BMW’s near-bankruptcy in the Fifties was followed by an exceptional purple patch, kicked off by the humble 700 – the car that saved the company – and headlined by the Neue Klasse. And in this 'New ...

BMW in 1966 hired Italian design house and coachbuilder Frua to pen a convertible based on the bones of the GT sports car manufactured by Glas, the automaker most widely known for the Goggomobile ...

Back in the 1960s, BMW acquired an automaker going by the name of Hans Glas GmbH, including its factory in Dingolfing. The reasoning was to gain access to the company’s patents, which include the ...

The BMW 1600 GT (also known as the Glas GT) is a pretty obscure car on its own. It's a two-door '60s coupe built by BMW in small numbers that sports styling that's far different from any other Bimmer.

BMW’s definition of the word ‘apprentice’ appears different to Lord Sugar’s. Rather than run around London trying to sell weird smoothies at huge mark-ups, the German carmaker tasked its apprentices ...

The souped-up 1.6-liter, 4-cylinder engine produces 150 horsepower. Not a great deal by today's standards, but out on the track this 42-year-old car shows its special qualities. A tight suspension, ...

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In 1966, BMW bought Dingolfing-based Glas, a vehicle manufacturer that had launched the Frua-styled 1300 GT in 1964 and the more powerful 1700 GT a year later. While the Glas 1300 GT and 1700 GT each ...