BMW507

BMW 507 Books and Sources

The period magazines, BMW's catalogue, brochures and press kit, the BMW V8 Club's data sheets and the later articles behind every page of this independent reference to the BMW 507, each listed with its address where it has one, and with a pill that grades it.

A chrome vent with angled slats set into a white car's wing, a blue and white BMW roundel at one end.
A close view of the front wing (fender) of a white 507 in the BMW Museum, Munich, on 13 November 2014: the chrome vent with its slats and the BMW roundel.Nathanael Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0

In 1955 Denis Jenkinson was shown round BMW's works in Munich for Motor Sport, and auto motor und sport reported the Frankfurt show beside a price list dated 22 September. The list below gives every source the site cites, from the period press to BMW's own catalogue, brochures and releases, the BMW V8 Club's data sheets and the later articles, each with its address where it has one.⁠1​2

How the sources are graded

The pill beside each source says what kind of source it is, on a scale from Primary to Unchecked. Primary means made at the time, or by the maker or someone who was there. For the 507 that is, first, the press that reported the car as it was shown, tested, priced and given up, among them Motor Sport, auto motor und sport, Sports Cars Illustrated, Motor Trend, Automotive News and Der Spiegel; then BMW's catalogue of 1957 and its brochures of 1958 and 1959; and BMW's own later texts, among them its magazine profile of Albrecht von Goertz of 2004, its press kit of 2005, BMW Group Classic's history of 2015 and its press releases. Two official German texts are primary too: the Finance Ministry's page for its stamp of 2015 and the published series of average earnings. John Surtees's own website is primary too, for his car. BMW's texts count as primary for what BMW said, and they are one family of sources: two of them agreeing, or one of them with Karlheinz Lange's research, which BMW published, count as a single source.

Reference means careful later work, among them Motor Sport's histories and buying guides, Bimmer's articles, Der Spiegel's profile of Goertz and the Austrian Embassy's of Max Hoffman, the BMW Foundation's biography of Herbert Quandt, the BMW V8 Club's data sheets, a specialist blog that reproduces Nissan's letter to Goertz, news reports and obituaries, and books and articles on Giovanni Michelotti's work. Database sources are databases read one entry at a time: a results site and a Wikimedia Commons category. Unchecked covers enthusiast websites, among them carrozzieri-italiani's pages on Michelotti; a page cites one only beside a stronger source, or names it in the sentence.⁠3​4​5​6​7​8​9​10​11​12​13​14​15​16​17​18​19​20

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Reading a citation

Elsewhere on the site, the small numbers at the end of a section lead to the list of sources at the foot of that page, numbered by first use on that page, so one source can carry different numbers on different pages. Each entry gives, after the work, the place in it to look: a page, a table, a price list or a passage, such as p. 14 of BMW's Mobile Tradition live for 2004, on Goertz's commission. Here every source the site cites is listed once, with its address in plain text.⁠11

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The sources that carry most weight

SourceWhat it gives
BMW's press kit of April 2005The maker's account of the 507 and 503 for their fiftieth year, with its data sheet: the cars with the series body, the changes of June 1957, the prices and the cars that went to America
Motor Sport, 1955–59Jenkinson's visit to the works and his Frankfurt report of 1955, the drive of September 1956 and the Earls Court guides
auto motor und sport, 1955–58The Frankfurt report of 1955, the German price lists and the measured runs made for Motor Revue in 1958
The American press, 1957–59Sports Cars Illustrated's factory data of 1957 and road test of 1959, Motor Trend's annual guide and Automotive News's port-of-entry prices
BMW's catalogue and brochures, 1957–59The specification as BMW printed it while the car was sold
The BMW V8 ClubThe chassis range, the line between Series I and Series II and the changes made at it
Bimmer, 2009 and 2013Karlheinz Lange's research in the BMW Archive: the project's dates, the build of Elvis Presley's car and the counts by series and market
Der Spiegel, 1959–60 and 2011BMW's losses and the meeting of 9 December 1959; the profile of Goertz

Where they disagree, each reading appears with its source. The clearest case is the number built: the totals in print differ, and the production page sets them out.⁠9​1​21​3​22​2​23​4​24​5​6​8​25​26​27​13​28​12​29​7​11​30

