and a mid-engine . For driving a boxer engine from VW made with 2000 cc engine capacity , by two IHI - turbo charged 150 hp made. The new price in the model years 1996 and 1998 to 2000 was from 55,000 DM .

Facelift

For the model years from 2003 onwards, it is stated that the chassis of the VW Beetle was provided with an additional tubular space frame. The engine was initially still in the center of the vehicle, but from model year 2005 it was mounted in the rear. In the 2005 model year, the maximum engine output was 200 hp.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X . (English)
  • Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto catalog 1998. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 1997.
  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Katalog 1999. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 1998.
  • Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2000. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 1999.
  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Katalog 2001. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2000.
  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Katalog 2002. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2001.
  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Catalog 2003. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2002.
  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Catalog 2004. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2003.
  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Katalog 2005. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2004.
  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Catalog 2006. Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2005.
  • Thiemo Fleck: Nobility obliges. in: Have a good trip. Edition 10/1995. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 1995, p. 70.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry.
  3. ↑ a b Online edition of the book by Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. Enter either Frischkorn or Sebring-Spyder as a search term. (accessed on November 19, 2012)
  4. ↑ a b The car catalogs of the Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG from Stuttgart list Sebring and Sebring-Spyder as a car brand for the model years 1998 to 2006. According to these car catalogs, Horst Frischkorn's company from Urbach was the manufacturer.
  5. ↑ a b c excerpt from the commercial register of TURBOMOTORS Abgastechnik GmbH of the Neuwied and Montabaur local courts (accessed on November 19, 2012)
  6. ↑ a b c Excerpt from the commercial register of Turbo-motors, Gesellschaft für Turbo-Fahrzeugantriebe mbH from the Neuwied District Court (accessed on November 19, 2012)
  7. ↑ a b c d e Ostmann: Auto Catalog 2003.
  8. ↑ a b c d Ostmann: Auto Catalog 2004.
  9. ↑ a b c Ostmann: Auto Catalog 2005.
  10. ^ A b Ostmann: Auto catalog 2006.
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g h Ostmann: Auto catalog 1998.
  12. ↑ a b c d Ostmann: Auto catalog 1999.
  13. ↑ a b c d Ostmann: Auto Catalog 2000.
  14. ↑ a b c Ostmann: Auto catalog 2001.
  15. ↑ a b c Ostmann: Auto catalog 2002.
  16. ↑ Press reports from 1995 about the replica (accessed on November 19, 2012)
  17. ↑ a b c d e Have a good trip. Edition 10/1995.
  18. ↑ Excerpt from the commercial register of Turbo-Motors Urbach GmbH at the Neuwied District Court (accessed on November 19, 2012)
  19. ↑ Excerpt from the commercial register of Turbo Motors AN GmbH of the Neuwied and Montabaur district courts (accessed on November 19, 2012)
  20. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung of April 30, 2002 (accessed November 19, 2012)