1939 30s thirties pre-war black German Frazer Nash Bmw 328 2107 cc sedan, sports car of the pre-war years, travelling on the M6 motorway UK
If Adolf Hitler not imposed tax relief on new German cars in the early 1930s, BMW might never have made the upmarket move that its new 326 saloon represented in 1936. The Germans had in effect invented the automobile, yet as a society proved surprisingly immune to the charms of mass private-car ownership. As dangerous and war-mongering as the National Socialists were, they at least aspired to make Germany a nation of motorists and saw the value of a dynamic and technically advanced motor industry. Classic & Sports Car - Raising the Saloon Bar The BMW 326 was the brand’s attempt to capture an upmarket audience. This modern six-cylinder saloon, built to storm the freshly laid autobahns of the Third Reich at 70mph, perfectly captured the mood of thrusting technical progress the Nazi regime had strived to foster since taking power. If the 328 was the leading sports car of its time, then the 326 was certainly one of Europe’s finest saloons. A light but roomy five-seater, it had a modern, fully welded all-steel body, a stiff closed box-section chassis – welded to the floor of the body and much more rigid than the previous tubular type – and notably sophisticated suspension arrangements. In different wheelbase lengths the 326 chassis was the basis of the cheaper 320 and 321 models, and also adapted to the needs of the big 3½-litre 335, production of which never really got into its stride because of the war.
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Location: Manchester, UK
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License: Licensed
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