Beautiful concept cars From the mid 1960s - mid 70s BMW commissioned a series of beautiful concept cars, penned by contemporary Italian designers of the age. BMW's automotive design direction These highly stylised cars formed the foundation the BMW's automotive design direction for the next several decades. Italian flair & carisma The concepts exude unmistakable
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1972 BMW E9 3.0 CSL
"Introduced in May 1972, the 3.0 CSL was a homologation special built to make the car eligible for racing in the European Touring Car Championship. 1,265 were built. The "L" in the designation meant leicht (light), unlike in other BMW designations, where it meant lang (long). The lightness was achieved by using thinner steel to build the unit
1974 BMW 2002 Turbo
"The 2002 Turbo was launched at the 1973 Frankfurt Motor Show. This was BMW's first turbocharged production carand the first turbocharged car since General Motors' brief offerings in the early 1960s. It produced 127 kW (170 hp) at 5,800 rpm,with 240 N·m (180 lb·ft) of torque. The 2002 Turbo used the 2002 tii engine
Mercedes-Benz C111
After the immense success of the Mercedes 300SL, especially in the United States market, anticipation for a successor to what many consider the first supercar was rife, resulting in the unveiling of the Mercedes C111-II at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show. Featuring the 300SL’s signature gullwing doors, the C111-II was used
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Mercedes-AMG CLK GTR
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Mercedes 300SEL AMG 6.3L 1971
Mercedes-Benz 300SLR ‘Uhlenhout’ Coupe
7th place - Jack Shepherdson’s Top 10 Classic Grand Touring Cars After the immense success of the 300SLR, Mercedes’ motorsport chief, Rudolf Uhlenhout set out to build a road legal coupe version. What he created was astounding. Two of the nine 300SLR chassis were converted into ‘Uhlenhout’ coupes, essentially hybrids between