
BMW 328 Roadster White Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- BMW
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 80435A8F228
- Year
- 1936
- Era
- Pre-War
- Body Type
- Open-Top
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- —
About the BMW 328 Roadster White Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW 328 Roadster reproduces the 1936 sports car in white, the model that carried BMW to a famous Mille Miglia class win and established the brand's early competition reputation. Diecast construction and flowing prewar fenders make this a foundational piece for any BMW heritage shelf.
Long before BMW built anything resembling a modern sports sedan, the 328 proved the company could design a genuinely fast, genuinely elegant car.
Diecast Craft for a Flowing Prewar Shape
The 328's long, curved fenders and narrow cabin present a very different design challenge than any modern car in the catalog, and Minichamps' casting handles those sweeping surfaces without losing the delicate proportions that make this shape so admired. White paint shows every line clearly, and the finish here holds an even gloss across the roadster's long hood without pooling or unevenness in the tighter curves near the wheel arches. The doors open on functional hinges, and the cabin inside stays true to the roadster's sparse, driver-focused layout. Minichamps has built a strong reputation on historically accurate prewar and racing subjects, and this 328 shows exactly why that focus matters: getting a shape this old right takes real attention to period-correct detail.
The Car That Built BMW's Competition Reputation
The BMW 328 is widely regarded as one of the finest sports cars of the late 1930s, combining a lightweight tubular chassis with an advanced hemispherical-head engine that gave it a genuine performance edge over rivals. It went on to win its class at the Mille Miglia and later took outright victory there in 1940, cementing BMW's reputation as a manufacturer capable of building genuinely competitive sports cars.
A Foundational Piece for BMW Heritage
This 328 belongs at the start of any BMW chronology, the car that establishes everything the brand's later performance models would build on.















