Veritas RS III

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The Veritas RS III is a modern version of the German Formula 1 racing car built by Ernst Loof, Schrosch Meyer and Lorenz Dietrich on the base of the BMW 328. Their F1 car won its first race after the war in front of 300,000 spectators and went on winning 13 German championships with 29 first places. This made the original Veritas the most successful racing car of its time.

In 1951 the Veritas became the first German F1 car. After 60 years the Veritas RS III want to recreate the spirit and the authentic racing car feeling of its predecessor.

The Veritas RS III is powered by a BMW 5.0 liter V8 engine in the case of the manual transmission or V10 for the automatic.

The power figures for the Veritas RS III are 480 PS (600 PS) and the top speed is 329 km/h (347 km/h). The 0-100 km/h acceleration time for both versions of the Veritas RS III are 3,6 s and 3,2 s.

The Veritas RS III is built on a tubular chassis and has a Carbon-Kevlar. It's BMW differential offers the possibility of various ratios and locks.

The brakes of the Veritas RS III are provided by TRW Racing and come in 6-piston, 380mm for the



front and 4-piston, 355mm for the rear. The stainless exhaust system includes stainless steel manifolds, metal sport catalysers and flap control.

At the interior the Veritas RS III comes with Nappa leather bucket seats and harness belt.

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Source: Vermot AG