The Isdera Commendatore 112i was built in 1993 by Eberhard Schulz as a one-off supercar project.
Under its gullwing engine cover lay Mercedes’ M120 6.0-litre V12, tuned to 400 horsepower and paired with a Getrag gearbox modified by RUF to add a sixth gear, giving the car a top speed beyond 220mph. A lightweight GRP body over a tubular chassis kept weight in check, while suspension borrowed from the Porsche 928 was reworked into a speed-sensitive system that lowered the car three inches at speed to cut drag.
Details revealed Schulz’s resourcefulness:
Porsche 968 headlights, a bullet-train wiper for the vast windscreen, a periscope rear-view mirror on the roof, and BBS racing wheels at each corner. Schulz dreamed of Le Mans homologation, but the early-1990s Japanese economic slump dried up funding, forcing Isdera into collapse. Rescued by a Swiss consortium, the Commendatore was completed and registered for the road, later achieving cult fame when it appeared in Need for Speed Il on PlayStation.
Under its gullwing engine cover lay Mercedes’ M120 6.0-litre V12, tuned to 400 horsepower and paired with a Getrag gearbox modified by RUF to add a sixth gear, giving the car a top speed beyond 220mph. A lightweight GRP body over a tubular chassis kept weight in check, while suspension borrowed from the Porsche 928 was reworked into a speed-sensitive system that lowered the car three inches at speed to cut drag.
Details revealed Schulz’s resourcefulness:
Porsche 968 headlights, a bullet-train wiper for the vast windscreen, a periscope rear-view mirror on the roof, and BBS racing wheels at each corner. Schulz dreamed of Le Mans homologation, but the early-1990s Japanese economic slump dried up funding, forcing Isdera into collapse. Rescued by a Swiss consortium, the Commendatore was completed and registered for the road, later achieving cult fame when it appeared in Need for Speed Il on PlayStation.
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