Imperia is bankrupt

Posted on 10-04-2016 at 20:19 by rynnus – 28 Comments”

The bullet is through the church. After a heavy agony is the Belgian company ultimately cup went under.

For the people who are slightly less familiar with the brand, we do a little refresher. Imperia is a Belgian car brand that the end of the fifties disappeared, but since 2001, with some help from the Liège University, a new life was breathed into. They would on an electric sports car breed, who in 2013 as a driving prototype actually came: the Imperia GT. It was originally planned 200 per year to produce, with an asking price of 125,000 peak.

Hybrid
The GT was equipped with a highly advanced hybrid powertrain, packaged in a nostalgic jacket as something similar to a cross between a Morgan and Wiesmann. Extended info can be found here, we are going back to the sad news.

It is they never managed to get the Imperia GT on ‘large’ basis to produce due to a financial deficit. The commercial court of Liège, the company has therefore recently been declared bankrupt. Several attempts to get the company a new lease of life by o.a. the successful bepantseringsbedrijf Carat Duchatelet, were unsuccessful. The number below the bar remained negative and blood red.

A new life
Of course, continues to founder Yves Toussaint search for an investor (hello? Victor?) those things can pick up. The intentions are downright sympathetic, and it always does pain for a small car company, driven by people with passion that the coffee with Castrol let it trickle down, to see undergo. Unfortunately, it remains a hard business. Below you can view the gallery, be prepared for wet eyes. (via Lesoir.be)

Gallery: Imperia GT 2013

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