Gumpert is history. - Polidicks

[Img]http://content.worldcarfans.co/2013/3/5/medium/14609085112109418664.jpg[/img] [Quote]A year after filing for insolvency, Gumpert has reportedly gone bust. According to reports out of Germany, insolvency administrator Görge Scheid has revealed the company's mysterious savior has backed out of a deal and will not invest in the automaker. This, combined with a lack of orders, has caused the remaining 19 employees to be laid off. While most of us will never see a Gumpert, the company rose to fame thanks to a Top Gear appearance and a record setting lap on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.[/quote]

We never did see the driving upside down trick did we? Too bad. :( R.I.P.

Sad day in exotic automotive history No more of these sexy beasts :( [img]http://www.cartype.com/pics/6673/full/gumpert_apollo_1_09.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=DMK95921;42061505]Sad day in exotic automotive history No more of these sexy beasts :( [img]http://www.cartype.com/pics/6673/full/gumpert_apollo_1_09.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [Url=http://www.autoevolution.com/news/german-manufacturer-wiesmann-files-for-bankruptcy-65132.html]This goes to Wiesmann as well.[/url]

I'm going to miss the Apollo, a beautiful feat of engineering.

I imagine the people laid off will find new work easy with Tesla or some super car manufacture

[QUOTE=Spectre1406;42061595][Url=http://www.autoevolution.com/news/german-manufacturer-wiesmann-files-for-bankruptcy-65132.html]This goes to Wiesmann as well.[/url][/QUOTE] God DAMN. I fucking love Weismann, that's depressing.

All the feels in this thread :(

[QUOTE=Ridley;42061404]We never did see the driving upside down trick did we? Too bad. :( R.I.P.[/QUOTE] This was my first thought too. God damn it.

[QUOTE=DMK95921;42061505]Sad day in exotic automotive history No more of these sexy beasts :( [img]http://www.cartype.com/pics/6673/full/gumpert_apollo_1_09.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] no ew [editline]3rd September 2013[/editline] I mean I get the engineering shit but I personally find that car ugly

Never heard of those but damn. [QUOTE=Whiterfire;42063714]no ew [editline]3rd September 2013[/editline] I mean I get the engineering shit but I personally find that car ugly[/QUOTE] Everyone has their own set of taste. You find it ugly, we find it cool looking.

Man, playing Forza 4 with my WWII-themed Apollo was amazing. I spent literally hours upon hours carefully painting that thing in a color scheme that incorporated elements from the BF109 and Me262's more interesting paint jobs. I even spent a whole hour trying to figure out where to put the "tail" swastikas, and another hour designing them because the angle of the surface made them look skewed. I hoped to, one day, have one and paint it like that and it looks like that dream will never happen. :(

[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;42064083]Man, playing Forza 4 with my WWII-themed Apollo was amazing. I spent literally hours upon hours carefully painting that thing in a color scheme that incorporated elements from the BF109 and Me262's more interesting paint jobs. I even spent a whole hour trying to figure out where to put the "tail" swastikas, and another hour designing them because the angle of the surface made them look skewed. I hoped to, one day, have one and paint it like that and it looks like that dream will never happen. :([/QUOTE] swastikas and all, that'll go down a storm :D