Fritz Fiedler

Fritz Fiedler (born Potsdam 9 January 1899: died Schliersee 8 July 1972), was an automotive engineer.

[2] The first car that Fiedler was fully responsible for was the BMW 326 saloon that was shown at the International Automobile Ausstellung in Berlin in 1936.

His last automotive design from Eisenach was the 3.5-litre 6 cylinder BMW 335 saloon, a fine 90 mph car for the German autobahns.

Although he was lent to Bristol as a consultant on their Type 400 project, he did most of his work in England at Isleworth, where he was always known as Dr Fiedler, although he did not have that title in Germany.

He was very popular with the workforce at AFN, most people describing him as a kindly and charming man, and everyone admired his engineering qualities.

Fiedler led the engineering team that designed the legendary BMW 328 sports car introduced in 1936... [ 1 ]
...and the one that designed the New Class sedan introduced in 1961, [ 3 ] from which the modern BMW has evolved.