Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show 2025 on Saturday the 22nd of March - Sunday the 23rd of March, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT.
Produced for ten years from 1962, the New Class (Neue Klasse) models are credited with saving BMW after the company's financial crisis of the 1950s and establishing BMW's identity as a builder of sporting saloon cars
The first New Class vehicle was the 1500, a four-door compact executive car with BMW’s new overhead cam four-cylinder engine, with the 1, 990cc '2000' introduced in 1965
Styling was overseen in-house by Wilhelm Hofmeister with collaboration from Giovanni Michelotti and included the arrival of the twin front 'kidney' grilles and the 'sharknose' a BMW trademark for the next 40 years
Purchased new by our vendor's late father from Park Lane BMW on 30/ 03/ 1972 and inherited by our vendor 12 years ago
Off the road and in storage (1987-2012) prior to a £25, 000 - £30, 000 photo-documented full 'nut & bolt' restoration, mainly by Sussex Classics and completed in 2019
New/ old stock parts were sourced worldwide whenever they could be found
Beautifully presented in its original Atlantik Blu, a real head-turner
The perfect classic, quick enough for day to day use yet stylish enough for fun at the weekends, sympathetically restored, family ownership and the start of a 'bloodline' that would give us the 2002Tii, the E30, the M3 and much more
