BMW 501: a sign of new beginning

BMW 501: a sign of new beginning October 1952, bmw and then finally put into automotive, manufacturing 501 cars pre-war system of four-door car that sets the pre-war six cylinder 2 liters engine, single carburetor, BMW Can only provide 48kw of power. As the other equipment is a new design, new luxury cars will weigh 3000 pounds, although the top speed of 135 km, but the speed to 96km / h you need more than half a minute. The old BMW engine as the only short-term solutions, engineers are designing 3.2 l v8 engine, its output far more than the old-fashioned horsepower six-cylinder engine. The new plant, equipment and manpower is a major investment in risky action, producing luxury cars if the decision is wrong, then the company will face the possibility of financial collapse. But the fact that customers still like the BMW 501, an endless stream of vehicles pulled out of the factory, to 502 in 1955 was replaced by a total of 501 cars manufactured 5692. In the production of 501 years, it has undergone a series of engine improvements. Fitted with a 12v electronic system, a dual-chamber Solihull Fox carburetor, a new camshaft and new zf gearbox. It was not until 1954 v8 engine came only after a real revolution. 502 501 was replaced by this new engine is the people wistfully German first alloy made of large displacement v8 engine. Initially it can produce 95 horsepower, but the future continue to be strengthened. 502 luxury cars work well, the maximum speed of nearly 160 km, and has good acceleration. Its sales began to grow. 1955, BMW has introduced two new cars, enough to make the company return to pre-war status. The sporty 503 marks the return to the BMW 315 and 328 as the representative of the traditional production of high-performance car, its top speed of 190 km, but not sales. 507 too, but in the thirties after a BMW car in the most popular. The late fifties, when the German economic miracle continues, people can increase disposable income after the car became more and more people dream of. But for most buyers, have a cheap small car is real, although it may not be comfortable. So 1955 BMW from its luxury v8 series to the other extreme - to provide customers with a minimum of cars, people no longer have to find a parking space to worry about, do not bother to repair the damage to those tiny . The car is called Yi Seta, part of the fifties so-called "bubble car." It is an Italian refrigerator manufacturer design. BMW is licensed to produce one of several companies. It does directly into the small parking space. Only a distance of many luxury v8 series can finally buy a Yi Seta a. BMW sold 160,000 Yi Seta, and later models are also fitted with a 600cc BMW motorcycle engine. Ironically it is precisely this car to help a strange car BMW survived, it's enough to make sales of the company have the ability to produce new series of 700 sports car. BMW (15)