Wiesmann

A niche German sports car marque known for retro roadsters powered by modern BMW engines is making a comeback. Wiesmann, currently led by Mercedes-Benz veteran Mario Spitzner, is working on a new sports car and on Tuesday signed a deal to source V-8 engines from BMW M—most likely the BMW...

Wiesmann, the German manufacturer of lightweight, retro-styled sports cars powered by BMW M engines, finally went out of business last year after several years of barely scraping by. Since then, founders Martin and Friedhelm Wiesmann have been on the lookout for a buyer, and now it seems...

Wiesmann, the German manufacturer of lightweight, retro-styled sports cars powered by BMW M engines, finally went out of business earlier this year after several years of barely scraping by. But for brothers Martin and Friedhelm Wiesmann, it’s still not quite over for the company they founded...

German boutique sports car maker Wiesmann, creator of the odd but iconic MF4 and MF5, has finally gone out of business after a drawn out insolvency. Last summer, Wiesmann filed for bankruptcy protection, despite having just released the M3 V-8-powered MF4-CS a few months earlier at the 2013 Geneva...

It looks like it isn’t the end of the road for niche German sports car manufacturer Wiesmann just yet. After declaring itself insolvent in August, Wiesmann has now confirmed that the reasons for its original insolvency filing no longer exist. Wiesmann hasn’t mentioned the reasons why it...

Niche German sports car manufacturer Wiesmann is alive and kicking, despite having recently lost one of its founders. Today, at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, Wiesmann took the wraps off its GT MF4-CS, a ‘club sport’ version of the previous GT MF4-S that we first saw in 2009. Like all of...

The history of German sports car brand Wiesmann, the manufacturer of retro-styled roadsters with BMW hearts, can trace its roots back several decades, to a time when two brothers with a passion for speed decided to build their own sports car. In the mid-1980s those two brothers, Martin and...

As we first reported a few weeks back, Wiesmann, the maker of the retro-styled MF series of roadsters and coupes, is ending production of its Roadster MF3, a car that has been around for the last 18 years. In honor of the milestone, Wiesmann has teamed up with fellow German firm Sieger, a...

One of Wiesmann’s oldest models, the six-cylinder Roadster MF3, is about to reach the end of its product cycle after 18 long years. In honor of the milestone the German sports car manufacturer is teaming up with lifestyle brand Sieger to bring out a special edition model for each of the years...

Wiesmann, the niche German sports car manufacturer, rolled out a new concept vehicle at this week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the brand new Wiesmann Spyder Concept. The vehicle is described as a purist two-seater roadster and previews the next-generation of Wiesmann’s eccentric sports car...

When the Wiesmann MF5 went into production back in 2008, the world took notice as the latest iteration of the potent and wildly styled coupe is definitely the sort of car that commands attention. Powered by the same 507 horsepower V-10 engine as the outgoing BMW M5, the Wiesmann MF5 is capable of...

Retro-futuristic sports car maker Wiesmann will be adding a roadster version of the MF5 to its range.

Several major manufacturers had roadsters on display at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show.

Wiesmann is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with the reveal of the MF5 Roadster and the live build in Frankfurt.

Niche German automaker Wiesmann is best known for its classically designed sports cars that tend to cost an arm and a leg, but now the company is expanding into the holiday and travel business. Wiesmann has revealed that it will be offering its well-to-do clientele further avenues to spend their...

Niche German sports carmaker Wiesmann recently celebrated its 20th birthday and to mark the anniversary the Dülmen-based manufacturer will be releasing a string of special '20th Anniversary Editions' models over the course of the year. The first of these special editions was recently shown in the...

Niche German sports carmaker, Wiesmann, recently celebrated its 20th birthday and to mark the anniversary the Dülmen-based manufacturer will be releasing a string of special '20th Anniversary Editions' models over the course of the year. The first of these special editions has just been revealed...

Germany’s Wiesmann has built and delivered almost 1,000 examples of its MF sports car in both GT and Roadster bodystyles, however all of these have been built in left-hand-drive only. The company has now announced that it will start building right-hand-drive models from March of next year...

Niche German sports car manufacturer, Wiesmann. is celebrating its 20th birthday this year, and to mark the anniversary the Dülmen based manufacturer is releasing special '20th Anniversary Editions' of it's MF3 two-seater roadster, the MF4 closed-top Grand Tourer and the M5-powered MF5, which...

After debuting a concept version of its M5-powered MF5 roadster at last year’s Frankfurt auto show, Germany’s Wiesmann has finally released new high-res images and full specifications for the production version of the car. Production will officially start this month at Wiesmann’s...