The BMW Century, 2nd Edition

English | 2022 | ISBN: 0760373779, 978-0760373774 | 245 pages | True PDF | 126.95 MB
Celebrate more than 100 years of Germany's best two- and four-wheeled rides. This handsome volume is filled with images, history, and in-depth review of the incredible machines BMW has created year after year.

Established in 1916, BMW is one of the automotive and motorcycle industry's oldest and most-respected manufacturers. Over the past 100-plus years, the company has passed through myriad incarnations. BMW Century chronicles this remarkable transportation story through the cars and motorcycles manufactured , from the 1923 R32 motorcycle to today's sleek electric, hybrid, and high-performance cars.
BMW Century showcases how the company's visionary team systematically rebuilt BMW in the post-World War II years into the spectacular success we know today-a company with sales in excess of two million cars annually, led by its top-selling 3-series.
BMW's motorcycle division is no less legendary. It began with the 1923 avant-garde R32 , which featured a 180-degree, horizontally opposed twin, the engine configuration that would become BMW's hallmark. Over the decades, BMW used that configuration to power groundbreaking machines like the R90S , R100RS , and R80GS . Beginning in 1983, the company added add three- and four-cylinder machines to their offerings, culminating in today's spectacular S1000RR sport bike .
From the pre-war motorcycles to the iconic R-series twins of the 1970s and '80s to the mighty M-cars and superbikes of today, BMW Century offers a full review of German engineering at its zenith. The book is illustrated generously with hundreds of historic, contemporary, and racing photographs -many sourced from BMW's historic archives-and thorough text covering BMW's full history .
This is the one volume no BMW aficionado will want to be without.


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