1939 BMW 335 | © Favcars.com

1939 BMW 335

It was back in 1938 that BMW presented a prototype of the BMW 335 at the London Motor Show, production of this trendsetting car starting just one year later.

1939 BMW 335 | © Favcars.com

Right from the start, the BMW 335 received maximum recognition for its outstanding qualities as a fast and comfortable grand tourer. At the time BMW, still a young company, already had an outstanding reputation for the construction of six-cylinder power units, hitting the headlines with the BMW 328 sports racer and once and for all gaining the status of a large-scale manufacturer through the successful BMW 326.

1939 BMW 335 | © Favcars.com

The BMW 326 was also the car that set the design and constructional foundation for BMW’s first Luxury Saloon. Still, the BMW 335 came with a longer suspension and chassis, a brand-new 3.5-litre straight-six developing maximum output of 90 hp, a torsion bar-sprung rear axle, powerful oil pressure brakes and wider tyres. And an exclusive innovation also introduced at the time was the all-synchromesh transmission. On account of the war, production of the BMW 335 ended in 1943 after completion of only 415 units.