Wiesmann
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| Public (GmbH & Co. KG) | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Martin Wiesmann Friedhelm Wiesmann |
| Defunct | 2014, (liquidation) |
| Headquarters | Dülmen, Germany |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Website | wiesmann.com |
Wiesmann GmbH was a German automobile manufacturer based in Dülmen, Germany. The company was founded in 1988 by two brothers, engineer Martin Wiesmann and businessman Friedhelm Wiesmann. The cars are manufactured by hand in Dülmen. The Wiesmann logo portrays a gecko, as they claim their cars "stick to the road like geckos to a wall".
The company originally manufactured custom hard-tops for convertibles, which they continue to do. The first roadster left the workshop in 1993. As of 2006, they produced the Wiesmann MF 3 and MF 30 roadsters and the Wiesmann GT MF 4 coupé, all of which utilized engine and transmission components supplied by BMW. The Company made 180 cars in a year by hand.
Wiesmann had plans to begin exporting vehicles to the USA by 2010, but recent reports indicate that Wiesmann has no immediate plans to sell vehicles in the United States because of exchange rates and the high costs of modifying and testing the cars in order to make them road-legal there. On August 14, 2013 Wiesmann filed for insolvency at the local court in Münster. Later, the management board of the Wiesmann corporation filed to dismiss the insolvency proceedings due to abolition of the insolvency reasons. The creditors’ meeting was postponed to December 16, 2013. As of early April 2014, discussions have been held with a UK-based consortium, CMMW, to take over Wiesmann and resume production. Wiesmann was liquidated in May 2014.
Wiesmann MF30 is the first Wiesmann model ever built.
The MF 30 is powered by a six-cylinder M54B30 engine borrowed from BMW, with a capacity of 2979 cm3 and a power output of 170 kW/231 hp (232 PS) at 5,900 rpm, reaching 300 N·m (221 ft·lbf) of torque at 3,400 rpm. Due to its dry weight of 1080 kg, the car can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 5.9 s with a top speed of 230 km/h (143 mph).
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