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.

* 1940s BMW 328

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.

Examples include " Estate " ( Mercedes-Benz ), " Avant " ( Audi ), " Touring " ( BMW ), " Break " ( Citroën ), Kombi or Variant ( Volkswagen and Saab ) and " Sports Tourer " ( Opel ).

European luxury carmakers such as Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz still offered wagons in their North American lineup, using the labels " Avant ", " Touring ", and " Estate " instead of wagon.

The E61 BMW 5 Series Touring is expected to be dropped from BMW's North American lineup, due to slow sales in the United States with only 400 wagons sold in 2009.

** That disqualification changed the result of the one-off Group A World Touring Car Championship, taking it from Ludwig and Niedzwiedz and giving it to Roberto Ravaglia who drove a BMW M3 for Schnitzer Motorsport.

He also raced in other formulae than single seaters, once finishing second in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship driving a Team Schnitzer BMW M3.

In 1988 he entered the final few rounds of the British Touring Car Championship in a class B BMW M3 for the Demon Tweeks team.

He also returned to touring car racing in the Japanese Touring Car Championship, finishing seventh in 1990 and 1991 in a BMW M3.

Berger was also successful in Group A touring cars during this time, racing for the highly rated German Schnitzer BMW team, driving the highly competitive BMW 635 Csi in the European Touring Car Championship.

Like the older Targa Florio and later the Carrera Panamericana, the MM made Gran Turismo ( Grand Touring ) sports cars like Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ferrari, Maserati and Porsche famous.

In 2006, RAC teamed up with WSR ( West Surrey Racing ) to form Team RAC and to race in the British Touring Car Championship ( BTCC ) with two MG ZS cars and from 2007 onwards, two ( and sometimes three ) BMW E90 320si cars.

There are large national independent motorcycle clubs, such as BMW Motorcycle Owners of America, the STAR Touring and Riding Association, and the Gold Wing Road Riders Association ( GWRRA ).

Against old foes in the BMW 635 CSi and Volvo 240T, as well as newer Group A cars such as the Holden VK Commodore SS Group A and the turbocharged Nissan Skyline RS DR30, Walkinshaw qualified his ' old ' XJS on pole, proving how competitive the car could still be in Touring car racing.

The RS achieved moderate success in Australian Touring car racing in the mid-1980s with Nissan winning the 1986 Australian Manufacturers ' Championship and sharing victory in the 1987 Australian Manufacturers ' Championship with BMW.

The kink is found in the D-pillar of BMW Touring and SUV vehicles.

The M3s were entered by BMW as well as private racing teams and its wins included the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, British Touring Car Championship European Touring Car Championship, Australian Touring Car Championship, as well as the one-off World Touring Car Championship title in 1987.

The project was aborted, and BMW instead entered the German Touring Car Championship in 1991, the BMW 3-series cars being run by Simtek engineers.

David Brabham was made an offer by BMW to race in the British Touring Car Championship, and accepted.

In 1994, the 2-litre Super Touring championship split off from the ATCC, though these cars ran at Bathurst that year alongside the V8s, with a top placing of 10th outright for the works BMW of Paul Morris / Altfrid Heger.

His BMW team won three consecutive British Touring Car Championships ( BTCC ) in 1988, 1989, and 1990, while the BMW rally teams began to dominate tarmac rallying across Europe winning the Belgian and French series with the Group A BMW M3 rally car.

At the same time, two new industrial partnerships were getting under way, with the work on the SIMCA 1000 Coupé and the BMW 3200 CS limited series, as was the important, but unfortunate ASA 1000, better known as the " Ferrarina ", or " little Ferrari " ( as the project originated with Enzo Ferrari ), which, despite the high expectations of the public, never made it to the automobilemarket.

* Featured the BMW 330i Coupé and the Z3 roadster

BMW M boss Dr. Kay Segler officially announced the making of the M variant of the BMW 1-Series Coupé on July 9, 2010, via an official YouTube video and press release.

The body on the BMW 1 Series M Coupé has been modified as well, giving the car a significantly wider track and bigger body, as well as a body kit to distinguish it from the standard 1 Series.

BMW was originally going to release the 1M Coupé as a limited edition model of 2, 700 units.

The 1 Series Coupé was marketed in the US as a spiritual successor to the BMW 2002, a two-door from the 1970s known for its light weight and high level of performance ( relative to the era ).

Critical response has dramatically changed in recent years with the introduction of the Coupé, and convertible model-which have been described as ' returning BMW to its roots ', and the 135i has been described as the spiritual successor of the original E30 M3 of the 1980s.

Ultimately, Audi decided not to put the A8 Coupé into production, citing lower-than-expected sales figures for the similar BMW 8 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupé.

The coupé was available as the Z3 Coupé or as the BMW Motorsport-enhanced M Coupé from 1999 to 2002.

BMW Z3 Coupé

* The BMW Z3 M Coupé became Top Gear's " Driver's Car of the Year " in 2000.

He was very successful in sportscar racing and the World Sportscar Championship, winning the 1970 Targa Florio with a Porsche 908 and the 12 Hours of Sebring twice, in 1975 with a BMW Coupé, in 1978 with a Porsche 935 and the Spa-Francorchamps 1000km race 4 times ( 1968-1970, 1972 ).

* BMW 6 Series Gran Coupé

* BMW Z4 Coupé

* BMW Z4 Coupé

* ALPINA B6 Bi-Turbo Coupé / Convertible: based on the BMW F12 / F13 6 Series-featuring a 4. 4 L V8 Bi-Turbo engine.

The DRM began in 1972 as a Group 2 touring car and Group 4 GT racing series for cars like ( BMW 2002 ) and ( BMW Coupé ), in addition to the Rundstreckenmeisterschaft ( German circuit racing saloon car championship ).