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Published on 13 December 2024

Amateur Hour, East German style. Part of BMW found themselves on the other side of the Iron Curtain, but those in charge started to produce the old pre-war 326. BMW in Western Germany objected to the comrades using their name, so a name change occurred - EMW after the area where they made, Eisenach. Along with this came a complete facelift, with a horizontal motif replacing the kidneys. I managed to capture an EMW 340-2 in a photo, mixing it with the Trabants in East Berlin. EMW then had a go at a complete restyle with the last two, but these prototypes, the EMW 342-2 and 343 were wisely dropped, as it probably made sense to import Volgas from Mother Russia for the exclusive use of the STASI.