RAJCHE: actually 57 lol
"The first BMWs to feature it were the BMW 3200 CS and the BMW 1500 shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1961[2][3] and was later named after then-BMW director of design, Wilhelm Hofmeister.[4] In early models, the widened base of the C-pillar sometimes featured the BMW roundel.
Apart from its stylistic effect, the Hofmeister kink is said by BMW to suggest that all BMW models have rear-wheel drive."