AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Wild, Wild Wiesmann; German company plans expansion to States by 2010.(News)
Byline: JENS MEINERS
German coachbuilder Wiesmann is dramatically boosting production as it gears up for sales in the United States by 2010.
"The decision has been taken," company co-owner Martin Wiesmann told AutoWeek. "There is no elaborate plan yet. We won't start our own dealer network, and we need partners."
The company, based in Dulmen near Munster, Germany, began in 1993 building a lightweight car that combined the styling of a classic British roadster with a BMW powertrain. BMW's then-board-member Wolfgang Reitzle gave approval to use BMW engines in Wiesmanns just a few days before the car's launch at the 1993 Frankfurt motor show.
Today the $117,000 roadster is powered by either a 3.0-liter 231-hp inline six-cylinder, or the M3's 3.2-liter 343-hp inline-six. Lighter weight plays a huge part, with the M-engined roadster weighing in at 2600 pounds (vs. 2850 pounds for a BMW M Roadster), while the 3.0-liter roadster weighs less ...
- Wiesmann looks to grow; German coachbuilder will expand to meet demand for its...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe June 12, 2006 700+ words
...and the Netherlands, but Wiesmann also has customers in Monaco...outlet in Russia. The Wiesmann Roadster was launched in 1993 with BMW technology. The vehicle...000. CAPTION(S): BMW engines power the Wiesmann Roadster.
- Olde-worlde charm meets up-to-date engineering and technology in Wiesmann's...
- Newspaper article from: The Irish Times July 29, 2009 700+ words
...toodle pip. The Wiesmann adventure is about...no doubting the BMW M5 V10 on a hard...range-topping Wiesmann MF5 supercar, until BMW can forget it entirely...then third. Wiesmann claims it hits...but there's no BMW mass to drag around...
- Wiesmann launches Roadster MF5.
- Magazine article from: Auto Business News (ABN) September 16, 2009 700+ words
...News-16 September 2009-Wiesmann launches Roadster MF5(C...www.enpublishing.co.uk Wiesmann, a Germany-based sports...hand built and features a BMW-sourced engine. It is equipped with a 507bhp BMW V10 engine that accelerates...
- Patric L. Wiesmann Joins Vitalcom Inc. as Vice President of Sales.
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 6, 1999 700+ words
...today announced that it has named Patric L. Wiesmann as Vice President of Sales. Wiesmann brings to the Company more than 15 years of...experience in sales and business development. Wiesmann joins VitalCom from Mackie Designs, Inc...
- Studies in the area of quantum electronics reported from C. Wiesmann and...
- Newspaper article from: Electronics Newsweekly October 28, 2009 700+ words
...of a Lambertian emitter," wrote C. Wiesmann and colleagues. The researchers concluded...influences the diffracted intensity." Wiesmann and colleagues published their study...For more information, contact C. Wiesmann, Osram Opto Semicond, D-93055 Regensburg...
- Research data from D. Wiesmann and colleagues update understanding of...
- Newspaper article from: Nanotechnology Weekly October 12, 2009 700+ words
...evinced in a real space geometrical experiment," wrote D. Wiesmann and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "Furthermore...feature resolution for embossing technologies in general." Wiesmann and colleagues published their study in Nano Letters (Multi...
- Saudi Arabia makes up 50% of luxury car sales in Middle East.
- Magazine article from: Saudi Economic Survey November 10, 2009 700+ words
...luxury and fast cars, especially the most luxurious and fastest car in the world. They included Ferrari, BMW, Rolls-Royce, Mizrati, Wiesmann, Pagani, Cadillac, Hammer, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Aston Martin, Luxus, Infiniti, Hyundai...
- TEUTONIC TUNERS; Frankfurt's SEMA zone teases, displeases.(NEWS)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek October 5, 2009 700+ words
...stand. It starts with a Wiesmann-welded and -extruded...chassis, then gets a BMW V10 and a sequential...is finished off in a Wiesmann body. The whole thing...across the aisle from Wiesmann, offered similar U...on our shores through BMW North America. At Frankfurt...
Source: HighBeam Research, Wild, Wild Wiesmann; German company plans expansion to States by...