Sometimes the "Elvis in Germany" details are a puzzle...so getting down to the details have become a challenge. So what about his BMW ?

Elvis rented a white BMW 507 from BMW Glöckler in Frankfurt December 1958. However, begin of September 1959 Elvis drove a red BMW 507 with a different license plate, so most people obviously think (and have published) that Elvis drove 2 different BMW's in Germany.

But that is actually not true: Elvis only rented one BMW 507:

The white BMW was repainted to it's orginal colors after Elvis had an accident with the 507 in the summer of 1959 - and the chassis had to be renewed (this also explains why the license plate was changed).