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1924 Alfa Romeo P2 The first car designed by Vittorio Jano in 1924, the P2 is also the first Alfa...
1932 Bugatti Type 50 Coupé Semi-Profilée In 1931 Bugatti updated the Type 46 into the 50, and of all the...
1932 Bugatti Type 50 Coupé Semi-Profilée Gallery ...
1936 Alfa Romeo Tipo C 8C-35 In Detail submitted by Richard Owen engine BiTurbo V6 valvetrain DOHC 4 Valves /...
1936 BMW 328 Prototype In 1936 BMW prepared the first three pre-production 328s for motor sports duties. These were disinguished...
1936 BMW 328 Roadster A small brochure circulated among a select group of people in late 1935 revealed the existence...
1936 Bugatti Type 59/57 ‘Grand-Mère’ Gallery ...
1937 BMW 328 Mille Miglia ‘Büegelfalte’ For the 1940 Mille Miglia, BMW`s design department, Künstlerische Gestaltung, produced this one-of prototype...
1937 BMW 328 Wendler Coupé In June of 1937 Hans Kepler ordered a bare chassis from BMW to be bodied...
1938 Bugatti Type 57C Coupé Aerodynamique Gallery...
1939 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Coupé In 1938, BMW achieved one of their first international victories by taking a class...
1939 BMW 335 No less than 70 years have passed since BMW’s first entry into the luxury market. It was...
1940 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Roadster The original plans envisaged three 2 Series BMW 328 Roasters being built with streamlined...
1941 BMW 328 Berlin-Rome Roadster Plans for the long-distance rally from Berlin to Rome were already being forged at the...
1948 Porsche 356 No. 1 The first Porsche, chasssis 356-001, was produced in Gmünd as two-seat roadster using VW parts....
1948→1951 Porsche 356/2 Gmünd Cabriolet Of the 50 cars made in Gmünd, only eight were built up as cabriolets. Each...
1948→1951 Porsche 356/2 Gmünd Coupé With lessons learned from 356 No. 1, Porsche developed the 356/2 as a production-ready version....
1950 Aston Martin DB2 ‘First Sanction’ After a producting and racing a few prototypes, David Brown launched the DB2 in...
1950 Porsche 356 ‘Split-Window’ Coupé Gallery...
1950→1951 Porsche 356 ‘Split-Window’ Cabriolet After producing the first German 356, a ‘Split-Window’ Coupé, Porsche produced a Cabriolet shortly there...
1950→1951 Porsche 356 ‘Split-Window’ Coupé Using license fees from VW, accrued rent from their war-time occupied buildings and upfront dealer...
1950→1953 Aston Martin DB2 Aston Martin’s first successful post-war production car was the DB2. It used engineering principles from both...
1951 Porsche 356 SL Gmünd Coupé After designing legendary cars in the prewar era such as the Mercedes SSK, Porsche...
1951 Porsche 356 SL Roadster When Porsche went to Le Mans, they reverted to aluminum shells made at their first...
1952 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Coupé One of the most original stylistic offerings from Alfa Romeo is the ‘Disco Volante’...
1952 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Spider One of the most original stylistic offerings from Alfa Romeo is the ‘Disco Volante’...
1952→1955 Porsche 356 ‘Pre-A’ Cabriolet In March of 1952 Porsche worked in conjunction with Reuter to simply production of the...
1952→1955 Porsche 356 ‘Pre-A’ Coupé In March of 1952 Porsche worked in conjunction with Reuter to simply production of the...
1955 Porsche 356/1500 Continental Cabriolet At the request of American importer Max Hoffman, 356s for the 1955 model year were...
1955 Porsche 356/1500 Continental Cabriolet Gallery...
