The BMW 700 was a small rear-engined  car produced by BMW

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

 in various models from August 1959 to November 1965. It was the first BMW automobile with a monocoque

Monocoque

Monocoque is a construction technique that supports structural load by using an object's external skin, as opposed to using an internal frame or truss that is then covered with a non-load-bearing skin or coachwork...

 structure. The 700 was a sales success at a time when BMW was close to financial ruin. The 700 was also successful in its class in motorsport

Motorsport

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, both in its stock form and as the basis of a racing special called the 700RS.

Introduced as a coupe and a two-door sedan, the 700 was later offered as a convertible.