a:level Volga V12: brutal Russian with BMW Motorsport genes

Posted on 10-12-2015 at 20:39 by dizono – 34 Comments”

In a pre-autoblogtijdperk was somewhere in a Russian shed a BMW 850 converted into the most beautiful tribute that the Volga M-21 has ever been. There was only one built (unfortunately), making Russia’s most always a loner will remain.

I will not deny that I, as a former Lada rider an above average weak did for Russian cars. But I will also be the last to proclaim that the Samara is a very nice car, there will be no university education something to change. Nice cars have been and are, anyway, very little built in Russia, though the new Vesta is a good-looking and above average modern appearance.

That was the GAZ M21 Volga also, when in 1956 he was presented. An American-looking car, but smaller and intended primarily for the managerial middle layer. The car remained until 1970 in production and there were 335.000 of built. Only as a sedan and station wagon, incidentally, a coupe was likely to be frivolous found.

Nevertheless, it asserted that a rich Russian to a:level, a Moscow builder of automobile specials, command to give a Volga Coupe to build. Not with the 64 hp, four-cylinder engine from the original, by the way, neither is this Volga V12 on a Volga chassis. A itself rare BMW 850CSi was sacrificed, but in this particular case, we find that it is not bad at all. On the chassis of BMW’s large coupé is a beautiful car body is placed, with the necessary references to the Volga, but also with much better proportions. Therefore, there seems to be with eye looked at the Facel Vega’s of welleer.

Small disappointment is the interior, that comes directly from the BMW 850CSi. No ugly dashboard, but the detoneert pretty with the elegant ’50s lines of the exterior. Fortunately, the BMW Motorsport tackled 5.6 V12 with 380 hp, a lot of good.

Unfortunately, there was only one instance is built, and that has nothing to do with a lack of interest to do, so tell the gentlemen behind the project was to Car&Driver. Several people would big money have provided to them a copy to build a:level want unique cars to build and not multiple copies of one model. However, building them in 2006, Volga Roadster, this time with a BMW 6-series as a basis. Unfortunately, knocking the proportions of this creation a lot less, especially by the modern windshield. Also, the large wheels don’t fit the classic lines. Incidentally, it seems the laudable institution of the lords of a:level the toko ultimately the tie to have donned, the company no longer exists.

Gallery: Volga V12

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