The BMW 531 - sometimes also referred to as the BMW 331 - was the prototype of a small car that Fritz Fiedler designed in 1951 as the first car after the Second World War . It was to be BMW's first post-war car .
history
As in the early years after the First World War , Austin provided the model for the body of the two-seater sedan . Curved fenders with integrated headlights and the round trunk lid were reminiscent of the later BMW 501 .
After the intervention of the director Hanns Grewenig , however, series production was rejected because a small car from the BMW company was not considered worthy.
"BMW cars should be the calling card of German society."
In addition, BMW would not have been able to finance the purchase of several large sheet metal presses in order to be able to produce the high numbers required for the profitability of the project.
technology
A fan-cooled two-cylinder boxer engine from BMW motorcycle production, which was installed at the front and powered the rear wheels, served as the drive. The displacement was 600 cm³, the performance is not known.
The doors were hinged at the back, and the front and rear windows were each divided by a narrow bar in the middle. In terms of dimensions, the car roughly corresponded to the contemporary Fiat Topolino .
literature
Web links
BMW 531 prototype. In: BMW history. BMW AG, accessed on September 28, 2017 (document in the BMW Group Archive).
Individual evidence
↑ Bavaria's Gloria . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1960, p. 20-30 ( Online - Jan. 30, 1960 ).
↑ a b BMW M531 automobile engine 0.6 liters. In: BMW history. BMW AG, accessed on September 28, 2017 (document in the BMW Group Archive).
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2800 CS, 2.5 CS, 2.8 CS, 3.0 CS, 3.0 CSi, 3.0 CSL (E9) •
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3200 Michelotti Vignale •
Turbo X1 (E25) •
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Concept 7 Series ActiveHybrid •
Concept CS •
Concept X1 •
Concept X6 ActiveHybrid •
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Vision Efficient Dynamics (i8) •
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