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BMW 3200 CS
BMW 3200 CS
Manufacturer Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)
Production February 1962 – September 1965
ca. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 600 built
Predecessor BMW 503
Successor (BMW-Glas V8)
Body style(s) 2 door coupé
Layout FR layout
Transmission(s) 4 speed manual
Wheelbase 2840 mm (111. The BMW 503 is a two door 2+2 seater Sports car unveiled by BMW at the 1955 Frankfurt Motor Show. Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only In Automotive design layout specifies where on the car the Engine and Drive wheels are found In both road and rail Vehicles the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels 8 in)
Length 4850 mm (190. 9 in)
Width 1760 mm (69. 3 in)
Height 1470 mm (57. 9 in)
Curb weight 1500 kg (3307 lb)
(measurements approximate)
Related BMW 502
Designer Bertone

The BMW 3200 CS is a sports touring car first presented by BMW at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show, and assembled at Munich in collaboration with Bertone between February 1962 and September 1965. Curb weight is the total Weight of a Vehicle with standard equipment all necessary operating Consumables (e The BMW 501 was a large six cylinder passenger saloon produced by BMW, first seen in public at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951 and offered Gruppo Bertone is an Italian car styling and coachbuilding house which also manufactures cars ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 The International Motor Show or Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (IAA is the world's largest Motor show. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Gruppo Bertone is an Italian car styling and coachbuilding house which also manufactures cars It was BMW’s top range model and a final variation on the big BMW models first introduced in 1951. The BMW 501 was a large six cylinder passenger saloon produced by BMW, first seen in public at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951 and offered The 3200 CS was also the last V8 engined automobile developed by BMW until the introduction in 1993 of the BMW 840i. A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other The BMW 8 Series (chassis code BMW E31) is a V8 or V12 -engined 2-door 2+2 Coupe built by BMW from 1989 to 1999

Commercialisation

The car was a natural successor to the elegant BMW 503. The BMW 503 is a two door 2+2 seater Sports car unveiled by BMW at the 1955 Frankfurt Motor Show. However, its arrival coincided with the launch of the BMW 1500. The BMW New Class (German Neue Klasse) was a line of compact sedans produced by the German automaker BMW and launched with the 1962 1500 Hitherto BMW’s postwar offerings had been restricted to large cars that sold in low volumes and very small cars which also tended to sell only in modest numbers. The new 1500 marked a successful entry into an aspirational niche within the middle market segment that would enable BMW to combine reasonable margins with reasonable volumes, thereby giving the business a robust financial footing for the first time in two decades. The introduction of the 3200 CS was a relatively low profile affair, therefore. Both during and after its period in production, attention has tended to focus on other aspects of BMW’s progress. Sources differ concerning numbers produced, but the early 1960s were years of strong economic growth: with approximately 600 produced, the car appears moderately to have outperformed its predecessor in the market place. The BMW 503 is a two door 2+2 seater Sports car unveiled by BMW at the 1955 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Technical

Based on the underpinnings of the 502 sedan model, the 3200 CS shared that car’s 3168 cc V8 engine. The BMW 501 was a large six cylinder passenger saloon produced by BMW, first seen in public at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951 and offered The BMW OHV V8 engine was the first V8 engine made by BMW, produced from 1954 to 1965 Fed by twin Zenith carburettors, claimed power in this application was now 160 bhp, power delivered to the rear wheels via a four speed manual gear box. Zenith Carburetters was a British company making carburettors.

A maximum speed of 200 km/h (124 mph) was advertised. This was the first BMW to be fitted with front disc brakes. For the rear wheels traditional drum brakes were specified.

The Hofmeister kink on a more recent BMW
The Hofmeister kink on a more recent BMW

The body, of a thoroughly modern design, was designed and constructed by Bertone in Italy before being shipped to Bavaria for mounting on the chassis. The Hofmeister kink (sometimes also translated Hofmeister kick, German Hofmeisterknick) is an Automobile design feature seen on modern BMWs Gruppo Bertone is an Italian car styling and coachbuilding house which also manufactures cars Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 The car’s side profile shared with its new Michelotti styled siblings a ‘Hofmeister-kink’ on the lower front edge of the C-pillar, a styling cue, named for BMW designer Wilhelm Hofmeister, that has remained a BMW feature ever since, as well as having been a distinguishing aspect of the first Volkswagen Golf. Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980 was one of the most prolific Designers of Sports cars in the 20th century The Volkswagen Golf or VW Golf ( Mk1 and Mk5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Mk1 badged as Volkswagen

The End

The success of the BMW 1500 and of its two door derivatives left BMW in the happy position of being unable to produce all the cars it could (otherwise) have sold. The BMW New Class (German Neue Klasse) was a line of compact sedans produced by the German automaker BMW and launched with the 1962 1500 A small volume exclusive GT seems not to have fitted too well with the market place profile that the firm was now carving for itself, and production ended after the 1965 summer holiday.

The styling of the 3200 CS was nevertheless closely echoed in the Karmann built 2000 CS (Type 121) introduced in 1965. Using the platform of the new middle class sedans, the 2000 CS would sell in much greater numbers than the 3200 CS had managed. The BMW New Class (German Neue Klasse) was a line of compact sedans produced by the German automaker BMW and launched with the 1962 1500

There is a sense, too, in which the 3200 CS had a V8 successor: this was the Glas 2600 / BMW-Glas 3000 sports tourer which came into the BMW family on the acquisition, in 1966, of Hans Glas GmbH, a small specialist manufacturer based in Dingolfing. Hans Glas GmbH is a former German automotive company which was based in Dingolfing. Dingolfing is a town in Southern Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the Landkreis (district Dingolfing-Landau. However, it appeared that BMW were more interested in the Dingolfing site – which was developed and grew to manufacture more BMWs annually than any other factory location in the world – than in the Glas automobile range. Only 389 of the 3000 V8 tourers had been sold when in 1968 this model, too, was withdrawn.



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