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Isdera
Isdera or ''Ingenieurbüro für Styling, Design und Racing'' (English: Engineering Company for Styling, Design and Racing) is an exclusive small-series car builder and automotive service provider. The company was founded and formerly based in Leonberg, Germany. Each high-performance sports car was hand-built by a small team of craftsmen. Each vehicle was custom built for its original buyer. History In order to seek a job at one of the automotive companies of Germany, Eberhard Schulz built his own car in the garage of his home in 1969 called the Erator GTE. He drove the car to Porsche's and Mercedes-Benz's headquarters and was subsequently offered a job at Porsche in the design department in 1970. In 1978, Schultz left Porsche and joined the b&b company where he would go on to design the Mercedes-Benz CW311 concept which was touted as the successor to the Mercedes-Benz 300SL. The concept was built and promoted by b&b and had Mercedes badging after approval from the manufacturer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isdera Commendatore 112i
The Isdera Commendatore 112i is a concept car conceived and developed by the German low-volume automobile manufacturer Isdera. Introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show#1993, 1993 Frankfurt Motor Show, the 112i featured a compact and sleek aerodynamic body. It was intended to be the successor to the Isdera Imperator 108i, Imperator 108i, but due to financial constraints, the company went bankrupt, and only one prototype was completed. History and development After the Imperator 108i had ended production in 1993, Isdera was working on the development of a new model. In 1989, the first clay models took shape and development work was carried out through 1993. The new car, called the Commendatore 112i, was named in honour of Ferrari's founder Enzo Ferrari, who was awarded the title ''Commendatore II''. Commendatore means ''Knight Commander'' in Italian language. The sleek design drew inspiration from the famous Group C race cars. Eberhard Schultz, the company's founder, engaged engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isdera Imperator 108i
The Isdera Imperator 108i is a low-volume German sports car produced from 1984 to 1993. The Imperator 108i was born out of the Mercedes-Benz CW311 concept car from 1978, which Eberhard Schulz, who at the time worked as a design engineer for Porsche, designed in his free time. Mercedes-Benz had no interest in putting the CW311 into production, so Schulz established his own engineering company, Isdera, to produce the car under his own brand. Isdera AG owns the trademarks to Imperator as separate brand. Specifications and performance Implementing a fiberglass body upon a tubular steel spaceframe, the Isdera Imperator 108i was comparable to the exotic sports cars of its day. Little was changed from the original Mercedes-Benz show car with the most noticeable changes being the replacement of the pop-up headlights with two fixed units and more conventional tail lights sourced from Mercedes-Benz. The original Imperator 108i featured a Mercedes-Benz M117 V8 engine which gave the vehi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isdera Commendatore GT
The Isdera Commendatore GT is a 2+2-seater sports car produced by the German car manufacturer Isdera AG. Stefan Peters, the CEO of Isdera AG and Gregor Gardavski were responsible for the design. The program was led by Stefan Peters. The Commendatore GT was the first time introduced at Auto China in 2018. It is equipped with two electric motors, for a total of , as well as of torque and a top speed of . Only two cars have been built. It also has gull-wing door In the automotive industry, a gull-wing door, also known as a falcon-wing door, McLaren anhedral door, or an up-door, is a car door that is hinged at the roof rather than the side, as pioneered by Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, first as a race car in ...s.Only two of the GT were produced to showcase Isdera AG's service range. References {{reflist, 30 Cars introduced in 2018 Commendatore GT Electric sports cars Rear-wheel-drive vehicles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotec
Lotec is a German sports car manufacturer, founded in 1962 by Kurt Lotterschmid. By 1969, the firm began building race cars, and would turn their attention to modifications for Porsches in 1975. In 1983, they began to create aftermarket aerodynamic and performance parts for Mercedes-Benz cars and Ferrari cars.Motorsports History at Lotec-GMBH.de In 1990, Lotec was commissioned by an oil baron from the to build a sports car for him. The vehicle (known as the ) was completed in 1995, at a final price of around $3.4 million (USD). The car is equippe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gull-wing Door
In the automotive industry, a gull-wing door, also known as a falcon-wing door, McLaren anhedral door, or an up-door, is a car door that is hinged at the roof rather than the side, as pioneered by Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, first as a race car in 1952 (Mercedes-Benz W194, W194), and then as a production sports car in 1954. Opening upwards, the doors evoke the image of a seagull's wings. In French, they are called (butterfly doors). The papillon door was designed by Jean Bugatti for the Bugatti Type 64, 1939 Type 64, 14 years before Mercedes-Benz produced its similar, famous 300 SL gullwing door. The papillon door is a precursor to the gullwing door, and is slightly different in its architecture, but is often overlooked when discussing gull-wing design. Conventional car doors are typically hinged at the front-facing edge of the door, with the door swinging outward horizontally. Apart from the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL of the mid-1950s, the Mercedes-Benz SLS concept, and the experimenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Buchmann
