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.