The BMW 328 is a sports car made by BMW between 1936 and 1940, with the body design credited to Peter Szymanowski, who became BMW chief of design after World War II ( although technically the car was designed by Fritz Fiedler ).

Derived from immediately pre-WW2 BMW products ( thanks to a connection to BMW through Frazer Nash ), the chassis was based on the BMW 326, the engine on the 328, and the body on the 327.

The early years of the post-war World Drivers ' Championship saw private BMW racing cars, based on the pre-war BMW 328 chassis, entered in the 1952 and 1953 German Grands Prix.

* BMW ( 327 / 318, 327, 328, and 335 )

For the automobile, see Volvo 340, Ferrari 348, BMW 315, BMW 328 and Porsche 356.

The race was won by Frank Pratt driving a BMW 328.

Despite being populated ( due to the circumstances even more than usual ) mainly by Italian makers, it was the aerodynamically improved BMW 328 driven by Germans Huschke von Hanstein / Walter Bäumer that won the high-speed race at an all-time high average of.

The earliest use of " Kamm " to describe an automobile body incorporating this design was the prototype 1940 ' Kamm ' Coupe based on a BMW 328 chassis.

* 1940 BMW 328 " Mille Miglia " Kamm coupé

The XG 4-cylinder of 1, 776 cc, first tested in October 1943, was based on the 1. 5-litre Standard block and used its single cam-in-block to operate the opposed valves via a complicated crossover pushrod arrangement, similar to that of the pre-war BMW 328.

Prior to World War II, Touring gained fame for their Superleggera bodies, particularly those made for the Alfa Romes 8C 2900 and the BMW 328 chassis.

BMW 328 Touring Coupé

He finished third in the 1940 Mille Miglia in the BMW 328.

BMW 328 Mille Miglia coupé

He contributed to the design of the BMW 328 sports car in the late 1930s.

Among his close friends were Jaguar founder William Lyons ( to whom he lent his BMW 328 for detailed mechanical investigation during the planning and design of the Jaguar XK120 ) and Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix engineering supremo Rudolf Uhlenhaut.

Winner, Torquay Rally, BMW 328.

* 1938: 3rd, RAC Rally, BMW 328.