BMW 503 Coupe 1956 for sale

BMW 503 Coupe € 169,500 The BMW 503 is a two-door sports car with two plus two seats, produced by Bayerische Motoren Werke. The V8 engine developed for the BMW 502 sedan was and remained for a long time the only German cast aluminum eight-cylinder. It served as the basis for an ambitious sports car project, which the sales director Hanns Grewenig pursued against the will of the then chief engineer of BMW, Kurt Donath. Contact Request an offer --> Mileage 1,766 km odometer reading Year of construction 1956 Color black Margin or VAT Margin Registration document Italian registration BMW 503 Coupe 1956 1,766 km odometer reading The BMW 503 is a two-door sports car with two plus two seats, produced by Bayerische Motoren Werke. The V8 engine developed for the BMW 502 sedan was and remained for a long time the only German cast aluminum eight-cylinder. It served as the basis for an ambitious sports car project, which the sales director Hanns Grewenig pursued against the will of the then chief engineer of BMW, Kurt Donath. An initial body design by the initiator Veritas Ernst Loof was rejected by BMW management. Instead, Grewenig commissioned Albrecht Graf von Goertz, who had already designed the BMW 507 through the mediation of American importer Max Hoffman, to design a luxurious pontoon-shaped sports car with a classic BMW kidney grille. After 18 months of development, the BMW 503 and BMW 507 were presented at the International Motor Show in September 1955. The specialist press and the public were enthusiastic. Although the BMW 503 received gold medals from the beauty contest juries in Cannes, Rome, Lisbon, Vienna, and Wiesbaden, the car did not achieve great sales success, mainly due to the high price: in May 1956, BMW was asking 29. The BMW 503 is a two-door sports car with two plus two seats, produced by Bayerische Motoren Werke. The V8 engine developed for the BMW 502 sedan was and remained for a long time the only German cast aluminum eight-cylinder. It served as the basis for an ambitious sports car project, which the sales director Hanns Grewenig pursued against the will.