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Printed works

Besides the magazines, BMW's own printed works are cited: the catalogue of its V8 range of 1957, and the 507 brochures of 1958, in French, and 1959, in German. Karlheinz Lange's book on the car for BMW, The Legendary BMW 507 (2005), reaches the site through Bimmer's articles of 2009 and 2013, which report his research in the BMW Archive.⁠8​25​26​28​12

Contents

Every source

  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  • Databaseresults and listings, entry by entry
  • Uncheckedencyclopaedias and enthusiast sites: cited beside a good source, named in the sentence, or marked Unchecked
  1. Stuart Birch, "Global Viewpoints – From 507 to Z8", Automotive Engineering International (SAE International), Jul 2000. sae.org/automag/globalview_07-00/01.htm Reference
  2. Edgardo Michelotti, "Giovanni Michelotti. L'uomo e il designer" (Monografia AISA 134), AISA – Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile (Società Editrice Il Cammello, Turin), Turin, 25 Nov 2023; web edition. aisastoryauto.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aisa134web.pdf Reference
  3. auto motor und sport, IAA report, "Technische Daten der deutschen Personenwagen" and "Preise der deutschen Personenwagen", Heft 20, 24 Sep 1955. archive.org/details/auto-motor-und-sport-1955-heft-20 Primary
  4. auto motor und sport, New-car price list ("Preise"), Heft 6/1956. archive.org/details/auto-motor-und-sport-1956-heft-6 Primary
  5. auto motor und sport, New-car price list ("Preise"), Heft 12/1956. archive.org/details/auto-motor-und-sport-1956-heft-12 Primary
  6. auto motor und sport, Article on BMW (the 503 and 507), Heft 26, Dec 1956. archive.org/details/auto-motor-und-sport-1956-heft-26 Primary
  7. auto motor und sport, "Wie sie beschleunigen", Heft 4, 15 Feb 1958. archive.org/details/auto-motor-und-sport-1958-heft-4 Primary
  8. auto motor und sport, New-car price list ("Preise"), Heft 15, 19 Jul 1958. archive.org/details/auto-motor-und-sport-1958-heft-15 Primary
  9. auto motor und sport, New-car price list ("Preise"), with the Motor Revue advertisement, Heft 21, 11 Oct 1958. archive.org/details/auto-motor-und-sport-1958-heft-21 Primary
  10. Sebastian Renz, "BMW 507 von Elvis Presley: Das Auto des Kings lebt", auto motor und sport, 16/2014; online 23 Jul 2014. web.archive.org/web/2015id_/https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/reise/bmw-507-von-elvis-presley-das-auto-des-kings-lebt Reference
  11. Keith Adams, "Concepts and Prototypes: Triumph Broadside (1979–1981)", AROnline, 2 Feb 2024. aronline.co.uk/cars/triumph/tr7-tr8/triumph-broadside Reference
  12. Aaron Severson, "Grandfather's Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 2: TR5, TR250, and TR6", Ate Up With Motor, 7 Nov 2012. ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr5-tr250-tr6/view-all Reference
  13. Aaron Severson, "Grandfather's Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 1: TR4 and TR4A", Ate Up With Motor, 22 Oct 2012. ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr4-tr4a/view-all Reference
  14. Hannes Richter, "Motor Man: Maximilian Hoffman", Austrian Embassy, Washington (austria.org), "USA 250" series, 29 May. austria.org/usa250/1dh70msdgdg5rlxri9hlk33wmy0v9q Reference
  15. AUTO BILD Klassik, "Elvis' BMW 507 wird restauriert: Rettung oder Verlust?", 8 Oct 2014. autobild.de/klassik/artikel/elvis--bmw-507-wird-restauriert-rettung-oder-verlust--5308362.html Reference
  16. Automotive News (Crain Communications), via Internet Archive, "Port-of-Entry Prices On Imported Cars", 11 May 1959, vol. 33 no. 3706; also 14 Sep 1959 (vol. 34 no. 3724) and 14 Mar 1960 (vol. 35 no. 3750). archive.org/details/sim_automotive-news_1959-05-11_33_3706 Primary
  17. Automotive News (Crain Communications), via Internet Archive, "BMW Returns to Big-Car Field" (news photograph and caption), 6 Nov 1961, vol. 37 no. 3836. archive.org/details/sim_automotive-news_1961-11-06_37_3836 Primary
