The BMW 328 Kamm Coupé will be shown at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este

One of the classic racing cars of BMW that has aroused the most mystery over almost 60 years is the BMW 328 Kamm Coupe, one of the last racing cars that BMW developed on the very eve of the Second World War. The design was very advanced aerodynamically for the time (despite not being much to look at), being one of the first steps taken by the Munich-based company in the field of the most aerodynamic designs.

Five BMW 328 Kamm Coupés were built in 1940 for that year’s Mille Miglia, in which the brand won with these cars. But the war later reached the very gates of BMW, and its headquarters in Munich was bombed by the Allies. Fortunately, all the 328 Kamm Coupé models were saved, although the winners shared out the five cars at the end of the war. Only one remained in the possession of Ernst Loof, at that time BMW’s racing director and the owner of the car, as he had bought it for private use.

Unfortunately, Loof could not keep the car for long and had to sell it. The new buyer apparently used it for competition, as the surviving car was almost destroyed in an accident in the early 1950s.

This sole surviving example, which the brand will present restored at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, from 23 to 25 April in Italy, took almost 20 years to rebuild, even though BMW used a great many resources for the restoration (documents from archives and private collectors, the use of computers from BMW’s development department, and body and engine specialists).

Via | Press from the BMW Group