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BMW 3200 CS - Hans Stuck tests the Italian from Bavaria

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Created on October 10, 1962

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BMW 3200 CS Bertone (1961) - elegantes Coupé mit gescheidigem Achtzylinder

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BMW 3200 CS (1962) - auf dem Titelblatt der Zeitschrift 'hobby'

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BMW 3200 CS (1962) am Genfer Automobilsalon - viersitziges Reisefahrzeug mit höchster Leistung, von Bertone gebaut

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BMW 3200 CS Bertone (1961) - an der IAA 1961

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BMW 3200 CS Bertone (1961) - an der Interantionalen Automobilausstellung Frankfurt IAA im Jahr 1961

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BMW 3200 CS Bertone (1961) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett, gesehen an der IAA 1961, ausgestellt waren drei Prototypen, die noch mit Lenkradschaltung ausgerüstet waren

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BMW 3200 CS (1962) - auf Testfahrt neben Konkurrent Mercedes Luxuscoupé 250 SE

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BMW 3200 CS (1962) - Hans Stuck mit seinem "Koffer"

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BMW 3200 CS (1962) - Heck mit grossem Kofferraum, Motor mit Verschalung

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BMW 3200 CS (1961) - Der neue 3200 CS ist 200 kmh schnell, ein Luxus-Coupé mit Achtzylinder-V-Motor und 160 PS

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BMW 3200 CS (1964) - vor dem Museum

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BMW 3200 CS (1962) - Studiofoto von damals

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BMW 3200 CS (1964) - bei BMW in München

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BMW 3200 CS (1964) - Ähnlichkeiten mit in derselben Zeit entwickelten Iso Rivolta und Alfa Romeo sind nicht zu übersehen

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BMW 3200 CS (1964) - die italienische Linie ist nicht zu übersehen

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BMW 3200 CS (1964) - dynamisch unterwegs

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BMW 3200 CS (1964) - Cockpit

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BMW 3200 CS (1964) - als Cabriolet in Villa d'Este

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Summary

In 1962, BMW presented the 3200 CS, which had been developed jointly with Bertone. The elegant coupé succeeded the 503/507 models, but served a different clientele. The magazine 'hobby' had the new car shown to it by racing driver Hans Stuck, who certainly let it fly. This article reproduces the restored original text from 1962 and shows the car in many historical photographs.

This article contains the following chapters

Fast on the road
Car 'axis' Munich - Milan
A very 'civilian' sports car
Not a dolce vita ladies' carriage
Target market USA
Test values and technical data

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The phone rings: "Your registration Grainau!" "Hello, Hans Stuck, this is hobby. If our calculation is correct, then you are celebrating your fortieth anniversary as a racing driver these days?" Hans Stuck on the other end of the line laughs: "The hobby calculation is once again remarkably correct, because tomorrow is exactly the day that marks the fortieth anniversary of my first start. Do you want to congratulate me, or do you have something else on your mind?" "If it's not too much to ask, we'd like to go for a brisk drive with you on your anniversary day, in the BMW 'Bertone' ..." Old master Hans Stuck was not exactly enthusiastic at first, as he had promised his family a relaxing day at his beautiful home in Grainau. But then he was tempted by the task of showing hobby readers the new 'showpiece' of an age-old Bavarian sports car tradition 'trained in freedom', so to speak.

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