Bmw 507
As the production z8 became a reality 507s started to turn up at auction.
Bmw 507. Under the long standing tagline the ultimate driving machine the company has mainly produced luxury cars with a focus on driving pleasure. Bmw 507 bmw stands for bayerische motoren werke or in english bavarian motor works and is based in munich. The bmw 507 was a roadster produced by bmw from 1956 to 1959. They were expensive and people seemed to be willing to pay about 200 000 for one.
At the rock star s request bmw exchanged the car s engine with which hans stuck had previously won a hill climbing race for a lightweight v8 series engine with 150 hp which was very powerful for those days. After a two year stint in germany. In 1960 coincidentally the same year that elvis returned to the u s. The story starts in december 1958 in frankfurt germany when elvis bought a used bmw 507 after starting his military service.
The bmw 507 is a roadster that was produced by bmw from 1956 to 1959. It wasn t until bmw started dropping hints about the z8 roadster in the late nineties that the 507 was rediscovered by the non bmw enthusiast in an investment sense.