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The 507 is a 2-seat sports model released by BMW in 1955, in the New Yorker Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
This model was so luxurious that the first owner of a 150hp-powered 507 was actually a high nobility member. Moreover, the list of internationally-known celebrity owners of 507 models also includes Elvis Presley.
Indeed, one can’t deny that its characteristic styling was quite an inspiration for latter BMW roadsters and sports models, such as the Z3 and the Z8.
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Since its first steps on vehicle building, BMW has committed itself to advanced technology and constant improvement. The Germany-based pioneers were the experienced aviator Gustav Otto and the owner of Rapp Motorenwerke (an aircraft engine factory), Karl Rapp. These men combined efforts in order to start a real aircraft industry, placed in Munich, which would serve the German military during the First World War by providing them the airplanes. So, in 1913,... more