Weinem automobiles

Weinem automobiles
legal form	Sole proprietorship
founding	1972
Seat	Horgen
management	Juerg Weinem
Branch	Car garage , automobile manufacturer

Weinem Automobile is a Swiss car garage and manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The racing driver Jürg Weinem has been running a petrol station in Thalwil since 1972 . At the same time, he offered buggies both as kits and fully assembled. In 1978 a contract was signed with Citroën for sales and repairs. Weinem also makes replicas of classic automobiles. Around 1989 the company moved to Horgen .

vehicles

Initially, around 250 buggies were built on the chassis of the VW Beetle . Four - cylinder boxer engines provided the drive .

Around 1980 the production of replicas of the AC Cobra was added, which continues to this day. Weinem also produces its own chassis . V6 and V8 engines from Ford with up to 400 hp provide the drive . The body consists of either plastic or aluminum .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .

Web links

• Company website ( Memento of November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 19, 2012)