Isdera

Isdera or Ingenieurbüro für Styling, Design und Racing was an exclusive small-series car builder and automotive service provider. The company was founded and formerly based in Leonberg, Germany. Each high-performance sports car was hand-built by a small team of craftsmen. Each vehicle was custom built for its original buyer.
In order to seek a job at one of the automotive companies of Germany, Eberhard Schulz built his own car in the garage of his home in 1969 called the Erator GTE. He drove the Ford GT40 like car to Porsche's and Mercedes-Benz's headquarters and was subsequently offered a job at Porsche in the design department in 1970. With Zuffenhausen planning no successor to the 911, instead going with front engine 928 and 924, in 1978, Schultz left Porsche and joined bb-Auto of Rainer Buchmann where he would go on to design the Mercedes-Benz CW311 concept which was touted as the successor to the Mercedes-Benz 300SL. The concept was built and promoted by bb and had, somewhat illegal, Mercedes badging. After positive coverage in magazines that took limelight away from the new BMW M1, the badging gained approval from Mercedes....