  18. Aaron Severson, "Way of the Wedge: The Triumph TR7 and TR8", Ate Up With Motor, 5 Feb 2012, pp. 1–5. ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr7-tr8 Reference
  19. BBC News, Report on John Surtees's BMW 507 and MV Agusta's letter of 1959, 13 Jul 2018. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44826858 Reference
  20. Jackie Jouret, "Elvis' 507: The real story", Bimmer, No. 83, Jun 2009; republished on bimmer-mag.com, 28 Jul 2014. web.archive.org/web/2016id_/http://www.bimmer-mag.com:80/news-blog/elvis-507-the-real-story Reference
  21. Jackie Jouret and Helmut Werb, "507s star at Pebble Beach", Bimmer, No. 119, 25 Oct 2013. bimmer-mag.com/issues/119/articles/507s-star-at-pebble-beach Reference
  22. Jackie Jouret, "Elvis' Little Sister", Bimmer, No. 143, 20 Oct 2016. bimmer-mag.com/issues/143/articles/elvis-little-sister Reference
  23. Bundesministerium der Finanzen, "Sondermarken April 2015" (gallery of the special stamps of April 2015), 2015. bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Bilderstrecken/Sondermarken/Programm_2015/april15-Bildergalerie.html Primary
  24. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, BMW 502 · 503 · 507 (V8 range catalogue), German, 1957, Nr. W 147. archive.org/details/100_20260601 Primary
  25. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, BMW 507 Touring Sport (sales brochure, French), French, 1/1958, W 61 f 5 1.58. archive.org/details/101_20260417 Primary
  26. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, BMW 507 Touring Sport (sales brochure), German, 1/1959, W 61 5 1.59. archive.org/details/1959-bmw-507-touring-sport-brochure.-w-61-5-1.-59-0 Primary
  27. BMW Group Classic (BMW Classic blog), "60 Years of Pure Temptation", 2015. presstopic.bmwgroup.com/en/bmw-classic-blog/text/60-YEARS-OF-PURE-TEMPTATION-4484.html Primary
  28. BMW Group Classic, "BMW 503 model series". bmwgroup-classic.com/en/models/bmw-classics/product-description-page.ad-133-1.x.html Primary
  29. BMW Group Classic, "BMW 507 model series". bmwgroup-classic.com/en/models/bmw-classics/product-description-page.ad-1173-1.bmw-507-model-series.html Primary
  30. BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, "About the BMW Foundation" (biography of Herbert Quandt). bmw-foundation.org/about-us/about-the-bmw-foundation Reference
  31. BMW Group Classic, BMW Group Classic: service pages (group): "Digitale Geburtsurkunde" and its order form, "Werkstatt", "Classic Partner", 2026. bmwgroup-classic.com/de/services/digitale-geburtsurkunde.html Primary
  32. BMW Group (bmwgroup.com), "BMW Group history". bmwgroup.com/en/company/history.html Primary
  33. BMW Historic Motor Club, "Veritas". bmwhistoricmotorclub.co.uk/cars/veritas Reference
  34. BMW Group (BMW Group PressClub USA), "Return of a Legend: BMW Group Mobile Tradition acquires the BMW 328 Coupé Touring – Winner of the 1940 Mille Miglia" (media information), 22 Oct 2002. press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0022145EN_US Primary
  35. BMW Group (PressClub Canada), "Designer Albrecht Graf Goertz passes away" (press release), 3 Nov 2006. press.bmwgroup.com/canada/article/detail/T0028576EN/designer-albrecht-graf-goertz-passes-away Primary
  36. BMW Group (PressClub USA), "The three lives of the BMW baron" (press release), 18 May 2007. press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0017811EN_US Primary
  37. BMW AG (BMW Group PressClub Global), "BMW Group celebrates successful new beginning 50 years ago" (press release), 29 Nov 2010. press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0091393EN Primary
  38. BMW Group (PressClub Austria), "103 Jahre BMW Group, 100 Jahre Rekorde und Siege" (press release), 1 Mar 2019, T0292605DE. press.bmwgroup.com/austria/article/attachment/T0292605DE/425844 Primary
  39. BMW AG (BMW Group PressClub Czech Republic), "Zeitlose Eleganz: 50 Jahre BMW 507 und BMW 503", chapter of the press kit "Legenden der 50er Jahre: BMW 507 – BMW 503 – BMW Isetta", German, Apr 2005. press.bmwgroup.com/czech/article/attachment/T0066597CS/96056 Primary
