Friday, March 4, 2011

Wiesmann Spyder Concept at the Geneva Motor Show 2011

Normal 0 14 false false false EN-X-X NONE NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Spyder Concept, presented these days at the Geneva Motor Show 2011 by Wiesmann, in the extreme sports car concept that the small German factory developed so far.

From what the studio launched its first German roadster back in 1993, the House always used the same ingredients to build their own cars: retro line inspired by the British sporting year '50, mechanics borrowed from the sporty BMW models and assembly of each vehicle in a traditional way, using sophisticated materials and value.

The prototype presented in Geneva, however, marks a turning point in history that separate the cars marked with the gecko. The lines of the Spyder Concept differ with the classic design featuring various MF and GT, The innovative prototype looks like an extreme sport, with a body of type "boat" without "frills" like the roof (not There will be removed roof tops it), the windscreen and windows, in short, a car designed to devour hard and pure bend after bend the curbs of a track.

The spirit of extreme car was also highlighted by the refined mechanical "transplanted" from one of the most popular sports on the market: the BMW M3. The heart of the Spyder concept is the powerful 4.0-liter V8 only 202 pounds heavier and capable of delivering a maximum power of 420 hp at 8400 rpm and 400 Nm of torque.

These values combined with the weight of the car (the balance is still below the threshold of one thousand pounds), enabling the Teutonic convertible to stop the clock under 4 seconds in the fateful step from 0 to 100 km / h, while the speed peak even reaches 290 km / h. Geneva is the ideal stage to collect the opinions on this concept, from both the public and potential buyers.

Friedhelm Wiesmann, one of two brothers who founded the German, about the new prototype, said: "We want to test the marketability of this vehicle aGinevra, feedback from customers, partners and experts greatly influence the possibility of marketing the spyder ". So the commercial future of Spyder Concept is still very uncertain, but if it was extremely successful the project could see the light - even in a limited series - as early as 2012.

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