Fake BMWs Uncovered by Vintage-Car Sleuth Who Scours Chassis

Something was wrong. The BMW 328 Roadster had been sitting in Norbert Schroeder’s Dusseldorf, Germany, garage for three days, and its owner was growing impatient. Schroeder had already inspected the car once without finding anything amiss. Yet he could feel it in his bones: Something wasn’t right.

“Focus, Norbert,” he told himself. “Focus.”