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ANNO, 1963
ui impianti sono rimasti nel- After the war BMW, whose facilities were located in
ccola vettura derivata dalla the GDR, started up again with a small car derived
e qualcosa di più anche se from the Isetta. But it needed to offer something more
a. Denzel, l’importatore au- than this, albeit still with a small displacement engine.
nel luglio 1958, una versione In July 1958, Austrian importer Denzel proposed a par-
helotti particolarmente ele- ticularly elegant model, designed by Giovanni Michel-
mercato a partire dal 9 giu- otti, which BMW launched on the market on June 9th,
te 4 posti, viene presentata 1959. As well as the two-door four-seater version, a
light and sporty coupé was also presented, powered
sportiva sempre spinta dal by the same 697 cc 30 HP engine, capable of reaching
30 CV in grado di raggiun- speeds of up to 125 km/h. The one now offered for sale
offerta è sempre rimasta in has always been in Italy, having been sold new in the
ovincia di Roma e, dal 1965, Rome area and subsequently registered with Alessan-
e targa di Alessandria. Nel dria license plates by a new owner. In 2014, BMW Clas-
a e la risistema nella sua of- sic bought it and overhauled it at its Munich workshop,
dola, inoltre con una livrea also painting it in light gray/white, before auctioning it
co, prima di metterla all’asta for charity at the 2014 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa D’Es-
ne del concorso di eleganza te. There, it was purchased by its present owner, Villa
d aggiudicarsela, Jean-Marc d’Este CEO Jean-Marc Droulers.
e ed attuale proprietario.
AUTO E MOTO CLASSICHE
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