page_title: Glas GT
section_title: BMW 1600 GT
hierarchical_section_title: Glas GT / BMW 1600 GT
caption_attribution_description: English: BMW 1600 GT Coupé at Classic Days Schloss Dyck 2012. View: front left Deutsch: BMW 1600 GT Coupé bei den Classic Days Schloss Dyck 2012. Ansicht: Front links
context_page_description: The Glas GT is a sports coupé produced by Hans Glas GmbH at Dingolfing. The car was first presented as the Glas 1300 GT in September 1963 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, with volume production starting in March 1964. The much rarer cabriolet version appeared in May 1965 and a larger engined 1700 GT in May 1965.
context_section_description: With the BMW acquisition of the Glas business, the GT was refitted to accommodate the 1,573 cc BMW engine already fitted in the BMW 1600. The BMW “new class” models introduced in 1962 had attracted press comment concerning the fact that the engine was canted over at an angle of 30 degrees from the vertical plane, permitting a lower bonnet/hood line, and this feature was retained when the engine was fitted in the Glas GT body to create what was now branded as the BMW 1600GT. By using the BMW engine the car also acquired a further increase in power output, now up to 77 kW (105 PS). Handling was improved by applying the BMW's relatively sophisticated semi-trailing arm rear axle with coil springs in place of the more old fashioned rigid rear axle and leaf spring configuration previously employed by the Glas GT. BMW also took the opportunity to fit “new” round rear lights – being those that from 1966 also featured on the BMW 1602, and to reconfigure the front grill to incorporate the BMW “twin kidney” grill
caption: From summer 1967, during its final year the Glas GT faced the world with a BMW badge and grill, reflecting its adoption of BMW rear suspension and a BMW engine
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