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Genesis and debut [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] Interior of a 507        (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The genesis of the BMW 507 It unfolded in the two-year period 1954-56, in that period, the propeller house was in financial difficulties, due to the poor sales that the sedans 501 and 502 were obtaining in the German market. The luxury sports market seemed to offer many outlets, but the financial resources to the BMW were not many and not even ideas, just think that in the first years of that decade the sportiest versions present in the range were the 501 It is 502 With a coup\u00e9 bodywork obtained simply by redesigning the pavilion and making it more pitched in the rear area. In short, a real sportsman was missing that could, among other things, resume the legacy of the glorious 328 of Anteguerra. He was the American importer of German origins Max Hoffmann who made contact, in the summer of 1954 [2] , with the Bavarian house to spur it in this direction and indeed, providing them with some inputs relating to the characteristics that a possible sporty BMW could have had. Moreover, the BMW already had a V8 engine, an engine that had recently started to be mounted under the hood of the 502 . The V8 architecture has always been loved and preferred by US clientele, and also for this Max Hoffmann pushed in this direction, aware of the fact that a car of that kind could have sold a lot in the USA. The first prototype made directly by Ernst Loof of the BMW style center [3] However, he did not like it in Hoffmann and the project seemed to run almost in the bud, except that the same American importer contacted a young German designer, Albrecht von Goertz, who at the time had his own design study, so that he could offer him some sketches related to one Possible future two -seater BMW sports. Goertz’s style proposals liked a lot of both in Hoffmann and the BMW. The latter immediately sent a telegram to Goertz, so that he joined the internal style center to continue with the development of the project. The collaboration relationship between the two parts was perfected in January 1955, in the condition that the car was finished by September of the same year, so that it can be exposed to the Frankfurt Motor Show [4] . In a very short time, Goertz managed to draw both the 503 that the future roadster, or the 507 : both masks were approved by the BMW Board of Directors, which started the industrialization phase of the project, quickly and furiously, given the approach of the Frankfurt Motor Show. On this occasion, the 507 It was presented together with the 503 And he made a sensation for his very captivating style. A second presentation always had always had in the last months of 1955 in New York, in order to have the car touch also to the overseas spectators, given that the US one constituted a market of primary importance for a car like the 507 . Thus began the commercial career of the Bavarian Roadster, with the first deliveries that took place at the beginning of 1956. 507 equipped with hardtop Design e stile [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] View of the lateral “gills” of a 507 The 507 It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful roadsters ever built: it contributed to this its slender line, perhaps the masterpiece of Von Goertz, low, streamlined, dynamic. The front, very thin and aerodynamic reinterpreted the concept of the grille with “double kidney”, proposing it in a form developed in width, immediately under the pointed muzzle. On the sides, the round front lighthouses were set on the classic swelling on the sides of the hood that continued backwards by incorporating the front fenders. A small air intake is located in the center of the long engine hood, which ends at the base of the curved windshield decidedly inclined. The side expresses a remarkable dynamism thanks to its relatively high belt line, which lowers in correspondence with the goalkeeper and immediately gets up behind, creating a wave effect, or rather, a sinuous line. The only habit on the side is represented by the outburst of lateral air behind the front fender, a sort of “branchia”. The tail is quite short and rounded, equipped with small rear headlights: the reduced proportions of the tail itself give further dynamism to the car line, whose guidance place is found close to the rear axle, as on other classic roadsters. To satisfy the most demanding, the German Roadster could be equipped with a hard-top request that transformed it into a dried two-seater coupe. The two -seater hassis of the 507 It was placed close to the retrutre to obtain a very snappy line, a theme that would remain unchanged over the decades a little for all the roadsters produced from there onwards. The driver’s seat was dominated by the large four -spoke steering wheel arranged two by two, behind which the rather complete dashboard was located and equipped with two large circular tools (speedometer and tachometer) and other secondary tools (watch between the two Main tools and fuel level indicator and water temperature in the lower part of the tachometer). The central area of \u200b\u200bthe dashboard, usually painted in color with the bodywork or even partially covered in leather, was dominated by a large air intake and car radio. The central tunnel was practically absent and the gear lever was in practice mounted on the floor. The right side of the dashboard was instead characterized by the presence of a large storage compartment, as well as by a support handle for the passenger.        (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Structure, mechanics and engine [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ] Detail of the front; Note the double kidney with horizontal instead of vertical development The 507 It was born on a frame with boxed longing and traverse with tubular reinforcements, on which an aluminum body was mounted to contain the weight (the mechanical base derived from the simultaneous sedans 501 It is 502 It was certainly not an example of lightness). The mechanical scheme was the traditional one with front and rear -wheel drive, a scheme that in a car like the 507 He fit perfectly. An independent wheels and a retrotrewae with rigid assale, both equipped with longitudinal twist bars. The braking system consisted of drum brakes on the four wheels. The engine of the 507 It is a 90 \u00b0 V -cylinder in 90 \u00b0 already present on all luxury BMW of the 1950s, of the 3168 cm\u00b3 displacement. Shared with the 502 and with the 503 , this engine finds its maximum evolution here, since already from the first specimens intended for the European market it provides a maximum power of 150 HP at 5000 rpm. This was made possible by the adoption of two double -sized genith body carburetors. But for the American market, the 507 He came to deliver 195 HP. For the rest, this V8 maintained the characteristics of the other 3.2 -liter V8s on the BMW of the time, including distribution to a lateral camshaft, with valves on the head. The transmission included a dry single -subusive clutch, with a synchronized 4 -speed gearbox. Side view of a BMW 507 The 507 It did not represent, as for the Mercedes-Benz 300SL or the Chevrolet Corvette of those years, an almost cheap model peak model, but it was, for the post-war BMW, an economic necessity. In fact, the BMW was hoped that this car would break through on the American market and thus would heal the economic situation of the German company. But things did not go as hoped: despite this model he had been able to attract the preferences of numerous stars of the time, including the famous Elvis Presley, between 1956 and March 1959 only 252 BMW were produced 507 (254 according to some sources [5] [6] ), compared to the over 26,000 total units of the 190sl models e 300SL , produced by Mercedes-Benz. A real disappointment for the BMW management which instead had to produce a thousand a year. Many identify the cause of this failure in performance, decidedly lower than those of its direct competitor: the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL In fact, it exceeded 250 km\/h and passed from 0 to 100 km\/h in less than 8 seconds, while the 507 He stopped at 201 km\/h of maximum speed and employed 9.4 seconds for the transition from 0 to 100 km\/h. The power was also lower: the Mercedes-Benz 3-liter engine with direct injection developed 215 HP, while the V8 BMW 3.2-liter engine provided only 150 at 5000 rpm. Set the 507 , his most similar heir would only arrive 40 years later, in 2000, and would have brought the name of Z8. The only evolutionary steps of the 507 They concerned the fuel tank that was moved under the trunk, thus subtracting space from the already small initial capacity, and the adoption of the disc brakes on the four wheels. The shift of the tank, initially arranged behind the seats, was to better meet the customers of high stature and this modification was made to the knowledge of Albrecht von Goertz, who later remained embittered by this circumstance.        (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4La BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale The 507 It was the subject of some reinterpretation by some renowned bodies and designers. There has already been talk of Ernst Loof’s initial prototype, but to this the 507 Ricarrozzata Come Coup\u00e9 Da Raymond Loewy [7] and the 507 set up as a two -seater sports car with a low windshield. In 1959 the BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale . The work of the designer Giovanni Michelotti on behalf of the Vignale bodywork, had the most angular line than the model from which it originated and could reach the maximum speed of 194 km\/h [8] . Technical features – BMW 507  Configuration Car body : Roadster Engine location : Longitudinal front Traction : rear Dimensions and weights Total seats : 2 Trunk : Reservoir : Lot Empty: 1330 kg Mechanics Engine type : M507\/1 8 Cylinders of 90 \u00b0 on 5 desk supports Displacement : 3168\u00a0cm\u00b3 Distribution : lateral cams axis with valves in the lead, two per cylinder Diet : Two double -body carburetors Zenith 32 ndix Engine performance  Power: 150\/5000 (CV\/RPM)\/torque: 235\/4000 (NM\/RPM) Clutch : Dry single -subusive Change : 4 -speed manual Chassis Car body  separated with boxed longs and traverse with tubular reinforcements, aluminum body Steering  with conical gears Suspension  Front: independent wheels with quadrilaterals and longitudinal torsion bars, telescopic \/ rear hydraulic shock absorbers: rigid axle with longitudinal twist bars, telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers Brakes  Front: drum (a disk since 1957) \/ rear: drum (a disk since 1957) Tires  6.00 H 16 Declared performance Speed : between 190 and 220 depending on the report to the km\/h bridge Acceleration : from 9 “4 to 11” 7 depending on the report to the bridge Consumption  17 liters\/100 km Other Blowing and running (mm)  82 x 75 mm Compression ratio  7.8: 1 Note  Products Products 254 (including prototypes and fuoriseries) between 10\/1955-03\/1959 with price at the DM debut of 26,500 ^  BMW – all passenger cars since 1928 , E. Kittler, 2008, Motorbuch Verlag, PAG.117  ^  Era , N \u00b0 7, 10 April 2014  ^  The 1954 Loof prototype  ^  Era , N \u00b0 2, 25 January 2014  ^  Vintage motoring , Aprile 2014, pag.58  ^  BMW projects and products from the 50s – from saucy to the new class , Dr. Karlheinz Lange, 2010, Johann Kleine Vennekate Verlag, Pag.77  ^  The 507 Coup\u00e9 di Raymond Loewy  ^  ( IN ) Top 5 Italian BMW Concepts . are carbuzz.com . URL consulted on February 10, 2017 .  BMW – all passenger cars since 1928 , E. Kitler, 2008, Motor Building Isbn 978-3-613-02642-1 BMW projects and products from the 50s – from saucy to the new class , Dr. Karlheinz Lange, 2010, Johann Kleine Vennekate Verlag, ISBN 978-3-935517-51-5 ( IN ) 1957 BMW 507 Roadster . are ClassicDriver.com , October 16, 2007. URL consulted on February 10, 2017 . ( OF ) BMW V8 Club . are BMW-V8-Club.de . URL consulted on February 10, 2017 .      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