Horex VR6

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The Horex VR6 is a motorcycle built from 2013 to 2014 by Horex GmbH in Augsburg and since 2016 by HOREX Motorcycles GmbH, a subsidiary of 3C-Carbon Group AG. On 15 June 2010, HOREX GmbH presented the HOREX VR6 at a press conference and announced that it will be producing this motorcycle from the end of 2011. The design was by German designer Peter Naumann. The selling price of the new Horex was already stated in 2010 with over 20,000 euros. On January 14, 2011, announced the Horex GmbH, that the new motorcycle will not be built in Bad Homburg, but in Augsburg. The move of the company to Augsburg took place in 2012. The original plan to charge the engine by a compressor was abandoned as well as the secondary drive with a timing belt. In April 2012, the company announced the postponement of series production to the end of May 2012. On June 1, 2012, the reported Augsburger Allgemeine the start of delivery for June 2012; this date could not be met. In Augsburg, four machines were produced each day by four mechanics. At the beginning of December 2013, Horex also started engine production in Augsburg on its own production line in Markdorf near Weber Motor. Due to insolvency, the owner of the company, Clemens Neese, applied for insolvency proceedings at Augsburg District Court on Aug. 28, 2014, when the expectations regarding the turnover did not appear to have been met. The insolvency administrator's goal was a 'structured sales process' to sustain business operations. At the end of July 2012, the Augsburg-based company presented the first ready-to-drive pre-series motorcycles for the trade press, with the delivery of the first demonstration machines expected to begin in August. On the occasion of the motorcycle fair, INTERMOT reported spokesman Arnd von de Fenn early October 2012 by the last test and announced delivery to customers for the following months. In November 2012, the first partners were supplied with Vorführmotorrädern. On March 20, 2013, television chef and entertainer Horst Lichter was one of the first customers to pick up his new VR6 Roadster at the Horex Manufacture in Augsburg. This bike model debuts manufacturer Horex. #horex