Which do you want to know is true?
BMW 600
BMW 500 with "Sax-O-Mat"
The $8000 price?
There was a BMW 600 with Sax-O-Mat automatic transmission available in very very small numbers.
can you copy and paste the web URL?
There was a shell of a Sax-o-mat on eBay in May in Florida USA, sold for $2200
This was included in the description:
The BMW 600 VIN 145828 was manufactured on April 7th, 1959 and delivered on August 20th, 1959 to the BMW importer Fadex Commercial Corp. in New York City. The original colour was "Azurblau".
Unfortunately we are unable to tell you how many BMW 600 with Saxomat clutch were delivered to the US, in fact we don't know how many Saxomat equipped BMW 600 were built at all.
Nevertheless we hope, this is helpful for you.
Yours sincerely,
BMW Group
Andreas Harz
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That listing is no longer available, although I have a copy of it saved locally.
here are some pics of a BMW 600 Sax-o-mat I saw while driving back and forth in Michigan. It was off the highway and locked up in this guy's place.
Eventually I was able to get in and take a few pics of the engine compartment. The car and owner are long gone and the building is used for something else now.