RE: Driven: Wiesmann MF5 Roadster

[Dino D]

pilchardthecat said:

Why on earth have they produced the MF5 in Wayne Rooney colours?

Doubt they will sell any looking like that (well in Dubai maybe).
In normal colours and in the flesh it is nice looking thing - I think these silly colours are just for a bit of publicity - it certainly gets all of PH going as it seems on here lately colour scheme and Audi style interior are more important than minor details like a V10, front engined, RWD coupe.

[seefarr]

Fantastic looking cars but not sure about the white / red exterior. I do love that red interior completely outrageous, just like it should be in a car like this.

Great job on the photography on that one too guys - the shots in front of the chequerboard wall look really good!

[sootyrumble]

This and the Lexus LFA are at the top of my dream garage cars, all though i think i would take the V8 for a daily driver :-). Oh come on euro millions this is a beautiful and well engineered master peice if it was made by Morgan everyone would be saying how perfect it is lets give the German Weissman Brothers some credit for their amazing talent and the fact they credit the British Design cues

[pistonlager]

JumpinJack said:

Just about sums up footballers! That bird isn't going to look too great either if she has a bump sitting that close to the wheel!

Nah, she has nothing to worry about, her fake tits will absorb most of the impact.

[Oddball RS]

As finished by Mansory

[cronk-flakes]

That looks excellent! (Apart from the grill).

[GTRene]

I would go for the GT version (closed)
the MF4 GT or MF5 GT in a dark color...love those.

[Dagnut]

I don't think that car is ugly at all..the design will be as good in 20 years as it is now

[RJDM3]

colour scheme on the featured car is bad. But thats all that ruins it

great cars

[GTRene]

here such MF5 but then a GT...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myGAg3_xiv4

and here that white/red one MF5 roadster...there is also a black MF5 roadster with nice stitchings...looks complete different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiN9XnzOO-Q

GTRene

[hornetrider]

RJDM3 said:

colour scheme on the featured car is bad. But thats all that ruins it

great cars

That's more like it. Not keen on the exterior fo the featured car. Interior is lovely though.

[cronk-flakes]

RJDM3 said:

Is that manual AND paddle?!

[GTRene]

cronk-flakes said:

RJDM3 said:

Is that manual AND paddle?!

no...its mostly because the original one from BMW is very ugly so they put in the old manual nob? and not the modern BMW beam me up scotty nob :B

this GT doing the tunnel-run in Monaco...what a road presence it has...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL0SaeceSik

[ArtVandelay]

It looks like a clown with that red nose

I do like the Wiesmanns, just not in that colour scheme

[cronk-flakes]

GTRene said:

cronk-flakes said:

RJDM3 said:

Is that manual AND paddle?!

no...its mostly because the original one from BMW is very ugly so they put in the old manual nob? and not the modern BMW beam me up scotty nob :B

this GT doing the tunnel-run in Monaco...what a road presence it has...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL0SaeceSik

Ahh ok - I thought it might be an auto-selector, but it looks very 'manualish'.

thanks for clearing it up!

[DonkeyApple]

It's one of those cars that looks totally plastic. I don't know why but when you see one the body shape and curves could never be anything other than plastic. It's one of those odd things. They have copied classic English lines but something just isn't right in the minutae.

It lacks a clarity, a sharpness, cleaness.

[militantmandy]

It's so ugly it actually looks like they did it on purpose. Everything else about it is great!

[ManOpener]

I saw one of the older MF hard-top series ones when they were using the 5.0 V8 from the old M5 when I was on holiday a few years back. Parked up outside a very exclusive looking hotel in Florence.

In British Racing Green, with biscuit leather and gunmetal wheels (the old-style ones from BBS).

It looked absolutely, utterly stunning. I'm not such a fan of the rear spoiler, diffuser and vents on this one (not to mention the colour scheme) but the basic shape, lines and proportions are fantastic.

To those who say its a pastiche of traditional British sports cars- true, but it's no different to having a modern house built in the classical style. Just because they take inspiration from the past doesn't mean that they aren't stunning to look at.

[Mark Benson]

Troy said:

And with the wind in the hair, that almighty F1-sounding motor breathing free through a sports exhaust and the neck twanging effect of those tyres digging in and sending the car snarling at the horizon like a rabid wolf, it feels even faster.

...and catching it with a dab of oppo, I was away.....

[dinkel]

DonkeyApple said:

It's one of those cars that looks totally plastic. I don't know why but when you see one the body shape and curves could never be anything other than plastic. It's one of those odd things. They have copied classic English lines but something just isn't right in the minutae.

It lacks a clarity, a sharpness, cleaness.

See one in the flesh and be amazed, Spring 2007 we did a factory visit:

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...





Dunno where the funny colours come from but they do work on the stylish bodies. Porn on wheels if you ask me.