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to see it in the company of 20+ cars and
several motorcycles built by BMW from
1923 to 1959. GENESIS will take viewers on
a journey from BMW’s beginnings as an
aero engine manufacturer in 1916 through
its first motorcycles in 1923 and on to its
emergence as a carmaker in 1928. Cars
built as early as 1930 will be on display,
and the BMW Northwest 327/28 will be
joined by one of its cabriolet counterparts:
327/28 #74206, which was delivered when
new to BMW racing legend Schorsch
Meier. A trio of prewar sports roadsters
will be on display, as well: the 315/1 that
represented BMW’s entry into the category, followed by a 319/1, and finally a 328,
the last word in race-winning roadsters
from the 1930s. At the luxury end of the
spectrum, a beautifully restored 1939 321
cabriolet with rare Drauz bodywork will
sit alongside a 1940 335 cabriolet, a fine
example of BMW’s last prewar car that
took third in class at Pebble Beach in 2016.
“I think it enhances
the appreciation of
new BMWs to see
where BMW’s roots
lie, what they’ve
done and where
they are today.
These cars are fun!”
World War II interrupted BMW’s automotive progress, but it
didn’t stop enthusiasts
from enjoying their
BMWs, and from using
the 328 as the basis for
successful race cars.
GENESIS will feature
a rare Veritas sportsracer from the late
1940s, the car that represented where BMW
might have gone had it
continued to develop its cars along 328
lines. Instead, BMW turned in the luxury direction when it began building cars
again in 1952, and GENESIS will feature a
beautiful succession of postwar V8-powered BMWs. A stunning pair of 502
“Baroque Angels”—one a convertible, the
other a sedan—will be joined by a 503 cabriolet and coupe, and a stunning example
of the 507 roadster designed
by Albrecht Graf von Goertz
in 1956. GENESIS will conclude with a succession of
microcars that bookended
the V8s: an Isetta, 600, and
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700, the latter a fine example
of the cars as raced in Europe
BMW Car Clubs of America Foundation Museum
and the US.
190 Manatee Court, Greer, South Carolina, 29651
GENESIS is the fourth
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annual exhibit staged by the
If you’re buying a new car from BMW Northwest,
BMW CCA Foundation, a
why not take Performance Center delivery and
501(c)3 nonprofit chartered in
plan a trip to the BMW CCA Foundation Museum
2002. The foundation has two
at the same time? Delivery includes a high-speed
missions: preserving BMW
drive on the BMW track and a tour of the factory
history through its archive
where BMW builds all their X vehicles.
and museum, and promoting
The current museum exhibit, PASSION: 50
teen driving safety through
Years of BMW Cars and Community will close
its TireRack Street Survival
on January 18, 2020, and reopens with GENESIS
program. BMW Northwest is
on May 15, 2020.
proud to participate in both
GENESIS will run through January 2021, and
aspects of the foundation’s
will be open every weekday from 9 a.m. to 5
work. In addition to contribp.m. Most major airlines fly from Seattle to
uting the 327/28 to the next
Greenville-Spartanburg (GSP), and all of the
exhibit, BMW Northwest is a
BMW-related attractions as well as a number
proud sponsor of local Street
of hotels are within a few miles of the airport.
Survival schools, which help
The BMW CCA Foundation museum is located
Washington teens become
just down the street from the BMW Performance
safer, more confident drivers.
Center and BMW manufacturing.
GENESIS won’t be the
first BMW CCA Foundation
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exhibit to feature a
significant BMW with
local provenance. For
the foundation’s 2017
exhibit, “Heroes of
Bavaria: 75 Years of
BMW motorspor t,”
the British-born Seattle businessman Peter
Gleeson lent his 1972
BMW 3.0 CSL Group
2 rally car, the only
E9 CSL built by BMW
Motorsport for rally
competition and piloted by the legendary Rauno Aaltonen. Recognized as
the 2016 Master Collector by America’s
Car Museum, Gleeson, is a BMW CCA
Foundation trustee as well as a friend to
BMW Northwest, and he was delighted
to invite BMW Northwest to participate
in GENESIS with the 327/28.
“As foundation trustees, we rely on the
generosity of others to help us achieve
our lofty aims,” says Gleeson. “Lori and
Manfred have always stepped up whenever asked to help locally, and I’ve no
doubt that many in the Pacific Northwest have already benefitted from their
philanthropic efforts, perhaps without
knowing that BMW Northwest had given
its support.
“For those of us on the selection committee for GENESIS, it was tough to narrow
our initial wish list down to 22 automobiles, but we agreed unanimously that we
would love to have the BMW Northwest
327/28 in the exhibit. Asking someone to
send a car to the other side of the country for an extended period of time, and at
their own expense, can be difficult, but
this call turned out to be the easiest one
I made. Manfred and Lori simply said,
‘Yes! Let’s work out the logistics!’ Time
and again, they’ve shown their kindness
to our local community, and they’ve also
helped us raise money nationally to support Street Survival, which helps thousands of young Americans stay a little
safer on the road. I know I speak for all the
Trustees and members of the BMW CCA
Foundation in saying a very large ‘Thank
You’ to everyone at BMW Northwest, and
especially to Lori and Manfred.”