The Verlyn is Volaro Automovil’s E-segment executive car, dating back to the time of Orlando-Holandes’s and Volare-DeRosa Carrocero’s midsize horse-driven carriages. At some point in the early 1900s, these predecessors would become self-propelled automobiles.
Volare-DeRosa Carrocero’s Series 30 and Series 40 rolling chassis offerings, most similar in size classification to the modern Verlyn, had either inline-4, inline-6, or inline-8 engines of varying capacities and equipment, notably superchargers. Paradoxically, Volare-DeRosa Carrocero did not body their Series XX cars themselves as often as their name might’ve suggested: instead, Orlando-Holandes in the Netherlands was a significant player in this aspect. Their Kleinverleden sat on Series 10 and 20, Verlyn on Series 30 and 40, and Verleden on Series 50 and 60 chassis respectively. Eventually, sale of rolling chassis smaller than the Series 50 would become impractical for Volare-DeRosa.
Customers who didn’t follow each and every move between the two companies of considerable distance only knew Volare-DeRosa’s Series 30 and 40 chassis cars by its most common name: the “Volare DeRosa Series 30 (or 40) Verlyn, bodied by Orlando-Holandes.” Hands were shaken, papers were signed, and as sale of small and midsize bare rolling chassis was halted, the Volare-DeRosa Series 30 and Series 40 became their own automobiles bodied by Volare-DeRosa Carrocero. Orlando-Holandes carried on the Verlyn and Kleinverleden names with their own chassis beneath their own bodies.
I’m not interested in making a drinking game based off their complication, (can you count how many times each company is named?) but their collective genius must be noted: Orlando-Holandes had previously merged (informally) with Volare-DeRosa Carrocero through the formation of Volaro Automovil in 1907, mainly as a racing effort. This gave Orlando-Holandes the opportunity to simply rebadge V-DR Series 30 and Series 40 cars as Verlyns (and consequently the Series 10 and 20 as Kleinverledens,) massively reducing costs for the Dutch “branch.” All this happened at the same time of Volaro Automovil making “Special” versions of both companies combined [sic] efforts.
Eventually, Volare-DeRosa Carrocero’s triple-digit Series vehicles of the 50s and onward were completely separate from Orlando-Holandes’ and Volaro Automovil’s influence. It was not the same for Volaro Automovil, however: they’d still take V-DR’s Series-### cars and soup them up, borrowing [sic] nicknames such as Verlyn and Verleden to use on the relevant size of vehicle.
By the 80s, stupid tensions and feuds between this confusion of naming, credit, and ego (not to forget dealings with Spain’s organized crime) caused Volaro Automovil to nearly sink, which would have taken Volare-DeRosa and Orlando-Holandes down with it. in 1988, VOLARO Group is formed, and the Volaro badge trumps all: Volare-DeRosa and Orlando-Holandes would be forced to collaborate on cars sold as Volaros.
With additional consultation from AMTJapan, the Verlyn was its stiffest and most innovative in 20 years: from 1988 onward, barring aforementioned complications with organized crime, VOLARO Group could turn a profit, gained a recognizable brand and name, and kept customers, all without requiring cars to fly out of dealerships by the truckload.
The Verlyn of today is mostly the effort of the Verlyn team led by orphaned VOLARO Group inheritor Markus Jayrettin Skythes, who in an October 24th, 2024 interview claimed, “I like cars.”
(Markus and) I couldn’t decide between either of the songs linked above, so I just left both. Good luck finding the first dropdown. I think the first is a good enough play on words, with the second being what the car itself reminds me of. Maybe a fast enough Verlyn would give you the Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed required to run, because yeah, betrayal won’t come from your enemies
apologies
I have so much to write; the letter spacing and small window makes this seem like more words than it is. maybe you could tell I went off track a bit during the Volaro explanation. refer back to Power for an introduction to this Extra section. if I ever find the time, energy, and motivation, it’ll probably end up on the Fandom, but a wiki environment does not really suit my own editorial flavorings. one of my friends told me I need a Wattpad account, and I believe them.
In other words, it’s cool in an odd way. I certainly like the tech.
