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09-24-2005, 02:45 PM
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Saw a weird car with a "Salamander" as the logo
Was walking down in Geneva, and a car with German license plates was parked on the side of a road. It had a slight retro look to the body, the interior was light tan leather with gauges a la BMW Z8 or Viper towards the middle console, all next to each other (I think it was 5 gauges).
On the front was a small two inch tall salamander/lizard as a logo, and on the back was the name of whoever makes the car. I forgot the exact name of it now, but I think it was something like "wildemann" or "wilfmann", and underneath this were the words "roadster" (the it was a soft top).
Anyone know what I'm talking about? The car was quite small, I think it musta been more show then go (i.e. the engine probably doesn't push hundreds and hundreds of hp), and the rear at first made me think it was a TVR. The lights of which there was aroun 4 on each side, were all round and place a few inches apart, in a slightly slanted vertical line.
Dang, wish I could find a pic to show how it looked like, it was kinda cool 
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09-24-2005, 02:49 PM
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That was a Wiesmann Roadster, a great German sportscar with a BMW straight six engine (3.0 or the M3 engine).
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Originally Posted by Shinri_Shiogami
Dang, wish I could find a pic to show how it looked like, it was kinda cool |
If you don't have a pic, then I have to post it 8) :
Fantastic car :shock:!
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09-24-2005, 02:51 PM
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Yup, that's the one!!!
The one I saw was a dark blue, looked just like this:
I wonder if they have a price on this somewhere on the website...
/me goes looking
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09-24-2005, 02:52 PM
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Whoa, it CAN actually be quite powerful apparently, over 300hp and 0-60 in 4.9 seconds. Very impressive *thumbs up*
I just think the rims are a bit too large for this car...
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09-24-2005, 03:01 PM
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Here is the beautiful interior:
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09-24-2005, 03:02 PM
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Yeah, the interior is really nice. It looks so bulby and smooth, I quite like that. The shifter looked like it was even lower then you can see in this pic, probably because it was in first gear (from what I saw). cozy stuff =)
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09-24-2005, 03:08 PM
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Yes, true, this is a Wiesmann. Actually this is quite a rare car, at least I did not see that many on the street. Most of the time I saw them in car shows, like Frankfurt recently.
But this is a very butyfull car, really elegant and powerfull as well. The body shape is really cool.
Hope you also liked it. Sad that you did not took pictures...
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09-24-2005, 04:17 PM
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I can't take a camera with me to the server rooms when I go install stuff, so I wasn't able to take any photos 
It was a very nice car indeed tho'
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09-24-2005, 05:11 PM
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I saw the new Wiesmann GT in Frankfurt,beautyful car.
Here are the pics if you never saw this one :
 
The second pic is not so good i did it with my handy camera.
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09-24-2005, 05:43 PM
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wow.. dont believe i've ever heard of this car.. bmw powered with those looks.. i wonder how it handles?
i wonder if its legal in the states..
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09-24-2005, 06:43 PM
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Rare car a Wiesemann! Too bad you got no pics of it!
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09-24-2005, 07:39 PM
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it's a gecko!
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09-24-2005, 08:00 PM
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http://www.wiesmann.de/indexpc.html nice sight, and shame you couldnt get no pix
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09-25-2005, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by insane
ISn't the wiesmann basicly an M3, only cool?!
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engine wise yes, the rest is pretty non-m3.
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09-26-2005, 11:07 AM
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The Wiesmann rocks, both Roadster as coupe.
I saw one Roadster twice here(yeah yeah, pics or stfu), so maybe somebody near me owns the car... I hope to catch it one day on camera
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