507

Hand-built and almost unsellable

The 507 established BMW's post-war collector ceiling: an aluminium body, alloy V8 and almost no supply. For a buyer, body identity, the matching engine, factory hardtop fit and an unbroken file matter more than polish.

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Market value · road

$1.6M–$2.1M

Typical $1.9M · 18 sales · -16% vs ’19–’20

$1.4M$2.3M
Open Market & Price

Market value · road

$1.6M–$2.1M

Typical $1.9M · 18 sales · -16% vs ’19–’20

$1.4M$2.3M
’05’26
Market history · in the terminal
Open Market & Price
Top speed
205 km/h (127 mph · factory)
Power
150 PS (at 5'000 rpm)
Engine
3'168 cc (all-alloy OHV V8)
Transmission
4-speed (ZF manual)
Weight
1'220 kg (factory technical data)
Production
252 (251 in BMW's current archive)

Market & Price

The price and the proof

A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.

Records: 1958 Series II · 70081 — $2,750,000 · Gooding & Company Pebble Beach · 2017; 1959 Series II · 70242 — $1,512,500 · Mecum Kissimmee · 17 Jan 2026. 29 documented road sales on file · 2005–2026.

HCN:507Live model
$1'931'7108.1% · 12M
$2M$4M$6M$8M20182020202220242026CovidRate shockS&P 500
Model curve · anchored to 29 documented salesnot investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarks29 documented anchors · last sale 6 mo ago

Compound annual growth

WindowThis car*S&P 500Gold
1Y+8.1%+18.8%+21.9%
5Y-3.2%+11.4%+17.6%
10Y-1.9%+13.3%+11.8%

*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends

Deepest drawdown · model window

This car*-65.0%Jul 2018 → Jan 2026 · not recovered
S&P 500-50.8%Oct 2007 → Mar 2009 · recovered Mar 2013
Gold-39.3%Sep 2011 → Dec 2015 · recovered Jul 2020

Forecast ladder · model quantiles

HorizonP10P50P90
+6M$1.7M$1.9M$2.2M
+12M$1.6M$1.9M$2.3M
+24M$1.4M$1.9M$2.5M

Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice

Transaction ledger · documented sales

29 of 29 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record

A restored Series II made $2.75M in 2017. More recent documented sales run from $1.5125M to $2.1225M, showing a selective market rather than one fixed price.

Price range · road · openConfidence · mediumSix documented USD auction sales from 2014 to 2026 support the band, including public results from RM, Gooding, Broad Arrow and Mecum. Cars trade infrequently, and originality, engine identity, Series I specification, hardtop fit and named provenance can move a result beyond it.

Floor

$1.6M

Typical

$1.9M

Ceiling

$2.1M

Estimate band for good road cars. 18 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.

$1.4M$1.6M$1.9M$2.1M$2.3M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.

Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Indicative range for documented, usable road cars. Exceptional preservation, early specification or attributable period ownership is assessed separately.

Road record

$2,750,000

1958 Series II · 70081

Gooding & Company Pebble Beach · 2017

Road record

$1,512,500

1959 Series II · 70242

Mecum Kissimmee · 17 Jan 2026

The wider market · BMW at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors470 lots · 2003–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line
20032026Explore all 40,882 results

Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.

Published auction totals are recorded as shown by each venue. No currency conversion has been applied.

Overview

The export gamble

BMW began with Ernst Loof's Typ 528 project in 1954. US importer Max Hoffman rejected that prototype and connected BMW with New York designer Albrecht Graf von Goertz; 20 weeks separated Goertz's first sketches from approval of the body in March 1955.

The 507 appeared at the Frankfurt motor show in September 1955. Under the aluminium skin sat a frame shortened from the 502 and a 3.2-litre version of BMW's alloy V8, with 150 PS and a four-speed manual gearbox.

Hoffman's promised volume receded while the cost of individual production rose. BMW stopped in 1959 after 252 cars by the count used in the assignment and most auction catalogues; BMW Group Classic's current model-series archive gives 251.

Power
150 PS
Top speed
205 km/h
Built
252
Designer
Albrecht Graf von Goertz
Factory price
DM 26'500

Reference

Technical specifications

Powertrain

Engine
M507/1 90° V83'168 cc, aluminium block and heads
Induction
Twin Zenith 32 NDIX carburettors
Output
150 PS at 5'000 rpmfactory figure
Transmission
4-speed ZF manualgearbox mounted behind the engine on a short shaft
Drive
Rear-wheel drive

Chassis and body

Chassis
Box-section frameBMW 502 basis, shortened by 355 mm
Body
Hand-finished aluminiumfactory hardtops were fitted to individual bodies
Front suspension
Parallel wishbones and torsion bars
Rear suspension
Live axle, torsion bars and Panhard rod
Brakes
Hydraulic aluminium drumsdisc-brake equipment varies among surviving cars
Wheelbase
2'480 mm
Dimensions
4'380 × 1'650 × 1'260 mm

Production identity

Production
252 carsthe assignment and major auction catalogues use 252; BMW Group Classic's current model-series archive lists 251
Series I
34 carsretrospective designation used by the market
Series II
218 carsrevised dashboard, roof stowage and fuel-tank position
Build period
December 1956 to December 1959BMW Group Archive

The records

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Cars built

BMW Group Classic currently lists 251

0km/h

Factory top speed

0weeks

Sketch to body approval

DM0

Factory price

HICON BID

Buying interest, silently.

A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the BMW 507 file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.

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The vault

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You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.

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The variants

One badge, 2 executions

The register separates the 507 into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.

BMW 507 Series I — reference silhouetteSeries I01
Reference in preparationSeries II02

2 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard

The cars

The 507 register

Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.

09 documented · public records

The hands

The people behind the car

The people whose work shaped the BMW 507.

No free period portrait on record

Albrecht Graf von Goertz

Exterior designer

Hoffman introduced the New York designer to BMW. Goertz's sketches replaced the rejected Typ 528 shape, and the body was approved in March 1955.

No free period portrait on record

Ernst Loof

Initial sports-car project lead

Led BMW's Nürburgring research and development outpost and the 1954 Typ 528 programme that established the 507's technical starting point.

No free period portrait on record

Max Hoffman

US importer and product instigator

Pressed BMW for an export roadster, rejected the first prototype and brought Goertz into the project. His forecast volumes did not become firm orders.