Hi-Tech Silvia Meyer
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BMW seems to have a clear continuity of the design when sneak peeking into the cars that have entered in production through the years.

The double grid resembling two kidneys, Hofmeister curve from the C-pillar, the sideline that crosses the car in longitude, the integrated handles, these are all some essential elements of BMWs.

But not when speaking to the ones below.

What makes a BMW be a BMW? Obviously, the things that immediately come to our minds are the rear-wheel drive, the famous logo or the six-cylinder engines and definitely a clear obsession for sportiness.

But some attempts that BMW company and various car builders with whom they collaborated over time, led to these concepts that could hardly be accepted as belonging to the great family of BMW.

Here are the strangest car models in the history of the Bavarian brand. Some are hideous, but practical, others truly sensational, but all have a role in the development of BMW production models.

1963: BMW 700 (Colani)

In 1963, Colani-BMW 700 was the first car with a self-supporting monocoque body in plastic. The machine weighs only 350 kilograms including the engine. The maximum speed reached 200 km/h. The model has never entered production.

1964: Prototype Hurrican 1800ti

This is not a factory prototype, but the result of the love between a BMW and a Ferrari! More precisely, between a BMW 1800ti and a Ferrari 250 LM.

1969: BMW Spicup by Bertone and Gandini

One of the cars which broke our hearts for not entering into production. This was the product of Giorgetto Bertone and the other titan of the Italian design, Marcello Gandini.

1999: BMW Z22 mechatronic car

Yes, you read right, we’re talking about 1999. BMW presented an extremely ugly concept design but had the ability to foretell the future. If you’re looking at the hideous and disproportionate appearance, you must know that we’re speaking of the easiest and most advanced mechatronic machine presented to the public until that time.

1988: BMW Z1 Coupé Concept

Does the shape look familiar to you? This is because Z1, though it never went into production, was the basis on which BMW Z3 Coupé was designed 11 years later.