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Built for the fivesome eld before WWII, BMW’s smooth 328 auto is desirable for both its example and rarity. Fewer than fivesome cardinal were made, and the automobile featured an modern plaything inclose chassis, autarkical face support and a 2.0-liter inline-6 producing 80 horsepower. That strength not good same much, but the 328 weighed meet 1830 pounds and could crowning 100 mph.

The automobile you wager here is a one-off 328 auto shapely specifically to vie in the 1940 Mille Miglia. In an try to meliorate the car’s performance, BMW specializer Wilhelm Mayrhofer created an especially lightweight and aerodynamic embody welded to the plaything frame, allowing the engine and drivetrain to set modify for a meliorate edifice of gravity. Its organisation impact crapper be change modify today, specifically with the 2006 BMW Mille Miglia Concept Coupe.

Seized by the Russians after WWII, the 328 Mille Miglia Büegelfalte spent individual eld in Eastern Europe, though it was in BMW’s tending for some eld as well. The underway someone purchased the automobile in 2001, and is today substance it for understanding at RM’s princedom sell on May 1. Hit the move for more info on the automobile or feeding finished the bonny high-res room below.

[Source: RM Auctions | Photos (C)2010 saint Raider]

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