BMW car books - history and models

BMW Cars 1945 to 2013 - A Pictorial History

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This illustrated book presents a detailed history of BMW cars from the postwar period up to 2013, including the first electric and hybrid models. It covers all model series, with information on specifications, body styles, colour options, and design features.

The book includes original factory drawings, black-and-white and colour photos from the period, and interior views. It also features sports versions, limited editions, estate cars, coupes, and vans. Additional sections cover BMW's motorsport success and appearances in film and television. Original advertising slogans from different eras are also included.

Alongside the historical narrative, the book provides production data, changes during production runs, and technical specifications, making it a useful reference for identifying models and verifying authenticity.
This title is part of the A Pictorial History series by Trevor, who has written several books for Veloce on classic and modern cars.

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BMW Century (2nd Edition)

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. The 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.

"The 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 R90 S, R100 RS, and R80 GS. Beginning in 1983, the company added add three- and four-cylinder machines to their offerings, culminating in today's spectacular S1000 RR 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, The 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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BMW - Les plus beaux modèles 1959-1999 (Autofocus)

December 9 1959 marks the date of the second birth of the BMW company, born forty years earlier.
Who could have imagined then that this small car manufacturer on the verge of bankruptcy would have six decades later one hundred and thirty thousand employees spread across thirty-one factories under several different brands with Mini and Rolls Royce?
Who could have guessed that the Munich manufacturer would produce more than 2.5 million vehicles in 2018?

Its history was built on models such as the tiny 700, the BMW 1500/1800, the 2002, the 5 and 7 Series, the exciting M3, the 30 CSI and 6 Series coupes, the Z1 and Z3 convertible and the powerful M1.
Legendary models that you will find throughout the pages of this book and which have built the modern history of this manufacturer whose philosophy is driving pleasure.

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BMW, 100 ans d'innovations (Collection Prestige)

A reference work, "BMW, 100 ans d'innovations" offers a new perspective on the century-old adventure of the prestigious German brand.
The history of Bayerische Motoren Werke, better known by the abbreviation BMW, is told through the main themes that have allowed it to acquire a worldwide reputation, based not only on its technically avant-garde automobiles but also on pioneering work in fields as diverse as aircraft engines and motorcycles.

From the beginnings of its automotive epic in the late 1920s to the birth of the BMW i label, including the integration of the MINI and Rolls-Royce brands, BMW has placed itself at the forefront in terms of build quality, technological innovations, pure performance, efficiency, design and sporting results.

This book, abundantly illustrated with documents from the BMW archives, deciphers the major episodes which brought the Bavarian manufacturer to the top of the hierarchy of high-end firms.

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BMW: Die schönsten Modelle - 100 Jahre Design und Technik

The journey to the legendary slogan "BMW - Joy of Driving" began over 100 years ago when the "Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG" was founded in 1916, later becoming BMW AG. Over the following decades, BMW found market niches and developed extraordinary vehicles that are now considered design icons, such as the 507 and the M1.

Automotive journalist Roland Löwisch presents in this book the most beautiful and successful BMW models of the past 100 years. The company's history is depicted through the 3, 5, and 7 Series models, as well as the X and Z series. Designers who were influential in each decade are also introduced.
Special focus is given to the high-performance creations of the M GmbH and the key racing cars. The book concludes with an overview of the famous BMW Art Cars.

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BMW Automobile 1928–2000

The fascinating development of BMW models over the decades: Hardly any other car brand, whose roots go back to the time before the First World War, has developed such an unmistakable profile as BMW. Conventional mediocrity or an industrial scheme oriented towards the mass market does not characterize any of this brand's products.

This volume by the authors Werner Oswald, Eberhard Kittler and Halwart Schrader offers a compact, comprehensive documentation of the automobiles produced by BMW, including the predecessors Wartburg and Dixi - from the beginnings in 1929 to the year 2000.

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BMW - Klassiker vom Dixi zur 6er-Reihe (Typenkompass)

BMW did not have an easy time after the Second World War. A destroyed main factory in Munich, where cars had never been manufactured before, high losses in the 1950s and a near takeover by Daimler.
But with the appearance of the BMW mid-range car 1500 in 1962, a sensational turnaround was achieved.

In this book from the Typenkompass series, Halwart Schrader presents the passenger car series up to the mid-1970s, from the first Dixis to the pre-war classics such as the BMW 328 and the first 6 Series Coupé series from 1978. In addition, the special models, such as those from Veritas or the EMW models, are presented in detail and with pictures.

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