1948 VERITAS BMW RENNSPORT SPYDER

These highly successful German sport/racing cars were based on rebuilt pre-war BMW 328s. The company was formed by three German soldiers and BMW employees who, during the occupation of Paris, met and planned their ideal sports car for the post war era. Because the occupying forces would not allow the manufacture of proper engines, Veritas began acquiring old 328s and rebuilding them as the foundation of their own new cars. 

Their small factory was located in Hausern, Bavaria. Here they built slab-sided 2-seat roadsters intended for racing, like the one pictured here. Although the racing history of this example is unknown, similar cars participated in the Mille Miglia in period. They built about 75 cars before closing in 1952. The most successful Veritas was the Veritas-BMW Rennsport Spyder. Approximately 22 were built using chassis and the 2-liter Hemi 6-cylinder engines of the late 30s BMW 328.

It was unfortunate for this company that they were seriously underfunded because their racing successes in the mostly dark days after the war would have vaulted them to the top of the motoring world, both in racing and in public manufacture. But they ran out of cash and closed down.