Michalak Design was a German automotive design studio and low-volume constructor founded in 1979 by Bernd Michalak, operating from Mainz and later Wiesbaden. It worked for manufacturers while pursuing its own projects, beginning with the Michalak Corsaspider (1983), a two-seat convertible on Opel Corsa underpinnings built in a small series of roughly 100 cars. The studio presented a string of concept studies: Topino (1983, Corsa-based one-off),…