Rainer Buchmann is a German car designer, who founded the "bb" company specialised in the modification of luxury cars. Life and career Rainer Buchmann founded the bb company in Frankfurt in 1973 with the aim of modifying Porsches. Buchmann's strategy was to tailor models to individual customer's tastes, as well as take advantage of gaps in the market left by Porsche and other major manufacturers by building variations of models which they chose not to pursue. One of bb's first models was a conversion for the 911 Targa which turned it into a Turbo, a combination which Porsche did not offer at the time. At the Photokina fair in 1976, a Porsche 911 Coupé which Buchmann converted into a Porsche Targa and painted with the rainbow colours of Polaroid was exhibited for Polaroid. Buchmann produced a number of modifications for Porsche and Mercedes-Benz cars for international clients. Buchmann employed the former Porsche employee Eberhard Schulz in 1978 and built together with him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Need For Speed II
''Need for Speed II'' is a 1997 racing video game released for PlayStation (console), PlayStation and Microsoft Windows. It is a part of the Need for Speed, ''Need for Speed'' series and is the second installment, following ''The Need for Speed''. Gameplay Like its The Need For Speed, predecessor, ''Need for Speed II'' allows players to race exotic cars in country-themed tracks from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, either against computer-controlled opponents or human opponents via a LAN, modem, serial connection, or in Split screen (computer graphics), split screen. There are three distinct gameplay modes: Single Race mode in which a player simply chooses a car and a course and completes a single race. In this mode, the player can customize both the number and type of opponents as well as the amount of laps to be completed. Tournament Mode in which the player must complete a series of races successfully to unlock a bonus car. The Knockout Mode consists of a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-Benz 540K
The Mercedes-Benz 540K (W29) is a grand touring car built by the German firm Mercedes-Benz between 1936 and 1940. History Introduced at the 1936 Paris Motor Show, the Friedrich Geiger designed car was a development of the 500K, itself a development of the SSK. Available as a both a two- and four-seat cabriolet, four seater coupé or seven seater limousine (with armoured sides and armoured glass), the 540K was one of the largest cars of its time, and it retailed for 28,000 RM (approximately $230,000 in 2021) in 1936. The straight-8 cylinder engine of the 500K was enlarged in displacement to . It was fed by twin pressurized updraft carburetors, developing . In addition, there was an attached Roots supercharger, which could either be engaged manually for short periods, or automatically when the accelerator was pushed fully to the floor. This increased power to , enabling a top speed of . Power was sent to the rear wheels through a four-speed or optional five-speed manual gearbox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugatti Royale
The Bugatti Type 41, better known as the Royale, is a large luxury car, ultra-luxury car built by Bugatti from 1927 to 1933, With a 4.3 m (169.3 in) wheelbase and 6.4 m (21 ft) overall length, it weighs approximately 3,175 kg (7,000 lb) and uses a 12.763 litre (778 cu in) straight-eight engine. For comparison, against the Rolls-Royce Phantom VII (produced from 2003 to 2017), the Royale is about 20% longer, and more than 25% heavier. This makes the Royale List of automotive superlatives, one of the largest cars in the world. With a production run of just seven vehicles, it is both one of the rarest and most expensive. Ettore Bugatti planned to build twenty-five of these cars and sell them to royalty as the most luxurious car ever, but the Great Depression undermined his effort: only three of the seven made were sold; six still exist, with one wrecked in a crash. Unused engines were installed in newly constructed high-speed railcars for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sotheby's
Sotheby's ( ) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine art, fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, and maintains a significant presence in the UK. Sotheby's was established on 11 March 1744 in London by Samuel Baker, a bookseller. In 1767 the firm became Baker & Leigh, after George Leigh became a partner, and was renamed to Leigh and Sotheby in 1778 after Baker's death when his nephew, John Sotheby, inherited Leigh's share. Other former names include: Leigh, Sotheby and Wilkinson; Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (1864–1924); Sotheby and Company (1924–83); Mssrs Sotheby; Sotheby & Wilkinson; Sotheby Mak van Waay; and Sotheby's & Co. The American holding company was initially incorporated in August 1983 in Michigan as Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. In June 2006, it was reincorporated in the State of Delaware and was renamed Sotheby's. In June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
