Wiesmann, a small German manufacturer who started their career making hardtops for convertibles, has revealed the new Spyder Concept at the Geneva Motor Show. The new concept is a two-seater, extremely purist, convertible sports car that will make it to production, but not before 2012. We are not sure just yet if the production version will also be offered with no doors and windscreen. The company described the Spyder as the most extreme Wiesmann ever built.
The new Spyder concept weighs only 1000 kilos and will sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds, while top speed goes up to 180 mph. The Wiesmann Spyder design study is based on the Wiesmann brothers’ early designs, though it also incorporates their many years of experience in sports car construction. It demonstrates the sports car manufacturer’s receptiveness to trends because many Wiesmann fans have approached the company founders in recent years with requests for an extremely purist model.
UPDATE 03/01/2011: Check out the new images of the Weismann Spyder Concept in the gallery provided!
When you tell someone that you’ve been to visit a German car company, the natural assumption is that you’ve been to sample the delights of German engineering on a gargantuan scale courtesy of BMW, Audi or VW.
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