E9 design inspiration?

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After getting over my initial upset that this is a 1 of 1, and I'll never own one, is it just me or are there some design cues that BMW picked up for the e9?

*Fully expecting a head of old threads on this to be thrown at me :)

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1962 Alfa Romeo 2600 Pininfarina Speciale

1962 Alfa Romeo 2600 Pininfarina Speciale In Detail engine Inline-6 valvetrain DOHC displacement 2584 cc / 157.7 in³ power 108.1 kw / 145 bhp @ 5900 rpm specific output 56.11 bhp per litre bhp/weight 108.21 bhp per tonne torque 189.81 nm / 140.0 ft lbs @ 4000 rpm f brake size mm / in r brake...
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Ohmess said:
I think the 3200 CS "Bertone" has a lot more styling cues that carried over to our cars: https://www.supercars.net/blog/1962-bmw-3200-cs/
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I don't think that there is much question that within BMW, the styling cues evolved from the 3200 CS --> 2000 CS --> E9. BMW hired Bertone to design the 3200 CS, and Bertone gave the job to Giorgetto Giugiaro (you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3200_CS ).

This story gets interesting when you dive into Giugiaro's earlier work to see where his thoughts on the 3200 CS came from. The Gordon Keeble, a low-volume British car, was another Bertone/Giugiaro project that bears a striking similarity to the 3200 CS (styling houses like Bertone and Pininfarina seemed to get away with selling slightly reworked versions of the same designs to multiple automakers). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon-Keeble

I'm not seeing a lot of E9 styling in the Alfa 2600 Pininfarina Speciale; to my eye, it is a lot more representative of Pininfarina's work during that era than Bertone's. A bit of quick searching on the 2600 Pininfarina Speciale failed to identify who at Pininfarina gets styling credit. One site mentions Tom Tjaarda, suggesting that he recycled work he had done for GM on the Corvette Rondine. https://www.curbsideclassic.com/vin...peciale-attracting-attention-from-the-romani/ The spider version of this car is quite attractive, though without the roof, I see even less similarity to the E9.
 
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Maybe more influence on the e19 than the e9.

Braque BMW e19 1600 Ti Roadster 1969.jpg
 
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