VM exclusive vehicle construction

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VM exclusive vehicle construction GmbH
legal form Company with limited liability
founding November 1988
Seat Bergisch Gladbach , Germany
management
  • Robert Menschik
  • Ulrich Menschik
Branch Automobile manufacturer
Website www.vm-77.de

VM Seventy Seven

The VM exclusive automotive GmbH is a German company in the automotive industry and was a manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Klaus Vielhauer, Robert Menschik and Ulrich Menschik founded the company at Uhlenbruch 12 in Bergisch Gladbach in November 1988 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was VM . Automobile production ended in 2010. The company is still active today in the field of automobile repair and restoration as well as metal construction.

vehicles

The first model was the Seventy Seven . This was a replica of the Lotus Seven , available as a kit car and complete vehicle . It was powered by a Ford engine with a capacity of 2000 cc and an output of 105 hp . The new price in the 1991 model year was DM 44,232 . The open two-seater was on offer until 2010.

There was also the Nardo model . This was also an open two-seater, but without a classic model. In the top model Nardo 200 GT , a four-cylinder four- valve engine from Cosworth with a capacity of 2000 cm³ and 120 hp, with a turbocharger 204 hp, provided the drive. The Nardo was only available as a complete vehicle.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Hans Peter Weiss, Roland Weiser: Replica & Cabrio Catalog, 1992/93 edition. Max Verlag, Denkendorf 1992.

Web links

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