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AUTOS: BMW Unveils 328 Hommage Concept
Lightweight exotic celebrates the 75th anniversary of iconic BMW 328 sports car using latest materials technology.
BMW choose the Concorso Villa d'Este in Italy to unveil its 328 Hommage Concept, shown with another example of streamlined beauty. (Photo: BMW)
BMW unveiled the striking M1 Hommage Concept at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy three years ago, and at the same event in 2011, the German automaker is paying tribute to another of its past greats, the legendary 328 sports car of the 1930s.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the original BMW 328, and BMW is celebrating the milestone with a number of events, including the unveiling the new 328 Hommage Concept.
The concept is described by BMW as a modern interpretation of the 1930s-era 328, what the designers of the original 328, Fritz Fiedler and Rudolf Schleicher, might have built in the present day using current technology.
Like the original, the design of the 328 Hommage pays special attention to lightweight construction with major parts made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic. Total curb weight is reportedly just 1,720 pounds.
No powertrain details were revealed apart from there being a “powerful” 3-liter six-cylinder engine under the hood. We can imagine that with the lightweight carbon fiber body and the 335 horsepower, 332 pound-feet of torque twin-turbocharged mill from the 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe, this thing would be a rocket.
Inside, fine leather, matte and high-gloss black polished aluminum and even more carbon fiber delight the visual senses. A sparse instrument panel is dominated by the only round instrument: the prominent tachometer. Other useful info displayed is oil pressure and oil and water temperatures.
One nifty feature is the so-called Tripmaster. The instrument panel of the 328 Hommage is fitted with two Apple iPhones located in special holders that assume additional display functions for the driver and co-driver. The iPhones function as stopwatches for measuring lap times and as GPS roadbooks. Using the two iPhones, the driver and front-seat passenger/co-driver respectively can use both functions at the same time. After a journey, the iPhones can be taken away in their holders.
The new 328 Hommage isn’t the only lightweight roadster concept BMW has unveiled in the recent past. At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show BMW unveiled the Vision ConnectedDrive Concept, a compact roadster with very similar proportions to the latest 328 Hommage, all of which strongly suggests that previous reports of a Z2 roadster model in the works at BMW may in fact prove true.
The 2011 Concorso Villa d’Este turned out to be quite impressive this year, with not only the unveiling of the BMW 328 Hommage taking place but the respective debuts of the stunning Aston Martin V12 Zagato and Superamerica 45 on the shores of Lake Como as well.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the original BMW 328, and BMW is celebrating the milestone with a number of events, including the unveiling the new 328 Hommage Concept.
The concept is described by BMW as a modern interpretation of the 1930s-era 328, what the designers of the original 328, Fritz Fiedler and Rudolf Schleicher, might have built in the present day using current technology.
Like the original, the design of the 328 Hommage pays special attention to lightweight construction with major parts made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic. Total curb weight is reportedly just 1,720 pounds.
No powertrain details were revealed apart from there being a “powerful” 3-liter six-cylinder engine under the hood. We can imagine that with the lightweight carbon fiber body and the 335 horsepower, 332 pound-feet of torque twin-turbocharged mill from the 2011 BMW 1-Series M Coupe, this thing would be a rocket.
Inside, fine leather, matte and high-gloss black polished aluminum and even more carbon fiber delight the visual senses. A sparse instrument panel is dominated by the only round instrument: the prominent tachometer. Other useful info displayed is oil pressure and oil and water temperatures.
One nifty feature is the so-called Tripmaster. The instrument panel of the 328 Hommage is fitted with two Apple iPhones located in special holders that assume additional display functions for the driver and co-driver. The iPhones function as stopwatches for measuring lap times and as GPS roadbooks. Using the two iPhones, the driver and front-seat passenger/co-driver respectively can use both functions at the same time. After a journey, the iPhones can be taken away in their holders.
The new 328 Hommage isn’t the only lightweight roadster concept BMW has unveiled in the recent past. At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show BMW unveiled the Vision ConnectedDrive Concept, a compact roadster with very similar proportions to the latest 328 Hommage, all of which strongly suggests that previous reports of a Z2 roadster model in the works at BMW may in fact prove true.
The 2011 Concorso Villa d’Este turned out to be quite impressive this year, with not only the unveiling of the BMW 328 Hommage taking place but the respective debuts of the stunning Aston Martin V12 Zagato and Superamerica 45 on the shores of Lake Como as well.
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