GTC #11 SOLVED: Wiesmann Roadster #001

[DHoffmann]

Taken by yours truly in '06.

1 point for the correct answer.

Good luck

[DHoffmann]

Can anyone here get this one?

[Arunas]

Griffith ?

[DHoffmann]

Griffith ?

Nope.

[DHoffmann]

Can the pros manage this?

[alecwolf]

It can be a Ginetta G10?

[DHoffmann]

It can be a Ginetta G10?

It cannot.

[Arunas]

It can be a Ginetta G10?

It cannot.

American? British?

[DHoffmann]

It can be a Ginetta G10?

It cannot.

American? British?

Nope.

I believe that I am the only person to have put an image on the internet of this vehicle, from memory I've posting one other image elsewhere but I cannot remember where. I'm possibly even the only one to have seen it as a member of the public...

[Allemano]

Something BMW related?

[DHoffmann]

Something BMW related?

Not this car, no.

Just found the image where I posted it, according to the stats it's been downloaded 3 times. Good luck. 

[Allemano]

At least German? And if not — European?

[Arunas]

Another wild guess : 1962-1964 Heron Europa

[DHoffmann]

At least German? And if not — European?

Yes.

Another wild guess : 1962-1964 Heron Europa

No.

[Otto Puzzell]

Was it designed by Dusty Bonnet?

[DHoffmann]

Was it designed by Dusty Bonnet?

I actually made a search for a designer by the name of Dusty Bonnet, then it clicked. 

[Allemano]

So did I!

[Allemano]

obviousely ultra-rare....

[DHoffmann]

obviousely ultra-rare....

This is the only one, and as I said, it's possible I'm the only member of the public to have ever seen it...

[Allemano]

maybe it's your own piece of kit?

[DHoffmann]

maybe it's your own piece of kit?

Oh how I wish! Was presented as the opportunity to purchase, but I was 17 at the time so I couldn't quite muster together the money required.  (Still can't 2 years later...)

[Allemano]

A Wiesmann prototype? 

[DHoffmann]

A Wiesmann prototype? 

Gah! I was trying to avoid giving too much away.

This is Wiesmann Roadster #001 from 1987, built 5 years before the first production roadster.

[Allemano]

Obviousely not the only one:







The later models called (1994) MF25 respectively M35.
Even the first car is definetely BMW related....

[DHoffmann]

I believe those are press photos from '93, as the car I saw was altered I think it's been re-sprayed, re-upholstered and slightly modified with flared wheel arches and proper roof.

I don't believe 001 to be BMW related, the stats of that car do not correspond with the information given with the pictures you show. All that I've been able to find out says that their involvement with BMW started in 1993, not in 1987.