Over the last few days, I’ve explained how BMW’s 1950s range was heavily polarised, consisting of high-end exotics like the 502 on the one hand or basic bubble cars leaning on the company’s motorcycle technology on the other. In 1959, BMW started tentatively to nibble away at the lower end of the vast middle ground in between with the rear (motorcycle) engined 700, seen here at Techno Classica 2013 in open-topped form. Saloon and coupé also available.
