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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] |
