1970 BMW 2002 Tii Group 2 Touring Car

As sales climbed for BMW throughout the 1960s across Europe, their attention started to focus on Motorsport and their desire to create "The Ultimate Driving Machine". The first model to reflect this was the 2002, introduced in 1968 and their high-performance version, the 2002 Tii, quickly followed in 1970 with a more powerful engine giving 120bhp, a 5-speed gearbox and uprated suspension and brakes.

Originally built and prepared by Ian Macdonald as a Group I Touring car, this car first raced in 2011/2012 with a successful father/son combination, before being acquired by our vendor and more recently upgraded to full Group II specification.

The lightened and seam welded shell has an FIA cage, as well as period wheel arch extensions covering the correct honeycomb split rims and slick tyres. All instrumentation is Smiths as it would have been, and the car looks the part of an ultimate BMW period saloon racer from the 1970s.

The attention to detail continues under the bonnet, where a new Lester Owen built 2 litre engine is fitted, dyno tested at 240bhp (with dyno sheet), a rebuilt 5-speed gearbox, new limited slip differential, new steel race exhaust and manifold, new Group II discs and calipers, new Bilstein dampers and suspension, adjustable front and rear roll bars and adjustable camber plates.

Weighing in at just over 790Kgs, and costing over £80k to convert from Group I to Group II spec, this car is sensibly guided to sell and race very competitively today.