When I saw this car for the first time, I had absolutely no idea what it was. The lines and the logo on the hood were a clear nod to Veritas sports cars of the 1950s. But in the wheel wells were wide Alpina rims. The interior was a crude mix of BMW parts and homemade trim. Under the hood? At best, an inline-six? At worst, a Beetle engine…
Fortunately, the mystery was soon solved. This one-of-a-kind car is a true cellar-build from the ’90s, done by Peter Adler in Berlin, a passionate recluse who did the body in concrete forms, stretched the aluminum over a tubular frame and then scoured the BMW parts catalog for additional components. That’s why this car, which weighs about 1,000 kilograms, features the engine from the BMW E34 M5, and a chassis from the equally legendary M1.
Yes, it´s insane. What a car – and what a discovery, one that only at second glance revealed the truth about this Veritas, which – if you let it sink in – is entirely in the tradition of its predecessors.
