2077 cc M337/3 I6 (501/3) 2580 cc M502/1 V8 (501 V8/2.6)
Transmission
4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase
2,835 mm (111.6 in)
Length
4,730 mm (186 in)
Width
1,780 mm (70 in)
Height
1,530 mm (60 in)
Kerb weight
1,340 kg (2,950 lb) or more
Chronology
Predecessor
BMW 326
Successor
BMW 2500 / 2800 ‘New Six’
The BMW 501 was a luxury car manufactured by BMW from 1952 to 1958. Introduced at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951, the 501 was the first BMW model to be manufactured and sold after the Second World War, and as the first BMW car built in Bavaria. The 501 and its derivatives, including the V8 powered BMW 502, were nicknamed “Baroque Angels” by the German public. The BMW 502 was the first postwar German car to be manufactured with a V8 engine.
While the 501 and 502 model numbers were discontinued in 1958, variations of the model, with the same platform and body, were continued until 1963.
The BMW501 was a luxury car manufactured by BMW from 1952 to 1958. Introduced at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951, the 501 was the first BMW model...
pans and bicycles. In 1948, BMW restarted motorcycle production. BMW resumed car production in Bavaria in 1952 with the BMW501 luxury saloon. The range...
suspension and correspondingly harsh ride surprised those conditioned by the BMW501 to anticipate a more comfort-oriented suspension setup. Notable problems...
V8's place at the top of BMW's engine range. The BMW501, which began production in 1952, was the first car produced by BMW after World War II. It was...
BMW501 and BMW 502 saloons to fill the gap between the expensive Mercedes-Benz 300SL and the cheap and underpowered Triumph and MG sports cars. BMW engineer...
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1955-1958 501/3 Norbye, Jan P. (1984). BMW - Bavaria's Driving Machines. Skokie, IL: Publications International. ISBN 0-517-42464-9. "BMW501". Auto- und...
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collaboration between BMW and Pininfarina, but in 1949 BMW commissioned Pininfarina design and build a pbuiltype of the BMW501—it was rejected for being...
ISBN 0-517-42464-9. LCCN 84060309. "BMW501 Prototype (1949) – Old Concept Cars". Old Concept Cars. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013. "BMW 528/502 Sportwagen...
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heavy losses for BMW. Hanns Grewenig, sales manager of BMW, repeatedly requested the development of a sports car based on their 501 and 502 luxury cars...
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