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The BMW 501 was a large six cylinder passenger saloon produced by BMW, first seen in public at the first Frankfurt Motor Show in 1951, and offered for sale between 1952 and 1964.It was joined, in 1954, by the BMW 502 which was a V8 version of the same car. The 501 was the first BMW automobile to be built in West Germany after the war. Few could aspire to drive one, but it nonetheless made a public impression, quickly acquiring the soubriquet “Baroque Angel” („Barockengel“). |