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Originally Posted by Richard-S
The only 507 I ever saw was on the road coming out of the little town I lived in down on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. I was driving a 4.2 litre E Type Jag (the fastest E-Types ever made). The 507 was getting it on, so I figured I would give him some dust to eat. When you're going about sixty in a Jag and you put the pedal to the medal, fantastic things happen. It's not many seconds before you're going a hundred and fifty. Last I saw of the 507.
I must say they are the only beautiful car BMW has ever made. The post-war Germans seem to specialize in homely cars.
Richard
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The 507 was designed by the same feller who designed the 240Z, fwiw....
The mechanically-selected supercharger made the 507 a bit faster, but the little 3.1L 8v 140hp motor had aluminum parts, iirc, and not developed for "racing." It's tough to lose a war and keep making cars ..... few car makers came out with a 2L V12 right after WW2.