Imperador alemão
Autor: Junio Oliveira | Publicado: 2016-08-04T08:41:00-07:00


por Junio Oliveira







Chamam a atenção o grande limpador de para-brisa e o periscópio




Antes de trabalhar na Mercedes-Benz, Eberhard Schulz havia construído o Isdera Erator GT, um Ford GT 40 (bem) modificado. E, com certeza, esse projeto foi seu passaporte para a fabricante alemã, onde ficou por cinco anos atuando como engenheiro de projeto. Depois, com a Isdera, idealizou o protótipo de supercarro WC 311 para a Mercedes. Não tendo o interesse de ter o protótipo em produção, a Mercedes permitiu que a Isdera fabricasse-o, e forneceria motor e outros componentes. Em 1.984, Lamborghini <span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

">Countach QV,&nbsp;<span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

">Ferrari 288 GTO e Testarossa ganharam a companhia do Imperator 108i.





<span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

">"Asas de gaivota"




<span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

">Seu chassi era feito em spaceframe, estrutura originalmente desenvolvida por fabricantes de carros de corrida nos anos de 1.950, basicamente formado por tubos soldados. Sua vantagem, obviamente, é a melhor rigidez que o chassi monocoque. De negativo, os acessos a cabine e compartimento do motor ficam bastante comprometidos, provavelmente por isso o equiparam com portas "asas de gaivota". Já a carroceria usava fibra de vidro e possuía um curioso periscópio no teto e um gigante e funcional limpador de para-brisa. E, apesar do belo perfil, não é muito aerodinâmico: Cx de 0,38.<span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

"> Seu interior tinha cores sóbrias, bancos concha e painel modelo cockpit.





<span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

">Interior sóbrio e envolvente

<span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

">

Os Imperator feitos no início eram equipados com motor V8 5,0 litros de 235 cv. Simples e confiável, mas não correspondia ao visual exótico do carro. Mas, assim que possível, era disponibilizado para a Isdera motores de desempenho maior. Tanto que os Imperator seguintes receberam diversos motores: V8 5,6 litros de 304 cv, AMG V8 5,6 litros de 395 cv e AMG V8 6,0 litros de 425 cv.





Imperator 108i3



<span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

">Seus números de desempenho não o lançavam como melhor, porém foi o 
suficiente para colocá-lo entre os melhores da época. Em um teste realizado pela americana Road&amp;Track, o Imperator equipado com V8 de 395 cv fez as provas de 0 a 97 km/h em 5,0
 s e velocidade máxima alcançou 283 km/h.

<span title="Although it turned out to be the slowest in the field, its performance was nearly as good as the mighty Lamborghini Countach QV, which was quite an achievement for a little known German supercar maker.

">Com 30 unidades produzidas, o Imperator deixaria de ser fabricado em 1.993. Porém a Isdera continuaria com projetos, sendo seu ultimo o Autobahnkurier AK 116i, de 2.006.