{"id":14079,"date":"2019-09-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/isdera-commendatore-112i-2\/"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:54:40","slug":"isdera-commendatore-112i-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/isdera-commendatore-112i-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Isdera Commendatore 112i"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Update: We added an open letter of Isdera founder Eberhard Schulz at the end of this article<\/em>

The history of the small series brand Isdera (Ingenieurb\u00fcro f\u00fcr Styling, Design und Racing, means engineering office for styling, design and racing) in Germany goes back to 1969, when company founder Eberhard Schulz assembled his first one-off sports car, the Erator, and drove it to a job interview at Porsche. Nine years later, Schulz, together with B&B Automobiltechnik from Frankfurt, presented the CW311 concept car as a planned successor model to the Mercedes-Benz C111, which had never been produced in series. After the cooperation with B&B broke up, Eberhard Schulz founded his own engineering office in 1982 and one year later began production of the Spyder with design loans for the CW311. From 1984, the Isdera Imperator 108i<\/a><\/strong> came even closer to this study and also went into small series production. It then took until 1993 before Isdera showed another new model again. At the IAA in Frankfurt, the Commendatore 112i made its debut with a six-liter V12 engine from the then current Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W140).

Originally, a small series was planned as well, and quite a few sports car fans would probably have approved this model. However, Isdera went into bankruptcy and the car remained unique. But in truest sense of the word, this one has it fist thick under its bodywork. Directly behind the two passengers the engine sits under two longitudinally attached hood lids opening towards the middle, which remind a little of the De Tomaso Mangusta, but this sports car of the 1960s didn’t get gullwing doors as shown by the Isdera. The twelve-cylinder engine produces 408 hp and accelerates the flat, round special car from a standstill to 100 kph (62 mph) in 4.6 seconds. Thanks to its Getrag manual six-speed transmission, the Commendatore achieves topspeeds of up to 342 kph (212.5 mph). The kerb weight is written in the data sheet as 1,480 kilograms. At the front, 18-inch wheels with 255\/35 tyres are used, while at the rear you will find 295\/35 tyres on 19-inch rims. After the world premiere at the IAA the one-off was sold to a car collector in Switzerland in the following years.<\/p>\n\n\n

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