Mercedes Isdera Imperator 108i - Brutal V8 Exhaust Sounds!

During a trackday on the SPA-Francorchamps racetrack I have filmed this very rare Mercedes Isdera Imperator 108i. It's a very rare German super car limited to 30 units (this is unit #14) and built from the Mercedes-Benz CW311 concept. The Imperator 108i featured a rear-view periscope, creating a bulge on the roof!
Technical data Mercedes Isdera Imperator 108i:
Engine: 6.0L V8 32V AMG
Performance: 425HP
0-100km/h: 4.5 sec
Top speed: 310km/h
Serie #: 14/30
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[@Ohhdeeds]

I kinda like the looks... Look at it from the front it looks so happy!

[@isderaimperator]

+Ohhdeeds it is a happy car... makes the driver smile ;-)

[@isderaimperator]

yes ...

[@isderaimperator]

;-) see, I´am smiling

[@BonsaiDax]

Candy for my eyes and candy for my ears. In 1985 i heard and saw this car on the German Autobahn A555 ( at the time A55 ) between Bonn and Cologne, and until today i have never seen it again. Many many thanks for uploading! Brings back memories!

[@georgejacob3162]

I saw a picture of one on the Nurburgring Nordschleife website and wondered what the hell it was! I found out what it was and then found out that they only made 30 of them and then thought that I would have no chance of ever seeing one. Um, I saw one 8 HOURS later in a classic car dealership just 30 miles from my house in the UK!

[@duke6321]

Sorry Bonsai Dax, but the A555 is since 1974 the A555. Before that year, the A555 had the number A72. The A 55 never existed, but was planned in the 70's as additional "Autobahn" in the Region around Kleve/Krefeld.

[@BonsaiDax]

​@@duke6321 Hey Duke, the Number A72 till '74 may be correct, but from this point the Autobahn had the Number A55 for some time, and only got later an additional "5", i don't know why. But the designation a55 really existed. I know that because i lived my childhood very near the Autobahn and we drove many times on it. ;-)

[@miurasvlamborghini]

First time seeing it on a track, I had no clue it sounded so great.

[@user-sk3tn1hr8t]

The first time I heard about Isdera I never thought that I would see one. I saw one just 8 hours later in a classic car showroom just 15 miles from where I live in the UK!

[@maxmanmanus]

Damn that's a good looking car

[@32barty32]

...

[@gorkemyavuz9925]

bruh

[@hueyfinesse]

+MaxManManus looks like shit

[@jules7544]

+MaxManManus sarcasm?

[@Redstoneprime316]

+Mofoka Mofoka no, opinion.

[@DtRockstar1]

The Isdera is probably on my top my list of cars I want to own. Awesome looking car.

[@stillsearching1284]

It is pretty awesome. It's like a Mercedes hypercar from the 1980s. If it had actually been made by Mercedes it would probably be more famous today.

[@christophermarshall5765]

@@stillsearching1284 the Isdera Imperator i80 was built. Only 33 were made.

[@bicyclist2]

I've loved the look of this car from way back in the 80's when I first saw one in a car magazine. Thanks.

[@christianc.8848]

The design looks pretty solid and indestructible.

[@nickbeckwith6211]

I think it’s actually fiberglass panels, but you’re right it looks like it was carved from a billet of metal.

[@Fuzzyfire]

one of my all time favorite wedge shaped cars. and i absolutely LOVE how angry that thing sounds as it shoots past the camera.

[@rolexmd69]

It’s no C111 but it’s the future of that concept and lineage. This thing is a beast and I find it beautiful

[@miklas.k]

I dont Know why, But i Like the look of it

[@AndreiTupolev]

Ooh I've read about this, but I've never seen one in action. It certainly looks like a concept car, but sounds bloody good.

[@d4ddyK]

Favorite super car of ALL TIME. It out-wedges Lamborghini.

[@HarizHafiGarden]

Such a good looking car

[@alecsmith2590]

This is the car used in the 80's arcade game Spy Hunter. Pretty cool!

[@King_Henry]

yep, this was the main car (but there were others) that brought Spy Hunter to life :)

[@nickbeckwith6211]

One of the best looking cars I have ever seen - now I know it is loud and quick too.

