Auto Car | 2007 Melkus RS 1000 Limited Edition | The businessmen behind the newly founded Company in Saxony are Peter and Sepp Melkus, son and grandson of the constructor and race Heinz Melkus, who passed away in 2005. Nearly 25 years after the former production from HEINZ MELKUS KG (driving school and sports car production), the descendants of the original founder are reliving the tradition. To continue the production, three body and vehicle builders were brought in to learn the know-how from our production specialist and put it into action. Specific services and products like the fiberglass body, cooling systems, paint, etc., are sent to partners out of house, just as it was done earlier. The partner companies are all located a short distance from the workshop.
Starting at Ä48,500.00, a MELKUS RS1000 can be ordered from the current series. So far, 12 of 15 vehicles have been ordered and will be delivered by the end of 2007. We are running the complete workshop and spare parts services, including guaranteed assistance for our new vehicles as well as previously existing MELKUS RS1000 models. For do-it-yourself activities, we are available at any time, even for historic racing events.
In one of the weirdest revivals of all time, there will be a limited-edition re-creation of the Wartburg-powered Melkus - an East German hit from the 1960s.
The RS1000 was a hit behind the Iron Curtain and within a decade more than 101 cars were completed. The Melkus RS1000 has a huge following even today. More than 80 percent of the production run still survives. The Melkus family has stuck to its roots. It now operates a Lotus and BMW dealership in Dresden and participates in various motorsport activities. Its Melkus Motorsport division is where the idea was born to relaunch the glorious RS1000 in its original specifications. Since the car used stock Wartburg parts and was clothed in a bespoke plastic body, it is not hard to reproduce the original. Only 10 will be built, powered again by three-cylinder, 1.0-liter carburetor-fed Wartburg engines.
The next Melkus, RS2000, is being developed together with German engineering company EDAG. Stylingwise, it will be similar to the original with gullwing doors, but a modern 2.0-liter engine will replace the original. Production is scheduled to start in the second half of 2007, and the exercise in East Bloc nostalgia is priced at about $73,000.
Source : www.tremek.com
Starting at Ä48,500.00, a MELKUS RS1000 can be ordered from the current series. So far, 12 of 15 vehicles have been ordered and will be delivered by the end of 2007. We are running the complete workshop and spare parts services, including guaranteed assistance for our new vehicles as well as previously existing MELKUS RS1000 models. For do-it-yourself activities, we are available at any time, even for historic racing events.
In one of the weirdest revivals of all time, there will be a limited-edition re-creation of the Wartburg-powered Melkus - an East German hit from the 1960s.
The RS1000 was a hit behind the Iron Curtain and within a decade more than 101 cars were completed. The Melkus RS1000 has a huge following even today. More than 80 percent of the production run still survives. The Melkus family has stuck to its roots. It now operates a Lotus and BMW dealership in Dresden and participates in various motorsport activities. Its Melkus Motorsport division is where the idea was born to relaunch the glorious RS1000 in its original specifications. Since the car used stock Wartburg parts and was clothed in a bespoke plastic body, it is not hard to reproduce the original. Only 10 will be built, powered again by three-cylinder, 1.0-liter carburetor-fed Wartburg engines.
The next Melkus, RS2000, is being developed together with German engineering company EDAG. Stylingwise, it will be similar to the original with gullwing doors, but a modern 2.0-liter engine will replace the original. Production is scheduled to start in the second half of 2007, and the exercise in East Bloc nostalgia is priced at about $73,000.
Source : www.tremek.com
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