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„The BMW 501 was a luxury saloon car manufactured by BMW from 1952 to 1958. Introduced at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951, the 501 was the first motor car to be manufactured and sold by BMW after the Second World War. The 501 and its derivatives, including the V8 powered BMW 502, were nicknamed “Baroque Angels” by the German public. The BMW 502 was the first post war German car to be manufactured with a V8 engine. The 501 was an all-new platform, with a perimeter frame, double A-arm front suspension with torsion bar springs and a live axle with torsion bar springs at the rear. The steering mechanism was similar to a rack and pinion system except that the rack was semi-circular instead of straight. The 501 was powered by the M337 engine, a development of the BMW M78 used in the pre-war BMW 326. The body was designed in house by Peter Schimanowski. After seeing the prototype, BMW's management commissioned Pininfarina to build an alternative. The Pininfarina prototype was thought to be too similar to his design for the Alfa Romeo 1900 saloon, so BMW stayed with Schimanowski's design. The steel body was far heavier than Schimanowski had calculated it to be, resulting in the completed car having a dry weight of 1.430 kilograms (3.150 lb). Performance suffered as a result, with a top speed of 135 km/h (84 mph) and acceleration to 100 km/h (62 mph) taking 27 seconds, both of which compared unfavourably with the six-cylinder Mercedes-Benz 220. One innovation was the attention paid to passive safety. The car featured a robust chassis providing above average side impact protection, an unusually short steering column with the steering gear set well back from the front of the car. and a fuel tank placed in a carefully protected location above the rear axle in order to minimize fire risk in the event of an accident. The 501 was introduced to the public in April 1951 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, as was its less expensive. production-ready rival, the Mercedes-Benz 220. The 501 made an impression on the public with its solid engineering and its extravagance. Its list price of more than fifteen thousand Deutsche Mark was about four times the average yearly salary in Germany at the time. The public nicknamed the 501 "Barockengel" (Baroque Angel) in reference to the curved. flowing style of the body. Vehicle description BMW 501 Baur Cabrio. - contemporary radio. - brown leather interior. - Chromed trim rings on the rims. - Brake booster. - Body number: 2107“ BMW 501 6 cylinder engine was replaced by BMW 502 8 cylinder engine. Comes with German T�V. Condition 3.