BMW 328

The BMW 328 was a sports car that BMW produced from 1936 to 1940. Its body is credited to Peter Szymanowski, who became BMW chief of design after the Second World War, although the car was technically designed by Fritz Fiedler. It was introduced at the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring in 1936, where Ernst Henne won the two-litre class, and it took more than 100 class wins in 1937, including the RAC Tourist Trophy. It won its class in the 1938 Mille Miglia, won the 1939 RAC Rally and finished fifth overall in the 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans; in 1940 the Mille Miglia Touring Coupé won the Mille Miglia outright at an average speed of 166.7 km/h. In 1999 a worldwide panel of motoring journalists named it one of 25 finalists for Car of the Century, and its plans were carried to England where they shaped the first Bristol cars.