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Five door 340
station wagons were also manufactured. It was described in 1948 as the
first new car model produced in Germany after the war: despite new
body panels, under the skin it was a modified version of the BMW 326
with which it shared its engine and wheel base, and which had
originally been commercialised in 1936. The 326 had nevertheless been
an innovative and well regarded product and the 340, which
incorporated several improvements, was seen as a desirable car well
into the 1950s. Early years were dogged by disputes centred on
ownership of the plant where it was assembled and its manufacturers’
rights to use the BMW name. The cars later appeared badged as EMW
340s, and it was under this name that 340s continued to be sold until
at least 1953. |
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