BMW 340

The BMW 340, later rebadged as the EMW 340, was a large six-cylinder four-door saloon built at Eisenach, with five-door station wagons also made. It was described in 1948 as the first new BMW car model produced in Germany after the Second World War, but under its new panels it was a modified BMW 326 that shared the older car's engine and wheelbase, with several improvements. The Eisenach works was no longer under BMW's control, and a protracted dispute over ownership of the plant and the right to use the BMW name meant that later cars were badged EMW and sold under that name until at least 1953. A coupé version first launched as the 327 in 1937 was reintroduced and built alongside the 340 until about 1955, also ending as an EMW.