Coys Auction - The Nürburgring
Germany
Saturday 8th August 2009
Motor Cars at 17:00
Viewing: Friday 7th August from 10:00 to 19:00
Saturday from 10:00
Admission by catalogue only - admits two.
Telephone number from 6 - 8 August: +49 (0) 2691 932 62 90
Registration Number: EU Registered Chassis Number: W09GUA2157A964014
In 2001 Roland Gumpert proposed a new generation of sports car. One of the first concerns of this car was that it be a street-legal car, ready for the race track. Gumpert was the head of sales and marketing, responsible for the development of the dealer network of the Audi-VW joint enterprise in China. Just after he returned to Germany, Roland Mayer asked him if he would assist him in building a prototype sports car. Audi approved Gumpert‘s involvement in this project, on the condition that, if they did eventually develop a new sports car, it would not be prototype, but a series product. The company, located in Altenberg, Germany, was founded in 2004 under th