Max Schröder

Nowadays the “hot hatches” are pretty common, with over half a dozen companies offering their take on “take a small hatchback and drop a rather powerful engine in it”. When comparing the hot hatches the Volkswagen Golf GTI is usually seen as the benchmark, the car all others are compared to. That is because the Golf 1 GTI, the ancestor of the Golf 7 GTI currently on sale, is generally assumed to be the very first hatchback. And without it, or rather, without two men who had the idea to make it, we may not have the hot hatches today.

The Germany-based company “Isdera” is one of the least known car-manufacturers in the world, despite having existed in its current form since 1982, while one of their five models has been released over a decade before the company was founded.

The History of the Rotary Engine

Wiesmann is a company that is rather unknown, and while the cars are very recognizeable very few people ever heard of the company. This post is meant to change that, if you may give me a few minutes. The Wiesmann GmbH was founded by Friedhelm und Martin Wiesmann, the sons of the owner of a local car dealership in Dülmen, Germany. At first they produced aftermarket removable hardtops for convertibles, with their dream being that to build their own sportscar, more specifically to connect a classic roadster and the famous German product quality.

Note: The timeline of the movies is a little confuse, but I decided to simply list them in the order in which they appeared.

Since my profile here is centered around car-photography, and since I keep finding posts of other CTzens asking for advice, I decided to make this post. Actually, I’ll make two posts. This one about what camera-equipment I use, and a second one about (what I see as) some rules/“tricks” for good results. But first of all I have to apologize for the photos of the camera-gear, since those were taken with an (old) smartphone, and it shows.

How understeer almost killed the Civic: Something still broke within the next few hundred meters, since, when the car came around again, it was much slower (and may have only been running on 3 cylinders). It did not participate in the 2nd or 3rd stage of the rally. All photos taken with a 24mm lens on a Canon EOS 700D, through a Phorex polarisation filter. All photos unaltered. #OstseeRally2016

All photos taken with a 24mm lens on a Canon EOS 700D, through a Phorex polarisation filter. All photos unaltered. #OstseeRally2016

The owner of this former workhorse is a member of the “T3-Society”, a club for owners of (heavily) modified T3s. The modifications on this one are: -A 4.2 liter V8 from the Audi A8 4D, mounted before the rear wheels. -Racing-catalytic-converters from Magna-Flow -A custom-made catback exhaust. -A 5-speed automatic gearbox with “Tiptronic”-shifting via paddles behind the steering-wheel. -Modified Audi driveshafts to get the power to the wheels. -Audi A8’s brakes on 323mm vented discs at the front, complete brakes from the armored Audi A8 at the rear.

All photos taken with a 24mm lens on a Canon EOS 700D, through a Phorex polarisation filter. #SeasonEnd2016

All photos taken with a 24mm lens on a Canon EOS 700D, through a Phorex polarisation filter. #SeasonEnd2016

All photos taken with a 24mm lens on a Canon EOS 700D, through a Phorex polarisation filter. #SeasonEnd2016

All photos taken with a 24mm lens on a Canon EOS 700D, through a Phorex polarisation filter. #SeasonEnd2016

Can someone tell me if the throttle in a VW Golf IV 1.4 16V works via a cable, or if it is an electric system?

-Purpose built off a stock chassis for racing -170hp from an I4 engine -Vmax up to 200kph -30 made, this one is claimed to be the only surviving one Owned by Volkswagen’s “Autostadt”-museum, this car is no longer driving. Photo taken with a Canon EOS 700D, unaltered. #BremenClassicMotorshow

Bodykits, einzelne Schürzen/Schweller/Spoiler, etc Hauptsache TÜV-fähig.

-One was destroyed in the ‘08 Knight Rider remake -It has rear lights from Infiniti -From Romania That’s literally ALL I know about it.