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Created on May 21, 1959

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BMW 600 (1957) - bequemer Zustieg zum Fond durch die rechte Seitentüre

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BMW 600 (1958) - der Kleinwagen mit grosser Zukunft

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BMW 600 (1958) - errang 1958 einen Schönheitspreis beim Concours von Wien

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Der BMW 600 (1957) basiert auf der BMW Isetta

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BMW 600 (1958) - für die kleine und grosse Reise

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BMW 600 (1957) - bewundernde Blicke für den 600-er-Fahrer

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BMW 600 (1957) - keine Schönheit im engeren Sinne des Wortes, aber hübsch anzuschauen

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BMW 600 (1957) - ideales und wirtschaftliches Reisefahrzeug

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BMW 600 (1957) - Platz für vier Personen, Gepäck und einen bewährten Zweizylinder-Motorradmotor

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BMW 600 (1957) - mit der praktischen, aber nicht unumstrittenen Fronttüre

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BMW 600 (1957) - Präsentation des neuen Kleinwagens an der IAA in Frankfurt im Jahr 1957

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BMW 600 (1959) - Heckansicht

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BMW 600 (1957) - hinten gibt es nur eine Türe, aber die verschafft einen guten Zugang zur Rückbank

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BMW 600 (1957) - Blick in den Motorraum mit dem Viertakt-Zweizylinder-Boxermotor

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BMW 600 (1959) - geschickt konstruierte Lenksäule

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BMW 600 (1957) - trotz kleinen Ausmassen mit Platz für vier Personen und Gepäck

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BMW 600 (1957) - Durchsichtszeichnung - die Rücklehne kann umgelegt werden

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BMW 600 (1957) - viel Platz im Innenraum

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BMW 600 (1958) - schönes Ausstellungsmodell auf dem BMW-Stand - an der Retro Classics Stuttgart 2012

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Summary

The Automobil Revue covered 2200 km with the BMW 600 small car, over hill and dale and also up Alpine passes. The result was a very detailed long-distance test report that clearly highlighted the many strengths and few weaknesses of the intelligently designed four-seater. This article reproduces the original wording of the test report at the time and shows the BMW 600 in many historical illustrations as well as the sales brochure of the time.

This article contains the following chapters

New design
Advantages and disadvantages of the front door
At the wheel
Good performance on the flat and uphill
Competitive on the mountain too
Modest consumption and good cold start
High level of safety and good suspension comfort
A real automobile
Summary - desire for something special
Comparison of the BMW 600 with the competition
Data for maintenance
Further information

Estimated reading time: 15min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Among the many new small cars that have been launched in the last two years, the BMW 600 from Munich stands out externally with its steep front end and front door. The unconventional appearance is also matched by the unusual design of this small car, which is highly remarkable in many respects. The front half of the extremely compact four-seater resembles the two-seater BMW Isetta cabin scooter; the space-saving two-cylinder boxer engine located in the rear is a refined further development of a BMW motorcycle engine; in striving for a particularly high standard of performance, driving characteristics and equipment, the basic features of the large BMW luxury saloons can be found again in a car category to which the Munich plant has returned after a break of almost 25 years.

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