BMW CENTURY
BMW CENTURY
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. TheBMW 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 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, TheBMW 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.
Data sheet
- Język
- PL
- Ilość stron
- 240
- Rodzaj okładki
- TWARDA
- Termin realizacji
- 72
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