{"id":90110,"date":"2022-01-31T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=90110"},"modified":"2022-02-10T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:14:39","slug":"bmw-1600-gt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/bmw-1600-gt\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW 1600 GT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is rare that we have to look at another brand first when considering a classic car from BMW. Actually, we are used to the Munich based company developing their models independently and at most involving Alpina. The 1600 GT, however, is one of those rare special cases in the brand’s history. It began its short production run as the Glas 1300 GT, was further developed into the Glas 1700 GT and was then allowed to roll off the production line for another two years with a BMW kidney grille. Today, the Glas brand is almost forgotten. Even the cuddle little bubble car, the Goggomobil, with which car production in Dingolfing had begun, is assumed by many to be an independent vehicle. Company boss Andreas Glas had taken over his family’s agricultural machinery factory, founded in 1883, after World War 2 and refocused it on scooters. This was his response to the high demand for mobility in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Goggo-Roller to sport coup\u00e9s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After the Goggo-Roller (scooter) had become the four-wheeled Goggomobil, Hans Glas GmbH also ventured into full-fledged automobiles. The increasing prosperity due to the economic miracle ensured that the small microcars found less and less sales. Therefore, in 1958 the “big Goggomobil” appeared as the Glas Isar with a 600 cc two-cylinder four-stroke boxer engine and 30 hp. Three years later, a compact coup\u00e9 with a newly developed four-cylinder engine appeared in the form of the 1004. The 1204 two-door sedan and the 1304 followed on the same basis, as did shooting brake and convertible variants. In 1963, the 1300 GT made its debut as a sports coup\u00e9 at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA). Like the 1700 sedan, it was designed by Frua in Italy. Actually the design should have gone to Borgward, in order to dress the successor of the Hansa 1100. After the insolvency of the brand from Bremen, Frua was happy to find another buyer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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