BMW Profiles 9: The Legendary BMW 507

BMW History

BMW 507: The Legend

At the start of the 1950s, BMW decides to build a sports car—particularly with a view to the American market. Goertz sends sketches to Munich, with the aim of "showing what a sports car for the US market should really look like". The designs go down well, an agreement is quickly reached and contracts are signed in November 1954.

Count Goertz, BMW Pavilion, 1956

A book dedicated solely to a single model—the legendary BMW 507 roadster. This impressive sports car still ranks among one of the most beautiful automobiles of all time with its then state-of-the-art V8 engine and elongated engine bonnet. The author Dr. Karlheinz Lange has succeeded in creating a highly authentic book with some 240 pages that cast a new light on this famous sports car.