Filed under: Convertibles, Geneva Motor Show
Wiesmann set to introduce MF4 and MF5 Roadsters in Geneva next year
Wiesmann, the German manufacturers of the love-em-or-hate-em GT and Roadster, has plans to add V8 and V10 versions of its drop-top model that will be introduced at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The current Roadster lineup includes only the MF3, which is powered by BMW's 3.2-liter flat-six found in the last generation M3. The new MF4 and MF5 Roadsters will be powered by BMW's 4.8-liter V8 and 5.0-liter V10 already found in the current Wiesmann Coupe models. Unfortunately, Wiesmann still has no plans to bring either the GT or the Roadster to the United States.
Gallery: Wiesmann GT MF5: Pre-preview
[Source: GTSpirit.com]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Quattroporte 8:12AM (4/04/2008)
"...powered by BMW's 3.2-liter flat-six found in the last generation M3."
I did not know the last M3 had a flat-six. I guess that means the 911 has an inline-six.
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e90+335i 2:39PM (4/04/2008)
im pretty sure it's the other way around
Quattroporte 8:36AM (4/04/2008)
Sarcasm
Jeff 8:45AM (4/04/2008)
Sorry Quattroporte, you're wrong.
It's inline in the BMWs, but mounted sideways in the Wiesmanns. Hence flat-six.
Iso 8:51AM (4/04/2008)
Jeff, I hope that was sarcasm too....
Quattroporte 9:16AM (4/04/2008)
From the Wiesmann website:
"The Wiesmann roadster offers you pure driving fun, while in-line six-cylinder engines ensure a powerful drive."
Wikipedia's definition of a flat-six:
"A flat-6 or horizontally-opposed-6 is a flat engine with six cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of three cylinders on each side of a central crankcase. The pistons are mounted to the crankshaft such that opposing pistons move back and forth in opposite directions at the same time, somewhat like a boxing competitor punching their gloves together before a fight, which has led to it being referred to as a boxer engine."
Jeff 9:47AM (4/04/2008)
Sarcasm
Quattroporte, you fell RIGHT into that one. :)
Andrew 11:18AM (4/04/2008)
Eh...that looked more like a fug up plus cover up on Jeff's part.
I hope these are air cooled, as opposed to my old Porsche's water cooling. Har har...ok joke's over.
pelliot 5:32PM (4/04/2008)
Frain bart!
Jeff 12:25PM (4/04/2008)
It's aircooled Andrew. Otherwise all the coolant would run out when they turned the engine sideways.
OK, I'm done too. :)
nagmashot 2:04PM (4/04/2008)
@ Jeff the inline6 of the M3 is NOT installed sideways in the Wiesmann, it sit in the MF3 in exactly the same position as it did in the e46 M3..
http://www.autobild.de/ir_img/146813_9651ac680c.jpg
in the M3 it sit in exactly the same position
http://www.autobild.de/ir_img/531983_59e441cbe3.jpg
Eric Bertrand 8:37AM (4/04/2008)
Very nice, but I would tuck in the wheels and forego the fender lips to get that classic look. The way it is now? It kinda looks like a cobbled together kit car where the chassis is little too wide for the body. A nice kit car, mind you, but not as cohesive as it could be...
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chris 8:57AM (4/04/2008)
It's not really supposed to look like an old car in the same way a Morgan is. More just that they use many classic design principles for the car so it doesn't look anything like a modern MX-5 or Solstice (since the performance and price certainly is on a different planet) type of car.
I'm just talking about the convertible one by the way, the hardtop/coupe just looks so bad in comparison I pretend it doesn't even exist.
Ian 8:52AM (4/04/2008)
Gosh this is what a Ford Thunderbird could have looked like.
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Corey W. 9:26AM (4/04/2008)
Nice design, for some reason my first thought is "kit car".... has like a "pieced together" look.. IMO.
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Schneegz 9:27AM (4/04/2008)
Is it possible for a car's styling to be both phallic and vaginal at the same time? It is now!
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PJ 9:46AM (4/04/2008)
The roadsters look spectacular. Weismann's done a faantastic job of melding '60s grace with modern proportions, "kit car" interior aside.
That said, I can't imagine needing more than the 3.2-liter *inline* (cough, cough) six in this car. The V10 is insanity.
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tio 9:50AM (4/04/2008)
Maybe I live around to many rednecks but that blue paint job looks like something I would see here. a can of rustoleum and a roller brush produces the same low gloss blue.
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Hot_Carl 10:20AM (4/04/2008)
Looks a million times better than that loc-tite blue version. Easy up on the dubs though.
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Richard 10:32AM (4/04/2008)
I really love these things.
I agree with E.B. on the wheels needing to be set-in just a bit. And I also think that either some flush headlights or some proper, Jaguar C-Type-esque nacelles would enhance and further reduce the kit-car feel of the design.
And it would be great with a 2.5L turbo flat four from...and STi.
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