Orca Engineering

Article summary

Orca Engineering was a sports car company based in Liechtenstein. Orca designed and manufactured the Orca 113 platform, as well as the upcoming Beck LM800. Founded in 2003 by René Beck and his son Ralph, the company is most known for the Orca 113 Platform, which came in three variants (of which only seven cars were produced). When the Orca 113 platform died out in 2007, René Beck decided to move on to his next supercar project, the Beck LM800.

Key claims

1. date of death: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357087514