[@axelfriedrich4482]

Even today still a beautiful car that runs perfectly. Thank you for showing me.😍😍😍👍👍👍

[@EnricoGolfettoMasella]

It’s amazing how cars evolved! Today you can reach several times the potency of this car with basically no noise!

[@HenryPerez_royal_hp]

isderaimperator, you lucky lucky man! wow, amazing!

[@isderaimperator]

I love you for that video! Thank you very much!

[@marcoandreoli9855]

I think It comes from final part offerte 70's....I love this kind of car...prototype of future car. What a wonderful sound!!

[@amitk1494]

Looks amazing!

[@ivaudio1]

great look

[@nael6268]

Elle dégage vraiment quelque chose

[@cswengel42]

That is one badass car

[@SchwarzeTulpe]

In a failed attempt at self deprecation, all the other cars and their drivers were quietly heard to say, "Awwww, the Isdera is here."

[@rambunctioustubetubervideo6547]

Nice sound :)

[@linasmarcinkevicius]

Classic! 🌟

[@lenduroman8220]

magnifique

[@regdunlop5393]

Sounds good

[@slowbee236_]

very cool.. !!!

[@drluiggi]

Looks very interesting, minimalistic functional, I like it, 6.2 from SLS BS will be so coll inside her.

[@Firemarioflower]

A bulge on the roof??? A bulge in my pants!! This is one rare piece of art!!

[@q-bert6454]

Firemarioflower . It’s the rear view mirror

[@MrFas__]

super rare and expensive car!

[@joshknutson16]

INSANITYYYY 🤯

[@Juanknes]

I like it

[@luisnavas1609]

naweona de sonido, desgraciado motor y trasmisión

[@FUNKYTUNEZ714]

Sounds so deadly

[@soulbrotha0585]

1:50` fuc...ing coincidence!!! two most badASS exhaust cars ever!!! Shelby daytona cobra coupe + Imperator 108i!!!!!!

[@ayanghosal6832]

ferocious baritone

[@AutomotiveMike]

Erg aparte wagen, maar klinkt zo lekker.

[@andrewb1313]

Looks like a snowspeeder lol I like it

[@PoisonST95]

Some back to the future stuff right there, it isn't very pretty but sounds glorious!

[@isderaimperator]

+dckstr Grrrrrrr i hate this. What does the Delorean has to do with it? The copied gullwingdoors, the colour, the year when it was made? Not comparable at all. It's really an insult. Delorean is delorean and CW311 is CW311 (or ISDERA imperator)

[@Firemarioflower]

+dckstr Handlingwise, topspeed, buildquality and overall performance the Delorean is uncomparable with this fantastic vehicle.

[@dmitrykostin4227]

2:52 nice 🙂👍

[@michaelteret4763]

I loved the bb version best.

[@FlosweltTV]

I love the look of this car *-* Reminds me a DeLorean :D

[@Firemarioflower]

+Flo :) Yet this probably is better built, waaaay faster and better in corners. But i can see your point. Wingdoors are the best.

[@lazurusredd8682]

For those who didn't know this was the car the cover of the 1983 game Spyhunter was based off

[@JimmelleCannon-us9nj]

Wow I didn't know that

[@johnniejohnsonv]

came for the brutal, stayed for the periscope

[@kingofsludge7262]

That’s such a nice sound compared to other cars nowadays, these new ones can go sort of fast but they sound prepubescent

[@adityakiran95]

Brutal sound and good looks. I wonder whether is this the same car we get to play in the good old NFS 2 SE?

[@felipefernandes9053]

In NFS2 is a Isdera Commendatore 112i

[@ghstie]

it was the 1st Lamborghini, the Lamborghini Merce-lago 😂

[@brocanova]

Energy Class ZZZZZZZZZZZ

[@georgejacob3162]

7:33. Ferrari 250GTO in the background?