  40. BMW Group (BMW Group PressClub Global), "Back to the future: the BMW 328 Kamm Coupé" (press release), 23 Apr 2010. press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0079675EN Primary
  41. BMW AG (BMW Group PressClub Global), "The BMW 328 turns 75" (press kit), 11 May 2011. press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0107839EN Primary
  42. BMW AG (BMW Group PressClub Global), "Elvis' BMW 507: lost & found, BMW Museum Special Exhibition" (TV footage PF0004053), 28 Jul 2014. press.bmwgroup.com/global/tv-footage/detail/PF0004053/elvis-e2-80-99-bmw-507-lost-found-bmw-museum-special-exhibition Primary
  43. BMW AG (BMW Group PressClub Global), "Elvis' BMW 507 lives on: Comeback at the Concours d'Elegance in Pebble Beach" (press release), Munich, 4 Aug 2016. press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0262726EN/elvis Primary
  44. BMW V8 Club Deutschland, "Kaufberatung BMW 507" (Motor Klassik's "Kauf-Ratgeber BMW", reprinted). bmw-v8-club.de/club/ratschlaege-tipps/kaufberatung/kaufberatung-bmw-507.html Reference
  45. BMW V8 Club Deutschland, "Modellübersicht 503 507 3200 CS". bmw-v8-club.de/fahrzeuge/8-zylinder-baureihe/modeluebersicht-503-507-3200-cs.html Reference
  46. BMW V8 Club Deutschland, "Technische Daten 503 507 3200CS". bmw-v8-club.de/fahrzeuge/8-zylinder-baureihe/techniche-daten-503-507-3200-cs.html Reference
  47. BMW V8 Club Deutschland, "Traum, Märchen, Betrügereien oder Alptraum". bmw-v8-club.de/club/ratschlaege-tipps/betrug-oder-traum-aufgepasst.html Reference
  48. Adrian Padeanu, Report on the estella Tender 5.7, a 507-styled body on the BMW Z4, BMWBLOG, 2024. bmwblog.com/2024/05/25/bmw-z4-custom-body-507-inspiration Reference
  49. Dennis May, "Technical Report" on the TR-4 (cover story), Car and Driver, Oct 1961, pp. 19–23. archive.org/details/sim_car-and-driver_1961-10_7 Primary
  50. carrozzieri-italiani.com, "Giovanni Michelotti"; "The Partnership Between Michelotti and Triumph". carrozzieri-italiani.com Unchecked
  51. carrozzieri-italiani.com, "Triumph TR5 Ginevra" (listing), 7 Nov 2024. carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/triumph-tr5-ginevra Unchecked
  52. Malcolm McKay, "Triumph Spitfire buyer's guide: what to pay and what to look for", Classic & Sports Car, 10 May 2019. classicandsportscar.com/node/48297 Reference
  53. Martin Buckley, "Out for the Count: Michelotti's BMW 507", Classic & Sports Car. classicandsportscar.com/features/out-count-michelottis-bmw-507 Reference
  54. The Frazer Nash Archives, "Personalities". frazernasharchives.co.uk/index.php?idPage=12 Reference
  55. Kurt Ernst, "Stereotype shatterer: Toyota's first U.S.-market 2000GT", Hemmings, 20 Aug 2015. hemmings.com/blog/2015/08/20/stereotype-shatterer-toyotas-first-u-s-market-2000gt Reference
  56. Giles Chapman, "Harry Webster" (obituary), The Independent, 17 Feb 2007. independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-webster-6228822.html Reference
  57. Industrial Design, Profile of Albrecht Graf Goertz, Aug 1959 (vol. 6 no. 8), pp. 50–51. archive.org/details/sim_i-d_1959-08_6_8 Primary
  58. Ben Hsu, "Goertz Myths Will Never Die", Japanese Nostalgic Car, 16 Jan 2009. japanesenostalgiccar.com/goertz-myths-will-never-die Reference
  59. Ben Hsu, "Goertz Myths Will Never Die, Part II", Japanese Nostalgic Car, 27 Jan 2009. japanesenostalgiccar.com/goertz-myths-will-never-die-part-ii Reference
  60. John Surtees Ltd (johnsurtees.com), "Surtees – Clients and Past Projects – BMW", archived 27 Feb 2012. web.archive.org/web/20120227180938id_/http://www.johnsurtees.com/4368/pages/bmw.aspx Primary
  61. G. William Krause, The Illustrated History of Triumph Sports and Racing Cars, CarTech, 2017. static.summitracing.com/global/images/technicalarticles/sad-ct596.pdf Reference
  62. Mercedes-Benz Classic (public archive, marsClassic), "Types 300 SL Coupé and 300 SL Roadster (W 198), 1954 - 1963" and "300 SL Roadster". mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/en/instance/ko/Types-300-SL-Coup-and-300-SL-Roadster-W-198-1954---1963.xhtml?oid=4689 Primary
