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Apollo
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | Alpina | Apollo |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | Germany | Germany |
| Founded | January 1, 1965 | 2004 |
| Founder | Burkard Bovensiepen | Roland Gumpert |
| Headquarters | Buchloe, Bavaria, Germany | Denkendorf, Germany, Germany |
| Name origin | Alpina is the name of the company Burkard Bovensiepen founded in 1965, and the sources used here do not state why that word was chosen. It matches the Latin and German word for alpine, and the brand name was already linked to the Bovensiepen family's earlier typewriter business before the BMW tuning work began. | The brand name Apollo comes from the Gumpert Apollo, the car developed by Roland Gumpert. The sources used here do not explain why the name was chosen, so no meaning is claimed. After the 2016 purchase, the company itself took the name Apollo Automobil. |
| Selected models | C2 2.7, B10 Bi-Turbo, B12 5.7, Roadster V8, B5 Touring, B7 | Gumpert Apollo, Apollo Arrow, Intensa Emozione, Project EVO |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1965 | 2016 |
| Latest archived logo | 2026 | 2016 |
| Archived logo assets | 2 | 1 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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