Heinz Melkus, a race driver, founded the original Melkus company in Dresden, East Germany, in 1959; that firm operated until 1986. In December 2006, his son Peter Melkus announced a relaunch of the marque through Melkus Engineering, based in Germany, reviving the RS 1000 sports car. The revived company brought the Melkus RS 2000 into production from 2009 to 2012, followed by the RS 2000 GT and RS 2000 GTS…
