Yes! Roadster

Young Engineers Sportscar, short YES!, Is an automobile manufacturer. Founder and managing partner of YES! Participation and ownership mbH is Marco Kunz. The entrepreneur was first YES! 3.2 turbo driver in Germany and acquired after insolvency of Funke & Will AG the Yes! Participation and ownership mbH based in Edermünde in the Schwalm -Eder-Kreis in Hesse.

History

The sports car YES! (! english for Yes ) originally arose from a thesis by Herbert Funke and Philipp Will, who studied automotive engineering at the Fachhochschule Köln. By design student Oliver Schweizer, the exterior design of the YES! created, was a marketable project. To get the necessary funds, the developers talked to forty companies in the automobile industry, of which a large part was willing to support.

At the International Motor Show 1999 in Frankfurt, Germany then was the first prototype of YES!, The model Clubsport presented. The vehicle concept shown was a very purist sports cars, without a roof, doors and usual comfort. Because of the low weight achieved by these measures with relatively high engine power, he was also referred to in press reports as a motorcycle on four wheels. Even at the IAA 1999 on 30 vehicles were pre-ordered.

After this exhibition, the company Funke & Will AG was founded in 2000 in Great grove. As of 2001, in a restored 30's hangar at the airfield Großenhain the models of YES! individually handcrafted for its owners and delivered. Part of this marketing concept was the possibility that according to wealthy clients could arrive so directly by plane.

On February 4, 2009, Funke & Will AG filed for insolvency at the district court of Dresden. Thereupon the whole project YES! including the development of materials, manufacturing equipment and still existing parts to the newly formed Yes! Participation and ownership company in Edermünde sold. It offers spare parts and customer service on sold vehicles and leads the production of the Model YES! 2 in small numbers continued. Against the two original founders since determined the prosecution because of more extensive funding fraud.

2010 acquired the YES! Participation and ownership mbH based in Edermünde in Hesse the brand. So since then under completely new management, the YES! Roadster 3.2 Turbo handmade.

Description

To YES! Clubsport 1.8 were then in the model nor the YES! Roadster 1.8 added, with soft top, scissor doors, side windows, and heating and YES! Cup / R, the racing version of the YES!.

In addition to various design awards such as the Good Design Award (2003 and 2007), the Chicago Athenaeum and the Lucky Strike Junior Award (2002) for the unusual design of the YES!, The company received in the summer of 2004 the German Founders Award in the category "Newcomer ". From the YES! have been made to date, more than 200 copies. At the Auto Mobil International in Leipzig in 2006, the second generation of YES is! Roadster presented.

The YES Roadster 3.2 with a larger wheelbase and modified design (again, from the house of Swiss Design Consulting ), was a new engine in two power levels. It is a 3.2 liter 187 kW (255 hp) six-cylinder, turbo charged in the higher power level used. As a further development and the safety package with driver and front passenger airbag can be observed.

Models

The YES! was offered until 2006 in three models:

YES! Roadster 1.8
YES! Clubsport 1.8
YES! Cup / R (only for track use)

Since 2006, the second generation of YES! come on the market in two engine variants:

YES! Roadster 3.2
YES! Roadster 3.2 Turbo

Furthermore, is built from the first series of YES! Cup / R

Motor

YES 1: The engine of the YES! based on a revised 1.8-liter 20 -valve turbocharged engine from the Volkswagen Group and delivers 210 kW ( 286 hp) with a maximum of 6300 min -1, compared to the standard design of the engine in various power ratings of 110 165 kW offered (150 to 225 hp ). The approximately 830 kg heavy models with GRP body accelerate in 3.9 seconds to 100 km / h

YES 2: The new engine comes from the Volkswagen Group again and was originally installed in the Audi TT and the Golf R32. The 3.2-liter V6 engine offers 187 kW ( 255 hp ) or turbocharged 261 kW ( 355 hp).

Data YES! 1

Engine: 4 Cylinder
Displacement: 1781 cm ³
Transmission: 5 speed
Power: 210 kW ( 285 hp )
Torque: 350 Nm
0-100 km / h: 4.2 seconds
Maximum speed: 264 km / h (0 to 100 in 4.1 seconds)

Data YES! 2

YES! Roadster 3.2

Engine: 6 Cylinder
Displacement: 3189 cm ³
Transmission: 6 speed
Power: 188 kW (255 hp)
Torque: 330 Nm
0-100 km / h: 4.9 seconds
Maximum speed: 255 km / h

YES! Roadster 3.2 Turbo

Engine: 6 Cylinder
Displacement: 3189 cm ³
Transmission: 6 speed
Power: 261 kW ( 355 hp )
Torque: 485 Nm
0-100 km / h: 3.9 seconds
Maximum speed: 281 km / h

Reviews

Jan Boris Wintzenburg: category "Newcomer ": 264 Rushing towards success at yesterday (June 23 2004)
Christoph M. Black: Small Series: Against the uniformity in Der Spiegel (June 30, 2004)

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