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Veritas

Logo: PerOX, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Car manufacturer

Veritas was a West German post World War II sports and race car company, located in the village of Hausen am Andelsbach, near Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg. It later moved to Meßkirch and Muggensturm and finally to the Nürburgring. The company was founded by Ernst Loof, Georg Meier and Lorenz Dietrich who initially re-built and tuned pre-war BMW 328 cars using components supplied by the customer, turning them into BMW-Veritas cars.2 It ceased to exist in 1953.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1947Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersHerford, Germany1
  • Founded inSigmaringen1
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
  • LEI391200IXKLX6QYF1BB903
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressRennstrasse 15, 32052 Herford, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Bad Oeynhausen, HRB 175163

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Veritas was a West German post World War II sports and race car company, located in the village of Hausen am Andelsbach, near Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg. It later moved to Meßkirch and Muggensturm and finally to the Nürburgring.2

The story

Founded by Ernst Loof in 1947, in Sigmaringen.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

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Listed on Wikidata.1

After a virtual disappearance from motor racing and automotive engineering for nearly 50 years, a small company known as VerMot AG of Grafschaft, Rhineland planned to revive the Veritas name. It produced a concept known as the Veritas RS III in 2001, initially using a BMW sourced 6.0 litre V-12, producing 670 hp (500 kW; 679 PS). Over the following years pre-production models of the RS III were exhibited at trade shows and used as press demonstrators. The motor was changed to a 5 litre BMW unit. In 2011 VerMot announced that the RS III would be offered as a hybrid with an additional electric motor, and that a fully electric version was in planning. Various dates from 2008 onwards were announced for the start of production of the RS III, but this appears to have failed to occur and by 2014 the company was dormant.

From Wikipedia’s article on Veritas (automobile), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 1953Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1947Founded Founded in Sigmaringen1

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