Glas

Glas Price Guide

Glas is a name that even knowledgeable car enthusiasts often draw a blank on, yet the company produced one of the most successful microcars in history and some of the most beautiful GT coupes of the 1960s before being swallowed up by BMW. If you own a Glas, you own something genuinely rare and historically interesting – particularly if it is one of the Frua-designed coupes that represent one of the most ambitious gambles in German automotive history.

What Affects Glas Values

Model is the defining variable, because the gap between a Goggomobil and a 2600 V8 coupe is vast in every respect. Across all models, the German collector market dominates – Glas cars are best known and most actively traded in Germany, with the Glas Club (based in Dingolfing itself) being the essential resource for parts, knowledge, and authentication. Condition and mechanical completeness matter considerably, and for the rarer models, parts availability is a real challenge that makes correct, well-maintained examples disproportionately valuable.

Goggomobil

The Goggomobil is a charming, diminutive microcar with a huge production run – over 280,000 were built in saloon, coupe, and van variants with engines ranging from 250 to 400cc. Despite those numbers, survival rates outside Germany are low and clean examples are increasingly sought after by microcar collectors. The coupe body style is the most visually appealing and typically commands a small premium. Values are modest in absolute terms but have been rising steadily as the broader microcar and bubble car market matures.

GT Coupes and V8

The Frua-designed 1300 GT and 1700 GT are elegant small coupes that offer an unusual and very attractive alternative to their better-known contemporaries. The V8, however, is the star of the Glas range. Nicknamed the Glaserati for its Maserati-like styling, the 2600 V8 and the subsequent BMW-Glas 3000 V8 were produced in a combined total of just 666 units, making them exceptionally rare. These are beautiful, historically significant cars that represent the apex of Glas’s ambition and Pietro Frua’s design skill. Values have been rising and the best examples command significant prices at German specialist auction. The transitional BMW-Glas 3000 V8 models, wearing BMW badges on a Glas body, occupy an unusual position that appeals to both Glas enthusiasts and BMW historians.