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Full Throttle 2 : Day 4

April 28, 2009 by Alborz Fallah  




Anthony thought it was a good idea to wake Karl and I up at 4am in the morning – “Hey Guys, Hey guys… check this out! It’s got 10,000 kW and goes from 0-100km in blah blah blah” – “Tony, it’s 4am in the bloody morning!’

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We left Friedberg and headed for Frankfurt, briefly dropped in to the SINN watch factory and had a quick tour. Tony got a new watch and we continued to Dulmen, the home of Wiesmann.

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Three hours of Autobahn driving and I now officially hold the land speed record at 186km/h for a petrol Ford Focus stationwagon with five people on board (although Anthony, naturally, disputes this).

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The next few days are reserved for Wiesmann,  one of Germany’s most bespoke supercar manufacturers.

Day one was brief, we came and had a look at the cars, got all the info, scouted the locations and began preparing for our shoot tomorrow.

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To be honest, the Wiesmann GT MF5 and MF4 were not on our list of cars to drive, we had originally planned to film the Gumpert but that fell through at the last minute. When the guys from Ramspeed recommended the Wiesmann, we almost said no.

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However, having now gone and seen the cars today, every single one of us has been extremely impressed. The difference between seeing the cars in person and admiring photos is resounding.

Photos simply don’t do them any justice. The Wiesmann GT MF5 is breathtaking in the flesh, not to mention the sound that comes out of the BMW sourced V10.

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From the Gecko shaped building to the insane showroom, this German supercar manufacturer certainly pays attention to detail.

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As I am writing this now, Karl is preparing our four cameras for the shoot tomorrow.

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The man from Wiesmann is giving us an MF5 and an MF4 roadster for the film, a combined total of 643kW.

It’s been a long time since I’ve driven something that can do the 0-100km/h dash in less than four seconds so the excitement levels are rather high.

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The plan is to get the MF-5 to around 280-300km/h on the autobahn. Expect a photo of that tomorrow!

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Comments

9 Responses to “Full Throttle 2 : Day 4”
  1. Twilight says:

    awesome, these cars are stunning…

  2. Tom says:

    IT’S A HARD LIFE……you lucky SOB’s!

  3. Scott says:

    I’ll take mine in black please.

  4. kaveh soory says:

    Great Job ;¬)

  5. Alex says:

    Can’t wait to see what you think of them. I have driven the Wiesmann Roadster and was so impressed that I planned to buy one, then I found out that I had to move to Australia for work. Still haven’t gotten around to it but hope to when I go home.

  6. Cupid Stunt says:

    Not so sure about these things especially in lurid yellow. Rather put my money elsewhere thanks. I’m not denying they are good but not for me.

  7. QwkEddie says:

    Where are all the commentators that believe speed is THE killer on roads?!I thought they would’ve put forward some feeble and constipated arguments about you guys trying to hit 300km/h in those wonderful machines.
    FULL THROTTLE Guys!!!

  8. SpeedO says:

    Alex, RamSpeed is about to finalise the Australian homologation for the Wiesmann Sports Cars. You will have the chance to get one of those beauties here locally. Contact them for more info. http://www.ramspeed.com.au

  9. Tony Peskett says:

    Karl? Up at 4am? No way. I know him better than that. Enjoy yourselves guys. All the best from the crew at PGC.

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