Wiesmann is eying expansion plans to produce electric SUVs - could a luxury Bentley rival be on the cards? Our render below shows what one could look like
. The platform has been engineered with a focus on retaining the brand’s trademark dynamic agility while incorporating advanced functionality, such as variable regenerative brakes, which mimic a conventional gearbox, and 300kW charging capability.
An SUV on this architecture would have less of an obvious sporting focus than the Project Thunderball, but it would not signal the start of a targeted shift into the mainstream for Wiesmann. Berry said: “We always want to keep this as a very luxurious brand. We’re not trying to go out and make thousands of cars. We want to keep much more of a community feel. We want the brand to come first. It’s not about going and making massive profits.
But he added: “I think there are quite a few SUVs coming. We’ll see where the market is, if there’s a demand, and if we want to move into that space.”Wiesmann is also plotting a second generation of its MF3 sports car as a highly compact and agile entry point into its line-up – but has yet to decide on combustion or electric power.
Roheen Berry said a smaller, more urban-friendly sports car “will suddenly start to look very appealing” as electrification continues. He suggested that in the future, Wiesmann could introduce “a much more affordable version of the MF3” – and even has two existing prototypes waiting in the wings – but added that whether it would use an EV powertrain or combustion engine, which potentially could be supplied by technical partner
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