Xillion

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Xillion Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1988
resolution 1999
Reason for dissolution Lost litigation with Ferrari
Seat Miami , Florida , USA
management Lee Sachs
Branch Automobiles

Xillion F 40
Xillion F 40

Xillion Inc. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Lee Sachs founded the company on May 26, 1988 in Miami , Florida . He started producing automobiles and kit cars . The brand name was Xillion . Production ended in 1993. The reason was a lost legal battle with Ferrari .

A court case in Florida had its origin on April 20, 1990. On July 19, 1993, the verdict was that Lee Sachs had to destroy all vehicles, components and designs for his model F 40 within ten days for patent infringement .

Another lawsuit with Ferrari took place between September 10, 2001 and September 12, 2001 in Brownsville , Texas .

On May 4, 1999 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

Replicas of Ferrari vehicles were on offer . One model corresponded to the Ferrari F40 . In addition, Dino 246 , Ferrari 308 and Ferrari Testarossa called. They were based on a Pontiac Fiero .

literature

  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 310. (English)
  • Mike Lawrence: AZ of sports cars since 1945. Bay View Books, Bideford 1991, ISBN 1-870979-23-0 , p. 326. (English)

Web links

Commons : Xillion  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 310. (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Allcarindex (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h d'Auto (Dutch, accessed February 18, 2017)
  4. ↑ opencorporates (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  5. ↑ 1993 court ruling (accessed February 18, 2017)
  6. ↑ Court judgment from 2001 (English, accessed on February 18, 2017)
  7. ↑ bizinflorida.com (accessed on February 18, 2017)