Melkus

Melkus
Native name
Melkus Sportwagen GmbH
Company typePrivate
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1959; 65 years ago (1959) in Dresden, East Germany
FounderHeinz Melkus
Defunct2012 (2012)
Fateoriginal company defunct in 1986, revival founded 2006, defunct 2012
Websitemelkus-motorsport.de
RS 1000 at Dresden Auto Show 1981.
RS 1600.
1959 Formula Junior car

Melkus (formerly Heinz Melkus KG and Melkus Sportwagen GmbH) was an East German marque of single seat racing cars and sport cars founded by the race driver Heinz Melkus in Dresden in East Germany.