2020年8月21日 · Essentially a stretched, more opulent version of the 501/502 saloon the job of designing the new model – the BMW 505 – was handed to Giovanni Michelotti at Ghia-Aigle. Unfortunately, it seems just one prototype was built (some sources say there were two) and the car never went into series production.

Der BMW 505 war der Prototyp einer Pullman-Limousine, den BMW 1955 auf der IAA vorstellte und Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer als Alternative zu seinem Dienstwagen, einem Mercedes-Benz 300 c, anbot. Der Wagen basierte auf dem um 200 mm verlängerten Fahrgestell eines 502. Der Motor war ein V8 mit 3168 cm³ Hubraum und 120 PS (88 kW).

The BMW 505 Pullman Limousine had a V8 engine with 120 hp and reached a top speed of 170 km/h. The engine was sent to the Swiss company Ghia-Aigle in Lugano by the then Commercial Director of BMW AG, Hanns Grewenig, where the prototype was manufactured according to the design drafts of the Michelotti studio in Turin.

The BMW 501 was a luxury car manufactured by BMW from 1952 to 1958. Introduced at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951, the 501 was the first BMW model to be manufactured and sold after the Second World War, and as the first BMW car built in Bavaria.

The engine made its debut in four new cars at the show, the 507 two-seat convertible, the 503 coupe, the 505 limousine prototype, and the BMW 3.2, a development of the 502 that did not have a model number and was identified simply by its displacement in litres.

The 505 Pullman Limousine is part of BMW's Prototype model range. The 3.2 litre engine is a naturally aspirated, overhead valve, 8 cylinder that has an output of 118 bhp (120 PS/88 kW) of power at 4800 rpm, and maximum torque of 219 N·m (162 lb·ft/22.3 kgm) at 2000 rpm.

Die einzigartige BMW 505 Pullman Limousine - auf dem BMW 502 Fahrgestell gebaut und um 200mm verlängert.

2009年3月10日 · The BMW 505, which was never for sale (issue 7/73), is still alive! He ran here as a advertisement car, but was no longer very well maintained. On the back window it could be read: "This BMW was made for Dr. Konrad Adenauer."

BMW 505 Pullman-Limousine (1955) - Fiche technique complète avec caractéristiques techniques du modèle

Die BMW 505 Pullman Limousine besaß einen V8-Motor mit 120 PS und erreichte eine Spitzengeschwindigkeit von 170 Km/h. Den Motor hatte der damalige Kaufmännische Direktor der BMW AG, Hanns Grewenig, der Schweizer Firma Ghia-Aigle nach Lugano geschickt, wo der Prototyp nach den Designentwürfen des Turiner Studios Michelotti gefertigt wurde.