BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale

BMW
BMW Michelotti Vignale
3200 Michelotti
Presentation year:	1959
Vehicle fair:	Turin Motor Show
Class :	Sports car
Body shape :	Coupe
Engine:	Otto engine : 3.2 liters (110 kW)
Production model:	none

BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale in side view

The BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale is a design study by the Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti based on the BMW 507 .

Vehicle characteristics

Giovanni Michelotti was guided by US American tastes of the late 1950s when he designed the body of the BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale. Sergio Scaglietti made the shell, the model was assembled by the Turin-based coachbuilder Vignale . In contrast to the curved series model, the 3200 Michelotti Vignale is angular with straight lines and indicated fins. The prototype sat on the chassis of a BMW 507 with chassis number 70184.

The red-brown metallic painted prototype with hardtop was presented at the Turin Motor Show from October 31 to November 11, 1959 .

When the vehicle was auctioned off at Christie's on April 21, 1986 , it was discovered that it was owned by the Earl of Chichester from 1980 to 1986 . The 3200 Michelotti Vignale was acquired by the US collector Oscar Davis for 50,760 pounds , who had it restored and painted red. Presumably in 2001 the Blackhawk Museum bought it , in whose collection it was until the end of 2004, before BMW Classic took over the car.

Technical specifications

	BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale
Cylinder / engine type	Eight cylinders - V engine
Displacement	3168 cc
Power at min −1	110 kW (150 PS) / 5000
V max	approx. 205 km / h

Web link

• Pictures and literature on the BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale in the BMW Group Archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Kai Jacobsen: The BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale . In: BMW Group Mobile Tradition (Ed.): Mobile Tradition live . No. 2 , July 2005, p. 17 .
2. ↑ Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2005 - Three unique pieces for a birthday: The BMW 507 turns 50. 7er.com, March 3, 2005, accessed on January 12, 2013 (source: BMW press release). 
3. ↑ The BMW exhibits at Techno Classica - BMW 3200 Michelotti Vignale. 7er.com, 2005, accessed on January 12, 2013 (Text: BMW, Photos: Christian Schütt).