BMW 700 LS Coupe.
by Pablo Lopez
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BMW 700 LS Coupe.
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Pablo Lopez
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As early as late 1957, and just prior to the debut of the 600, BMW management tasked the development division of the company with the creation of a new model with body design in cooperation with an Italian design studio. BMW's importer in Vienna, Wolfgang Denzel, answered the call with a new 600-based model with styling y Giovanni Michelotti, which was unveiled at Starnberg near Munich in July 1958. In October of 1958, the basic design was approved and development of both coupe and sedan models began with the direction of Wilhelm Hofmeister to refine the design for series-production as an in-house BMW project.
The new car featured an enlarged 700cc two-cylinder 'boxer' engine, thus the BMW 700 designation. The engine was housed in the rear of the monocoque body structure. The BMW 700 was introduced at the 1959 Frankfurt Motor Show where it received some 25,000 orders. Continued after the 'Neue Klasse' sedans launched for 1961, the 700 remained BMW's entry-level model through 1965, with the original coupe and sedan joined by the Baur cabriolet and extended-wheelbase Luxus, 'junior' Luxus LS, and the final model, the LS coupe.
The most significant change came in spring 1962 when BMW, while retaining the car's wheelbase, extended the body by no less than 32 cm or 12.6' in order to offer a significant increase in motoring comfort. This new model was marketed as the BMW LS and the BMW LS De Luxe. As of autumn 1964 the Coupe also received this longer body, coming off the assembly line in its last year of production as the BMW LS Coupe.
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