[@TSnowy23]

Gumbee you're gonna buy me this for my birthday right? 😄 Even thou it looks like a space ship I'd ride it, no doubt Elon Musk would be jealous LoL

[@venuztaurus6ix]

same era of the great vector

[@Nico-ic5mk]

Never heared about this car

[@IamSnehan]

charismatic baritone

[@EmpanadaDeCaca]

people saying its ugly smh

[@moejoe1863]

The original Spy Hunter car.

[@rastafari8459]

Has anyone seen any videos of the Commendatore 112i, apart from the clip from NFS 2?

[@Firemarioflower]

+Rasta Fari Clip?? I don't remember NFS2 having any clip on that car at all, it only showed pictures. It was the only car in that game that hadn't got a cool video. It's a very rare thing, that's for sure.

[@rastafari8459]

Firemarioflower I think you're right. I saw a video of the car on KZbin titled as being from NFS. But looking at it again it seems like some old news footage. Also I'm pretty sure the game never properly installed for me as I couldn't watch any of the clips.

[@Firemarioflower]

Rasta Fari A shame. They were memerable.

[@KevinLee-ge1zj]

lol i have never heard or seen of this car till now

[@georgejacob3162]

I first saw a picture of this car on the Nuerburgring website and didn't know what it was. I then searched the interweb for information to find out what it was, how many were produced and what it could do. I found out that 30 were produced between 1984 and 1991 and I thought to myself "I've got no chance of seeing one of those!" ...8 HOURS later I SAW ONE! It was in a classic car dealership just 30 miles from my house!

[@keeperofeurobeat8421]

I like it alot. If it were a little wider, I would like it even more.

[@michaelteret4763]

If it were wider, it would be a Modulo.

[@darkonojic7494]

Somebody know what is the thing on top of drivers door?

[@delanoren5976]

Good video! I have a question where do you live?

[@yaraskygaming4501]

in the Netherlands

[@delanoren5976]

Yarasky Gaming Oh just like me, thanks man!

[@moneymaster6575]

When Mercedes pays more attention to exhaust and sound.

[@alejandroaguilar9038]

CALL THE WEAPONS VAN FOR REARMING

[@G55STEYR]

Love the W116 S-Class taillights. Is the engine 5 or 6 liter ?

[@owenpendergrass3103]

Its a 6 liter AMG V8

[@christophermarshall5765]

WRONG!!! The Isdera Imperator did NOT use the 6 litre V-8 at all!! They had the M117 engine bored to 5.6 litre. It was NOT AMG specified!!! AMG had nothing to do with the Imperator at all. They were built on the design of the C111 concept/experimental cars. The first one had the 4.5 litre M117 V-8 & it almost beat a Countach down a 1/4 mile drag strip!!

[@christophermarshall5765]

@@GorgeousGeorge97 no. The Isdera Imperator was based on the C111 experimental car. The engine specifications are as I stated. I have all the information about them here. There was only 33 of them built.

[@bruno100carro]

again ??

[@felipefernandes9053]

Sounds like a Sauber C9 without turbos...

[@EJDAKIDDFRUMCALI]

1983 isadera imperator was the car the arcade spyhunter mobile was used for back in 83 and if I had one I would custom it out to look like spyhunter mobile and instead of weapons and gadgets coming the headlights and taillights I'd have bass body rockin sound speakers come out voice activated by speaking to the car and saying ignitate protocol soundwave 😁😋

[@tazanteflight8670]

If a Lamborghini Jalpa, and a Vector W8 had a child....

[@Qari1204]

Mercedes AMG GTS should sounds like that. lol

[@bradcarpenter1881]

It's a Lamborghini Mercedes!

[@Theesses162]

Spy hunter!

[@hoomaham4183]

How much this worth today ?

[@mustpaike]

You look at it and you expect it to sound like a Lamborghini, with a high-pitched V12, V10, V8, I6 or in an I4. And then you hear it and and it sounds.. like the 1990s.

[@marcelauditore]

Whats the Ferrari he is followers at 2:50 ?

[@isderaimperator]

+marcelauditore Ferrari 275 GTB testing for Le Mans Classic that year. Realy realy fast on the straights. Was hard to catch him.

[@Firemarioflower]

+isderaimperator LOL am i right if I say you are the one in this video driving that masterpiece?

