Relive the first one hundred years of Germanys best two- and four-wheeled rides.Established in 1916, BMW is one of the auto and motorcycle industrys oldest and most-respected car and motorcycle manufacturers. Over the past century, the company went through myriad developments. The BMW Century chronicles this remarkable transportation company through images of the cars and motorcycles it manufactured, from the 1923 R32 motorcycle to sleek electric cars of today. This handsome volume is filled with images, history, and in-depth looks at the incredible machines BMW created year after year.
Author(s): Tony Lewin
Publisher: Motorbooks
Year: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 243
City: Minneapolis
Foreword, 6
1. High Flier from the Start, 8
2. The Power to Fly, 18
3. The Power of Six, 24
4. The Boxer Legend, 34
5. War and Postwar, 44
6. Thinking Small, 56
7. The Quandt Years, 62
8. Flights of Fancy: BMW’s Concept Cars, 74
9. The von Kuenheim Years, Part I: Bound for Glory, 86
10. Power, Performance, and Art, 100
11. The von Kuenheim Years, Part II: A New Style Emerges, 108
12. The Boxer and After, 118
13. The M Cars, 126
14. Adventure and Misadventure, 144
15. From Disaster to Dominance, 160
16. BMW Unlocks the Mini Phenomenon, 178
17. The Finest Car in the World, 192
18. Powering through the Downturn, 200
19. In Shape for the Future, 222
20. The Next One Hundred Years, 230
Index, 238
Bibliography and Further Reading, 240
Acknowledgments, 240
