Production of the 2600 ended in 1963, bringing to a close the variations of the 501 and 502 platform and body that had continued after the model numbers were discontinued in 1958. The 501 had been the first BMW built after the Second World War and the first BMW automobile actually built in Bavaria, introduced in 1951 and nicknamed the Baroque Angel. The line had lasted eleven years. The family ended with the 2600.
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manufactured by BMW from 1952 to 1958
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Production ended in 1963.
Year: Development of the BMW 501
Production ended in 1963.
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manufactured by BMW from 1952 to 1958
Development of the BMW 501, passage 2
While the 501 and 502 model numbers were discontinued in 1958, variations of the model, with the same platform and body, were continued until 1963.
Body style, sedan: Development of the BMW 501
The BMW 502 was the first postwar German car to be manufactured with a V8 engine.
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