BMW Carbon Fiber/Blue Hood and Trunk Emblem

Purchase BMW Carbon Fiber/Blue Hood and Trunk Emblem

Carbon Fiber BMW Hood and Trunk Emblems. Comes with black or blue "propeller blades". The blue, In regular sunlight, looks just like the traditional BMW blue, just with the reflection of the carbon fiber weave.

**Each color comes in 2 diameters. 82mm fits all BMW hoods and most trunks. 74mm fits E46, E90, and E92 trunks.

Black pictured. Click picture for blue image.

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*Emblem pictured with David Hobb's 1978 Team McLaren/BMW IMSA 320 race car.

History:

The 320 became BMW’s weapon in the European racing scene after the exit of the highly successful 3.0 CSL in 1977. Both non-turbo and turbocharged versions of the highly successful Formula 2 ‘M12’ engine powered these racecars. The BMW Junior Team who’s up and coming drivers Eddie Cheever, Marc Surer and Manfred Winkelhock drove to eight victories made the non-turbo versions famous in the 1977 German Racing Championship.

The Turbo versions of these cars were raced in both Europe and the US. The European turbo cars had 1.5 liter engines while the US versions had 2.0 liter engines. The BMW owned versions of the 320 turbo you see here was campaigned by Team McLaren and driven by David Hobbs to 7 wins in the IMSA Camel GT series in 1977 and 1978. American Jim Busby also campaigned a sister car in the 1979 IMSA Camel GT series.

Significantly, the 320 turbo engine was the test bed for the BMW/Brabham BT52 that took Nelson Piquet to the 1983 Formula 1 World Championship.

Purchase BMW Carbon Fiber/Blue Hood and Trunk Emblem