  63. Melina Aulinger and Walter Zeichner, "You've got to be lucky", Mobile Tradition live (BMW Group Mobile Tradition), 02/2004, pp. 10–17. bmw7er-club.de/interaktiv/download/mobilemtradition_02_04.pdf Primary
  64. "Johnny Oversteer", "Almost Famous – Triumph TR5 Ginevra", Moss Motoring, 25 Mar 2015. mossmotoring.com/almost-famous-triumph-tr5-ginevra Reference
  65. Graham Robson, "Harry Webster – My Technical Mentor", Moss Motoring (Moss Motors), 12 Jun 2019. mossmotoring.com/harry-webster-my-technical-mentor Reference
  66. Graham Robson, "Alick Dick: Triumph's Managing Director 1954–1961", Moss Motoring, 18 Jan 2021. mossmotoring.com Reference
  67. Graham Robson, "One Design, Many Derivatives", Moss Motoring, 26 Oct 2022. mossmotoring.com Reference
  68. Denis Jenkinson ("D.S.J."), "At the House of B.M.W.", Motor Sport, Nov 1955, p. 46. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1955/46/at-the-house-of-bmw Primary
  69. Motor Sport, "Sports and high-performance cars at Earls Court", with the list "Sports Cars Costing Under £1,000 Inclusive of P.T.", Nov 1955, p. 16. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1955/16/sports-and-high-performance-cars-at-earls-court Primary
  70. Denis Jenkinson ("D.S.J."), "The Frankfurt Motor Show", Motor Sport, Nov 1955, p. 51. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1955/51/the-frankfurt-motor-show Primary
  71. Bill Boddy, "German high performance", Motor Sport, Nov 1956, p. 28. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1956/28/german-high-performance Primary
  72. Motor Sport, "The Cars at Earls Court", Nov 1957, p. 22. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1957/22/cars-earls-court Primary
  73. Motor Sport, "The 44th Paris Salon", Nov 1957, p. 21. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1957/21/the-44th-paris-salon Primary
  74. Motor Sport, "The Cars at Earls Court", Nov 1958, p. 22. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1958/22/cars-earls-court Primary
  75. Motor Sport, "International race results of 1958", Jan 1959, p. 31. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1959/31/international-race-results-of-1958 Primary
  76. Denis Jenkinson ("D.S.J."), "An Austrian Hill-Climb", Motor Sport, Nov 1959, p. 64. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1959/64/an-austrian-hill-climb Primary
  77. Motor Sport, "Earls Court Reviewed", Nov 1959, p. 39. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1959/39/earls-court-reviewed Primary
  78. Bill Boddy, "BMW of Munich", Motor Sport, Mar 1975, p. 43. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-1975/43/bmw-of-munich Primary
  79. Denis Jenkinson ("D.S.J."), "BMW type 328: fifty years ago", Motor Sport, Jun 1986, p. 40. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1986/40/bmw-type-328-fifty-years-ago Reference
  80. Alex Harmer, "Sisters under the skin?", Motor Sport, Feb 1987, p. 17. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/february-1987/17/sisters-under-the-skin Reference
  81. Motor Sport, "Datsun 240Z", May 2007, p. 98. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-2007/98/daisun-2407 Reference
  82. Motor Sport, "Datsun 240Z", Aug 2010, p. 126. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-2010/126/datsun-240z Reference
  83. Simon Taylor, "Lunch with… Hans Stuck", Motor Sport, Dec 2011, p. 89. motorsportmagazine.com/?p=28621 Reference
  84. Motor Sport, "Road car buying guide: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL", Jun 2020, p. 132. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-2020/132/road-car-buying-guide-mercedes-benz-300-sl Reference
  85. Simon de Burton, "BMW 507 Roadster: a folly no longer", Motor Sport, Nov 2020, p. 127. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-2020/127/bmw-507-roadster-a-folly-no-longer Reference