[@EmeraldForester777]

Spy Hunter!

[@theindubitable]

Reminds me of Countach if it would be a Mercedes.

[@Laraibbro]

Reminds me of the DeLorean

[@MrKevin77]

anyone knows when it was lounched?

[@MiniOne82]

+MrCevin7 1984

[@isderaimperator]

+MrCevin7 CW311 was developed between 1972-1978. after that ISDERA defined their study and put it on the market in 1983/4

[@MrKevin77]

Thanks guys

[@Firemarioflower]

+isderaimperator Gosh, you can't tell it was made in the 70's, if it was designed in the 80's i'd believe it. So modern for that time!

[@garyclifford8976]

Got the same headlights as the F1

[@MiniOne82]

+Gary Clifford Not exactly the same but similar

[@isderaimperator]

+Gary Clifford come on... it is just a plastic cover with stock Hella headlights... nothing special, but light ;-)

[@andilencube8094]

Sounds brutal but I think the sauber c11 takes it

[@yurixruz]

Price of this car?

[@nico-re2hq]

extremely expensive because its rare af

[@yurixruz]

basicallyNico Price?

[@SRSAtlas]

Looks like they tried to make a Countach, but end up doing it better than Lamborhini lol

[@adamharith8597]

Already sounds like an American engine

[@helgihelgi5444]

У меня есть такой!!! Игрушечный 30лет не знал что это за модель!!

[@athavlogandreview3773]

The real cw311 is in indonesia i thinj

[@relaxinking]

Wow no way this car was made in 1978

[@user-gr1zu9uu5y]

щас на геликах движки мощнее стоят

[@delanoren5976]

Where does V stand for from V8

[@meteorshower8160]

It's the formation of the cylinders. for a v8 there are effectively two banks of straight fours joined together by the same crankshaft. Someone else maybe able to explain it better

[@delanoren5976]

Meteor Shower Oh ok still thanks mate, I thought that it might stand for volume

[@meteorshower8160]

Delano Ren No problem. The volume, more commonly called capacity (in engine terms) is either measured in litres or CC's. In america they use cube inches some of the time.

[@delanoren5976]

Meteor Shower aha ok, there is so much technical stuff in a F1 car eh

[@meteorshower8160]

Delano Ren This isn't an F1 car. This is an extremely rare Mercedes. An F1 car is strictly track based and only used for racing, but yes they have a lot of technology.

[@maxalfredjoelasemoule3993]

Le son est sympa mais y'a comme un hiatus entre les lignes futuristes et les borborygmes du V8.

[@tobiasblum1912]

Cybertruck from behind

[@prodandmullen]

all it needed was a little length added to it to shave down that bulge in the top and it would have been a perfect production car

[@zachdavis3974]

The scary thing is that all the new car manufacturers are making cars that are starting to look like this thing again.

[@Firemarioflower]

+ZD Supercars Thats a pure insult towards this car!! take it back, the new age shit looks like spaceships, this machine is odd yet very funky.

[@user-lh4cq5bk1k]

+

[@jarrikdekezel5509]

i wonder how much these things are worth

[@MrBlueros]

+holymolydamn ~200k

[@jarrikdekezel5509]

MrBlueros thats not much , i was expecting million or more :O

[@philippk1125]

+holymolydamn i've seen one for 4 million dollars, 200k is a joke

[@jarrikdekezel5509]

+Philipp K oh ok , i thought 200k was to less :P 4 mil is a better price indeed

[@MrBlueros]

+Philipp K www.topcarrating.com/1984-isdera-imperator-108i.php This doesn't have the mercedes badge and maybe the merc has another engine but it wouldn't be a 3.8 million dollar engine anyway

[@zakzeus.shuufHunaak]

#quatroquatroquatrosifr 🌻🥑🍭🗽☘️

[@ps-uj5dm]

it's so ugly,i love it

[@OnlyGreatGame]

looks like old BMW M1 and Lambo Countach

[@isderaimperator]

+OnlyGreatGame same time. CW311 was developed between 1972-1978

[@Toemmsen]

Look like its based on a countach

[@jackcostigan7746]

You are so right Tom!