Wiesmann has already sold out the first year’s production of its Project Thunderbolt electric sports car, but since the first deliveries don’t start until 2024, those buyers have plenty of time left to decide on their color and trim choices. And now the German automaker has developed three different specifications to show those customers how different the EV roadster can look depending on how it’s painted and trimmed.
Created in partnership with design experts studiokurbos, the three cars feature wildly different interior and exterior color combinations, though the retro body design, alloy wheels, and seats are the same in each case. The cars are merely CAD renderings, but the images should be convincing enough to let potential owners see the possibilities.
Strangely, Wiesmann hasn’t given each concept a suitably pretentious concept name, but there’s definitely plenty of the kind of barf-making flowery language in the press release that always accompanies the reveal of design studies. Concept number one, for example, is described as being ‘inspired by the moment in time when you and your car become one.’ It’s also supposed to evoke memories of France’s Cote d’Azur and features sea-like blue metallic paint paired with vibrant orange leather and high gloss teak.
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Concept number two is more decadent with its gold exterior finish and burgundy velvet interior trim. Wiesmann says it takes its design inspiration from the Roaring Twenties and the extravagant lifestyle of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby. This is definitely not a configuration for the kind of Wisemann buyer who wants to stay under the radar.
But the final concept is. Described as being inspired “by the dark night and heroes of the darkness,” (wonder who it might be thinking of?) it features matt black exterior paintwork set off by gloss black details, matt black leather, and gloss carbon fiber interior trim.
Whether you go for one of those configurations or one of your own, your Project Thrunderball will get the same all-electric drivetrain. That drivetrain is made up of two rear-mounted motors delivering 671 hp (680 PS) to the rear wheels and is capable of taking the still-unnamed €300,000 ($316,000) sports car from zero to 62 mph in a claimed 2.9 seconds, while an 83 kWh battery should give it around 311 miles (500 km) of driving range.
