Wiesmann Project Gecko: will arrive with a BMW V8 in 2020

Weismann will come back to life with a model that will be released throughout 2020, equipped with a V8 engine of BMW origin approximately five years after British investors saved the brand in 2015.

Wiesmann will be reborn from its ashes in 2020. The German brand, founded in 1988 by the brothers Martin and Friedrich Wiesmann – the first engineer and the second expert in commercial matters – closed its doors in 2014 after declaring itself insolvent, aftermath of the 2009 crisis that He could not overcome. Luckily, two British investors saved her a year later.

Wiesmann had specialized in the production of exclusive roadster and some retro-style GT but with modern technology and engines BMW of the most powerful as a mechanical base. An artisanal production. The arrival of the new owners, who bought the firm after the judicial auction, has allowed the brand to be launched again and its first product of this second life will come to light in a few months.

The development of this new vehicle has taken time. Mario Spitzer, which was one of the marketing managers of Mercedes and AMG, is leading the new address. Everything indicates that we are facing a new roadster in the purest Wiesmann style that will also have a 50:50 weight distribution.

The new shareholders of the brand point out that the whole car, the design in general, is completely new, although the classic and unmistakable character of the brand has been preserved. Under your skin we will find a 4.4-liter BMW engine with two turbos. That is, the same that equips, for example, the BMW M5. The power, therefore, should be around 600 horses, an important leap if we consider that the last Wiesmann we have news of was 420.

Recall that the original brand, Wiesmann GmbH, emerged in 1988 and he started producing his retro-style sports cars in 1993. Everything he did until his collapse in 2014 was based on the same design, offered as a coupe and roadster and always with BMW engines. An identity sign that will remain in this new stage.

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