Broad Arrow is expanding its sale at this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza with a second sale dedicated to BMW.
The cars will be auctioned on Saturday May 24, 2025, the night after the main sale. Broad Arrow says the sale will span nearly 70 years of BMW production, and will include racing machinary as well as road cars.
Consignments continue to be added, with the latest additions including an M3 CSL E46 and a Group A rallying-prepared E30 M3. However, we’ve picked few of our highlights below – what are you tempted by?
This 1958 BMW 507 Series II Roadster remained in the family of its first owner for nearly 50 years. First registered to a Wilhelm Bartels Jr of Braunschweig, Germany in 1958, and one of just 252 built, chassis 70127 is offered in its original shade of Federweiss over a two-tone black and white interior.
Bartels gifted the car to his wife Elisabeth, who maintained ownership until 2004. Its second owner, Horst Kölpin, had pursued the car since the 1980s, and he would regularly reunite the BMW with Elisabeth until her passing. During Kölpin’s ownership, the 507 received a a partial interior retrim, a fresh black soft-top and a set of knock-off body-colour Rudge wheels. For much of its life over two owners, it had the same mechanic tend to its needs. The third owner acquired the car in 2018, and has added only 7km to the 56,783km driven by the first two owners. It’s estimated at between €2m and €2.3m.
This 1980 BMW M1, chassis WBS59910004301170, is one of just 71 road cars finished in red. The M1 was delivered to Germany for Franz Reuther, otherwise known by his stage name Frank Farian – he was the record producer behind acts such as Boney M, Far Corporation, Meat Loaf and Milli Vanilli.
In 1987 Farian sent the car back to BMW’s M department for Procar-style bodywork and 16in BBS RS multi-piece wheels. Further enhancements included a reupholstered leather interior, a Becker Mexico sound system and a Clarion 150EQB graphic equaliser, plus additional speakers. Although ownership officially transferred to Farian’s employee Erwin Schwedka in 1990, it’s believed Farian kept close ties to the car, and in 2008 it was acquired by Frank Jennen of Belgium.
It was sold to a German enthusiast in 2012, and shown at the 2020 Salon Privé concours, where it won the Owners’ Choice award. It was then sold to its current owner, who sent it to a Swedish specialist for an inspection and overhaul, which included a body restoration, timing-chain replacement, brake overhaul, new fuel tank, transmission work and attention to the fuel-injection system, including new hoses and vacuum line. It’s covered 91,000km and is estimated at between €450k and €550k.
This 2001 BMW Z8 was first delivered to Italy by Autosport Brescia in Titanium Silver over a two-tone Sport Red and Black interior. Its first owner was ATP Wheels, a manufacturer of aftermarket alloy wheels, and it was then passed to sister company Tecnofrom in 2003. A year later Venetian Marco Foscari Widmann Rezzonico acquired the Z8, before selling the car to the current owner in 2005. It’s recently had its fuel pump replaced, and it has covered a little over 23,000km. It’s estimated at between €200k and €225k.
This 1988 BMW M3 Cecotto is 354th of 505 special editions built to celebrate Venezuelan racing driver Johnny Cecotto. Finished in Misano Red, the Cecotto editions featured a 215hp version of the S14B23 engine, thinner side and rear glass, black BBS mesh wheels, a revised rear wing design and a colour-matched valve cover. This particular example has covered a little over 123,000km and is estimated at between €90k and €110k. If you’re contemplating a purchase, we’ve recently made our buying guide available – you can find it here.
This 1981 BMW M1, chassis 4301413, is one of 11 sent to the United Arab Emirates via Arabian Gulf Mechanical Centre Ltd of Sharjah. Originally finished in orange with a black cloth interior, it was later purchased by Vijay Mallya, who would later go on to co-found the Force India F1 team. It was imported to the UK via Mallya in 1989, and followed him to Dubai in 1992, and back again in 1994. It then headed with him to Alaska in the US in 2012, and then back to the UK in 2014. He sold the car to its Netherlands-based current owner in 2016. It’s estimated at between €475k and €575k.
Further details
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