Only one BMW 3200 CS convertible was ever built — a factory one-off made specifically for Herbert Quandt, the shareholder who effectively kept BMW alive.
Lead trim: 3200 CS (3.2 V8, twin carburettor)
BMW 3200 CS3200-CS · 1962–1965
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FactOnly one BMW 3200 CS convertible was ever built — a factory one-off made specifically for Herbert Quandt, the shareholder who effectively kept BMW alive.
The BMW 3200 CS was a sports touring car built by BMW between January 1962 and September 1965 (603 built; the page notes that sources differ on the numbers, one 3200 CS convertible having been built for major shareholder Herbert Quandt), designed by Bertone (Giorgetto Giugiaro) and introduced at the 1961 Frankfurt Motor Show alongside the BMW 1500. In 1960 BMW marketing manager Helmut Werner Bonsch had found that the Pininfarina body of the Lancia Flaminia coupé would fit the 3200L chassis and proposed it as a successor to the 503; management instead had chief engineer Fritz Fiedler commission Bertone to design and build a coupé body for the 3200S: a perimeter frame, a 3,168 cc twin-carburetor V8 delivering 160 horsepower (120 kW), a four-speed manual gearbox, a live rear axle, disc brakes on the front wheels and torsion bar springs at all four wheels. It was the final variation on BMW's early postwar luxury platform that began with the 501, its styling influenced the 2000 CS coupé of the New Class and the later New Six coupés, and it was the first BMW to feature the Hofmeister kink. Wheelbase 2,840 mm (111.8 in), length 4,850 mm (190.9 in), width 1,760 mm (69.3 in), height 1,470 mm (57.9 in).
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3200 CS (3.2 V8, twin carburettor) | 1962–1965 | 3.2 L V8 | 160 hp | 177 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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