Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Coupes
Frankfurt 2007: Fogging up the windows at the Wiesmann GT MF5 preview
Click the image above more for shots.
After entirely too much traveling in one 24-hour period, the auto-Gods shined a light upon our hotel, conveniently located a scant two blocks down from the Frankfurt Wiesmann dealer. Low and behold, the seething throngs of car cognoscenti were assembled in the locked-down dealership to preview the BMW V10-powered GT MF5. The only rub: a large gentleman in an overly tight-fitting blazer denied us entry. That didn't stop us from strolling up to the floor-to-ceiling windows where the new uber-coupe was well within reach of our lens. Although the Wiesmann folks did their worst to block our view, Frank snapped off a handful of photos of the matte baby-blue coupe minutes before its official unveiling. Score!
The spec sheet was too far away to glean any more details, but we'd suspect the body panels are some form of composite, considering the way they contorted when the hood was closed. More details should be on their way soon enough, but in the meantime check out the gallery below.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andrew Tanasescu 4:13PM (9/10/2007)
Where is the jaguar badge?
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Juan Goodyear 4:19PM (9/10/2007)
I saw the photo and I also said, what Jaguar is that. It has the classic XK 120 - 150 grill..
Mike 4:34PM (9/10/2007)
It's about as attractive as the new Jaguar too...
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John P. 4:42PM (9/10/2007)
ugly knows no borders, alot of stinkers coming outta this show.
Ouch!
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Richard 5:14PM (9/10/2007)
WHY did they do that to it?
Weismann's used to look like Jag on Jag. This looks like TVR on Jag. Why???
And why isn't someone in Coventry paying attention to this?
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chuck goolsbee 6:35PM (9/10/2007)
On my dual-monitor setup at work, at the very moment I loaded this story on the left monitor, the right one had a desktop background of a Jaguar C-type shot at the exact same angle. The likeness is striking, except the pretender has these weird little spider-eye headlights ala TVR, and the lower edge of the body is nowhere near as elegant s the old Jaguar war-horse.
--chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org
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iPhoneResidentObssesive 7:26PM (9/10/2007)
so incerdibly ugly its hot
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ed 7:34PM (9/10/2007)
The shape is fine. The color, however, looks like something off a fiberglass bass boat from the 1970's. It is a bad color.
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Pixel 8:38AM (9/11/2007)
That color is terrible for a performance car. Baby blue only works on two vehicles. Plymouth Superbirds when fitted out for Nascar and sporting Petty's numbers, or paired with orange on Ford GTs.
That car could be downright *obscene* in black or a dark graphite.
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Vincent 7:58PM (9/11/2007)
Movie: http://www.autojunk.nl/clips/view/132970
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Phred 7:11AM (9/12/2007)
Its a boy!
Announcing the birth of the love child of a Morgan and a TVR.
Funny how pretty good-looking parents can have a fugly kid.
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Melissa Smith 1:15PM (9/12/2007)
Score!
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