The BMW 328 was the most successful sports car of the 1930s and a milestone in automobile history. The BMW 328 demonstrated its progress in international sportscar races in the two-liter class, including the famed Mille Miglia.
The BMW 328 Mille Miglia roadster featured a streamlined body made of an ultra-light aluminum/magnesium alloy and the 328's powerful overhead valve six-cylinder engine.
In the 1940 Mille Miglia event, Baron Fritz Huschke von Kanstein, in the special-bodied BMW 328 coupe, had a record setting victory with an average speed of 103.4 mph. The top speed he achieved over the course was 139 mph, a remarkable figure for the time. Such startling speeds for a car from this era were the result of BMW engineer Rudolf Schleicher's innovative design featuring a power-to-weight ratio of only 5 kg/hp. (Source: bmwworld.com)
"When I talk about the Mille Miglia, I feel quite moved, for it played such a big part in my life. I knew it as a driver, a team director and a constructor ... and was always an admirer of its champions. In fact, the Mille Miglia not only provided enormous technical advances during its three decades, it really did breed champions." (Enzo Ferrari)
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