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Car condition
Job assignment
Car dismantling and determination of defects
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Restoration and assembley
BMW 501 V8
| Body type |
4 door sedan |
| First registration | 1956 |
| VIN |
54054 |
| Production period |
1954 ... 1958 |
| Total produced |
5,568 units with V8 engines |
| Engine displacement |
2580 см3 |
| Power |
100 hp (DIN) @ 4800 min-1 |
| Compression |
7.2:1 |
| Carburettor |
ZENITH 32 NDIX carburettor |
| Top speed |
162 кm/h |
| Dry weight | 1365 кg |
The first new model produced by BMW after World War II. At the outset of production, the 501 featured a modified straight 6-cylinder 2 litre engine of pre-war design, but in 1954 for the first time in the history of post-war Germany, the gamma of engines was augmented with the addition of a mass produced V8 engine.
The 501 model continued the traditions of elegant and spacious pre-war BMW limousines - the public quickly nicknamed it as the "Barockengel".