--- title: Lotec · HICONIUM description: A Bavarian race shop that built Germany’s forgotten hypercar — the 1000-hp Sirius. canonical_url: https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/lotec image: https://hiconium.dev/og/marque/lotec.png --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.dev/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.dev/) › [Manufacturers](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers) › Lotec > On this page: [The essential Lotecs](#the-essential-lotecs) · [Sirius](#sirius) · [Every Lotec on file](#every-lotec-on-file) · [Sirius](#sirius) · [Lotec built race winners for decades; then one man built one hypercar.](#lotec-built-race-winners-for-decades-then-one-man-built-one-hypercar) · [A bloodline, not a list.](#a-bloodline-not-a-list) · [One man's engineering](#one-mans-engineering) · [Racing first](#racing-first) · [One-offs, not series](#one-offs-not-series) ![Lotec — manufacturer stage](https://hiconium.dev/_derived/images/marques/stage/lotec.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) [Manufacturers  /  Lotec](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers) # Lotec Kolbermoor, Germany · est. 1962 Lotec built race winners for decades; then one man built one hypercar. Kurt Lotterschmid's Kolbermoor workshop moved from Formula Vee and Interserie titles to the C1000 and 400 km/h Sirius. Collector interest concentrates entirely in these one-offs. | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Models | 1 | | Top value | €1.5M | | Period | 1962– | [Explore models](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/lotec#essential) [Manufacturer profile](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/lotec#house-profile) ![Lotec — manufacturer stage](https://hiconium.dev/_derived/images/marques/stage/lotec.jpg.w1920.q75.webp) Curated entry points ## The essential Lotecs Three cars that explain the manufacturer: its origins, its engineering peak and the shape of its modern ambition. [2000–2001 ### Sirius Twin-turbo Mercedes V12, 1000 PS, scissor doors, one built — the 400 km/h dream from Kolbermoor. | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Collectibility | 85 / 100 | | Indicative value | €1.5M |](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lotec/sirius) Complete catalogue ## Every Lotec on file 1 models · 1 families ## Sirius 1 Eight years of hand-building for one car: Kurt Lotterschmid’s twin-turbo V12 hypercar, aimed past 400 km/h and never repeated. [2000–2001 · One of one Sirius Twin-turbo Mercedes V12, 1000 PS, scissor doors, one built — the 400 km/h dream from Kolbermoor. €1.5M 85 Open the file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/lotec/sirius) The house ## Lotec built race winners for decades; then one man built one hypercar. Kurt Lotterschmid opened his workshop in Kolbermoor in 1962 and went racing: Formula Vee wins from 1969, outright Interserie titles in 1979 and 1980, a German C2 sportscar championship in 1983. Tuning paid the bills — TÜV-approved turbo conversions for Mercedes and Ferrari that made Lotec the quiet address for absurd horsepower. The one-offs made the name. The Colani-drawn Testa d’Oro took a catalysed Ferrari to 342 km/h at Bonneville in 1991, and in 1995 Lotec delivered the C1000 — a carbon one-off commissioned from Dubai for more than $3.4 million, then among the most expensive cars ever built to order. The Sirius, finished in 2000, was Lotterschmid’s own statement: a twin-turbo Mercedes V12 aimed at 400 km/h, built exactly once. Today the cars run again under the Lotec Legacy banner — Goodwood in 2026, and the story quietly reopened. | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Founded | 1962 | | | Kurt Lotterschmid opened the workshop in Kolbermoor, Bavaria, after completing his Meisterprüfung. | | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Racing titles | Interserie 1979, 1980 | | | Outright Interserie champion twice, German C2 sportscar champion in 1983. | | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Speed record | 342 km/h | | | The Colani-drawn Testa d'Oro set the Bonneville record for catalyst cars in 1991. | | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | The C1000 | >$3.4 million | | | Carbon one-off commissioned by a member of Dubai's Al-Maktoum family, delivered 1995; valued at $7.72M after its 2024 restoration. | | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Road cars built | 2 one-offs | | | The C1000 and the Sirius — no series car ever reached production. | Selected milestones ### A bloodline, not a list. 1. 1962 The workshop opens Kurt Lotterschmid founds Lotec in Kolbermoor and begins racing and tuning. 2. 1979 Interserie champion First of two consecutive outright Interserie titles; the German C2 championship follows in 1983. 3. 1991 Bonneville The Colani-designed Testa d'Oro on Ferrari basis records 342 km/h — the world record for catalyst-equipped cars. 4. 1995 The C1000 Delivery of the carbon-bodied C1000, commissioned from Dubai at more than $3.4 million. 5. 2000 The Sirius Lotterschmid's own 400 km/h project debuts in Geneva after an eight-year build. 6. 2026 Lotec Legacy The revived brand campaigns the cars publicly again — Ultrace, then the first Lotec appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. What defines Lotec ### One man's engineering Lotec cars are the work of a single builder's judgement — designed, engineered and assembled in one Bavarian workshop. ### Racing first Two decades of race wins funded and informed everything the shop later built for the road. ### One-offs, not series Every attempt at production collapsed; what remains are single cars, which is precisely their value.