Therefore, the equipment was removed from there in part to Russia as repatriations, but what remained was involved to produce models of "BMW-321" and "BMW-340", which also went to the USSR. The only more or less "fit for life" were two of the plant in Munich, around which aktsioneryBMV and concentrated their main efforts. By the way came the German support National Bank: it keeps the company back to life the concept of a sports car, "BMW-328" and the period from 1948 to 1953. released at its base several new sports models. 1951: Konrad Adenauer, first Chancellor of the Federal RespublikiGermaniya show Sedan BMW State Sedan, created on the base 501. The company was not in the best position, but in 1951 a prototype car of the future "BMW-501", which features a large four-door notchback, drum brakes and 65-horsepower engine that took the working volume of 1971 cc Novelty was viewed in two ways – with interest and amazement.
The second most likely was due to the fact that even the company is not financially able to provide mass Number "501 th" model, in this connection in 1952 was raised to 49 cars. By 1954, production reached th 3410 copies, bought and secured only true followers of brand BMW. But what is most surprising, since this is an idea that in then ripened in the minds of designers and designer of BMW. They are conceived to produce a luxury model. In those postwar years, the company began to explore the issue of BMW's lack of the necessary motors.