We don’t get to see the BMW 328 Hommage do much driving in this video but we don’t care. They could have photographed the gorgeous vehicle next to some garbage cans in a back alley somewhere and it would still look good - not to mention the original BMW 328 which shares the mountainous background in this behind the scenes video of the California photoshoot.

The 328 Hommage was a show stopper for us at last week’s Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza and quite the perfect vehicle for such a scene. In this video, we get to see some of the BMW 328 Hommage details close-up - including the interior, steering wheel, carbonfibre body, wheels and more. Now all we’d like is some footage of it actually going somewhere and maybe to hear that three-litre engine.

Source | Autoblog.com

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The woven look of carbonfibre really does it for me in general, but we’ll happily say that the BMW 328 Hommage is a beautiful car. Based on the defining principles of the original BMW 328, the modern Hommage model was at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza over the weekend and these pics show it in a particularly attractive light.

In the flesh, we can see some of the design characteristics shared with the Vision ConnectedDrive Concept shown at the Geneva Motor Show, with its long bonnet and two-seater layout. We also get a good look at the interior, too, although what we’d really like is some track footage of this lightweight, fast machine.

BMW 328 Hommage pics from Villa d’Este

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This gorgeous BMW 328 Hommage has been produced to celebrate the original BMW 328 model. Although eons apart in terms of the technological development that has occurred over the 75 years in between, the original and the new 328 share one crowning principle - lightweight materials to create a superbly fast racing car.

BMW says:

The BMW 328 is considered the most successful and best-looking sports car of the 1930s. The BMW 328’s success was the result of its design parameters – through the use of systematic lightweight construction, aerodynamic lines, optimum engine types and outstanding suspension technology, it laid the foundation stone for a new vehicle concept, by which performance only leads to success if combined with perfect harmonisation of all parameters and maximum efficiency.

While the BMW 328 Hommage goes on show over the weekend at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza, it’s easier to see just what the original meant to cars and racing 75 years ago. And even though the new 328 Hommage exemplifies the use of new technologies and lightweight materials, it merely builds on an idea that was born a long time ago. Not to take away from just how beautiful this vehicle is, looked at in inverse ageism, it will never be as innovative as the original purely from a time point of view.

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