  86. Gordon Wilkins, "BMW 503 and 507", Motor Trend, Jan 1958. archive.org/details/sim_motor-trend_1958-01_10_1 Primary
  87. Motor Trend, Annual guide: sports cars (the BMW 507 entry), Jan 1959, pp. 37–44 (BMW 507 p. 41). archive.org/details/sim_motor-trend_1959-01_11_1 Primary
  88. Revington TR, "ZOOM Prototype" (TR Derivatives and Prototypes). revingtontr.com/the-tr-series/tr-derivatives/zoom-prototype Reference
  89. Revington TR, "Technical Specification Change Points" (TR6). revingtontr.com/the-tr-series/tr6/technical-specification-change-points Reference
  90. racingsportscars.com, Hockenheim 1947, results. racingsportscars.com/results/Hockenheim-1947-05-11.html Database
  91. Jesse Alexander, "Complete report on BMW 507", with "Factory test data" and "Late news from BMW", Sports Cars Illustrated, May 1957, pp. 18–21, 50. archive.org/details/sim_car-and-driver_1957-05_2 Primary
  92. Sports Cars Illustrated, "Disc-Braked BMW 507" (road test), with the same issue's Frankfurt show report, Dec 1959, pp. 49–51, 104. archive.org/details/sim_car-and-driver_1959-12_5 Primary
  93. Sports Cars Illustrated, "SCCA Performance Classifications", May 1960. archive.org/details/sim_car-and-driver_1960-05_5 Primary
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  95. Der Spiegel, "BMW: Das rettende Modell", 20/1959, 12 May 1959. spiegel.de/politik/das-rettende-modell-a-4829ddb4-0002-0001-0000-000046162557 Primary
  96. Der Spiegel, "Industrie / BMW: Bayerns Gloria", 3/1960, 12 Jan 1960. spiegel.de/politik/bayerns-gloria-a-0dd99757-0002-0001-0000-000043062979 Primary
  97. Der Spiegel, "BMW: Nicht kaputtgekriegt", 9/1960, 23 Feb 1960. spiegel.de/wirtschaft/nicht-kaputtgekriegt-a-2fc71441-0002-0001-0000-000043063395 Primary
  98. Jürgen Pander, "Designer Albrecht Graf Goertz: Paradiesvogel als Retter für BMW", Spiegel Online, 22 Jan 2011. spiegel.de/auto/fahrkultur/designer-albrecht-graf-goertz-paradiesvogel-als-retter-fuer-bmw-a-740328.html Reference
  99. Tom Grünweg, "Elvis' restaurierter BMW 507: Return to Sender", Spiegel Online, 24 Aug 2016. spiegel.de/auto/fahrkultur/pebble-beach-bmw-zeigt-elvis-presleys-restaurierten-507-a-1109090.html Reference
  100. The Daily Telegraph, "Harry Webster" (obituary), 9 Feb 2007. telegraph.co.uk Reference
  101. Bruno Dwinger, "Geschichte, Typenkunde und Kaufberatung: British Leyland Triumph TR 6PI und TR 6 (Vergaser) – Die Karmann Autos", TR-Register Deutschland, c. 2010, 13 pp. (PDF). tr-register.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kaufberatung_TR6_und_TR6PI.pdf Reference
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  103. Brian Ridley-Jones ("The Italia") and Mike Napoli ("The F Type Devin") and Steve Dival ("The Swallow Doretti"), Articles (group): "The Italia", "The F Type Devin", "The Swallow Doretti", TR Drivers Club. trdrivers.com/articles21/italia1.html Reference
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Contents

Sources

  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  • Databaseresults and listings, entry by entry
  1. Denis Jenkinson ("D.S.J."), "At the House of B.M.W.", Motor Sport, Nov 1955, p. 46, the visit to Munich; the works and the prototype. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1955/46/at-the-house-of-bmw Primary
  2. auto motor und sport, IAA report, "Technische Daten der deutschen Personenwagen" and "Preise der deutschen Personenwagen", Heft 20, 24 Sep 1955, the show report and the price list of 22 September 1955; the report and the price list. archive.org/details/auto-motor-und-sport-1955-heft-20 Primary
  3. Bill Boddy, "German high performance", Motor Sport, Nov 1956, p. 28, the drive of September 1956; the drive. motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1956/28/german-high-performance Primary
  4. Jesse Alexander, "Complete report on BMW 507", with "Factory test data" and "Late news from BMW", Sports Cars Illustrated, May 1957, pp. 18–21, 50, the report; the factory data. archive.org/details/sim_car-and-driver_1957-05_2 Primary
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