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r000 Public 19XX response Make to the Isetta Model was gratifying to BMW, but as its
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
shortcomings were pointed out, it was decided to go “up a class” and
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produce a larger car with room for four. By May 1956, management
had already committed to the introduction of the BMW 700, a totally
new design. By 1959, the 600 was seen as an easily produced interim
model using already existing Isetta production equipment.
The 1956 prototype did indeed look like a stretched Isetta, with its stock
two-tone front door and Isetta bumpers, but it also had a wheelbase
lengthened by eight inches and a R60 motorcycle boxer motor driving
full-width axles. The first prototype lacked a side door and had a sunroof
for “escape,” but it was soon deemed that the car would not receive
government approval in this form.
august 1957 saw the proper
introduction of the model at
the International auto Show to
universal acclaim. Stylish looks
were emphasized by its beautiful
manufacturer knife-edge bumpers Manufacturer designed by
Michelotti and the generous room
inside. The motor no longer sat
in the passenger compartment,
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