These are the first 25 BMW’s with a V8

Posted on 13-03-2015 at 22:31 by MauritsH – 16 Comments”

BMW 502 Cabriolet
The Bavarian brand built its first car in 1927. This Dixi had to make do with a four-in-line and it would still take time for the V8 at BMW of its era. What are the 25 types were the first?

For the car show of Geneva 1954 announced BMW with a lot of fuss a scoop of vengeance. The brand could, in fact, for the first time a car on the market with a V8. This 502 was after the 501 only the second post-war model of the brand and the first German car after the Second world War with such an engine.

To get inspiration for the new build V8, engine blocks of the Oldsmobile and DeSoto to Munich achieved. All the research resulted in a 2.6-litre V8 with an inclined angle of 90 degrees, an output of 100 hp.

Six months after the unveiling in Switzerland was the first car delivered to a very happy customer, that DM 17.800 for the 502 if aftikken. The 502 was initially built as a sedan, later there were also other versions like the above pictured cabriolet.

BMW 507

A few years later, were the developments so far advanced, that the beautiful 507 first street-BMW the 200 km/h-border broke through. It took until 1993 for a BMW V8 for the limited top of 250 km/h which is impressive. As you from the table below can lead was the 840ci with the eea should be ironed.

Of course, BMW has the V8 still in the range, with as best example the M5 (F10), which after a short V10-adventure two cylinders less”.

ModelCilinderinhoud (cc)Power kW/pkTopsnelheid (km/h)ProductieperiodeGeproduceerde numbers

5022.58074/1001601954-1958

501 eight-cylinder2.58070/951601955-1958

2.62.58070/951601958-1961

26002.58074/1001601961-1962

2.6 luxury2.58074/1001601958-1961

2600 L2.58081/1101651961-19648.941

5023.16888/1201701955-1958

3.23.16888/1201701958-1961

3200 L3.168103/1401751961-19622.537

3.2 Super 3.168103/1401751957-1961

3200 S 3.168118/1601901961-19631.328

507 3.168110/150190-2201956-1959253

503 Coupé 3.168103/1401801956-1960273

503 Convertible 3.168103/1401801956-1959139

3200 CS 3.168118/1602001962-1965603

730i/iL 2.997160/2182331991-199414.531

740i/iL 3.982210/2862401991-199431.135

840ci 3.982210/286250 (limited)1993-19964.728

840ci 4.398210/286250 (limited)1995-19993.075

530i 2.997160/2182351992-199631.636

530i Touring2.997160/2182271992-19965.266

540i3.982210/286250 (limited)1992-199624.025

540i Touring3.982210/286250 (limited)1993-19962.459

730i/iL2.997160/2182351994-199623.046

735i/iL3.498175/2382431996-200128.445