BMW didn't build the 700 Cabriolet's body itself — the convertible was handed off to coachbuilder Karosserie Baur of Stuttgart.
Median 101 hp across 298 similar cars
Lead trim: 700 LS Coupé (697 cc flat-twin, Sport engine)
BMW 700 Sport / CS, Cabriolet and LS CoupéE107-SPORT · 1960–1965
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FactBMW didn't build the 700 Cabriolet's body itself — the convertible was handed off to coachbuilder Karosserie Baur of Stuttgart.
The first variant of the 700 to appear after the original coupé and saloon was the 700 Sport in August 1960, available only as a coupé, with an uprated engine with a pair of Solex carburetors and a 9.0:1 compression ratio bringing 40 PS (29 kW) and 38 lb·ft (52 N·m); it also had a rear anti-roll bar and a ribbed oil pan to reduce the oil temperature of the more powerful engine. The 700 Sport was renamed the 700 CS in 1963. The 700 Cabriolet, introduced shortly after the Sport and made by Karosserie Baur of Stuttgart (2,592 built; internal code E110), was available only with the Sport's 40 horsepower engine, and the final development of the 700 was the 700 LS Coupé of 1964, a long-wheelbase coupé with the Sport engine (1,730 built). Hans Stuck won the 1960 German Hillclimb Championship and, with Sepp Grieger, a class victory at the 1960 Hockenheim 12-hour race in a 700; Walter Schneider won the 1961 German saloon car title in one; the 700 RS racing special had a tubular frame and a double overhead camshaft engine tuned to 70 PS.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 Cabriolet (697 cc flat-twin, Sport engine) | 1960–1965 | 0.7 L Flat-2 | 39 hp | 38 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 700 LS Coupé (697 cc flat-twin, Sport engine) | 1964–1965 | 0.7 L Flat-2 | 39 hp | 38 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 700 Sport / 700 CS coupé (697 cc flat-twin, 40 PS) | 1960–1965 | 0.7 L Flat-2 | 39 hp | 38 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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BMW didn't build the 700 Cabriolet's body itself — the convertible was handed off to coachbuilder Karosserie Baur of Stuttgart.
BMW was circling bankruptcy when the 700 arrived -- and sold more than 188,000 of them, helping save the company that would go on to build the M cars.
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