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The BMW Century: The Ultimate Performance Machines Hardback - 2016

by Tony Lewin; Foreword by Tom Purves

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2017 Silver Medal Winner of the International Automotive Media Competition!

Relive the first one hundred years of Germany's best two- and four-wheeled rides.

Established in 1916, BMW is one of the auto and motorcycle industry's 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.

The BMW Century showcases how the company's new visionary team systematically rebuilt BMW in the post-World War II years into the spectacular success we know today - that is, a company with sales projected to be upwards of two million cars annually by 2016, led by its 3-series, the best-selling luxury-performance car in the world.

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. Along the way, BMW would use that configuration to power groundbreaking machines like the R90S, R100RS, and R80GS. Beginning in 1983, they would 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-series cars and superbikes of today, The BMW Century offers a full review of German engineering at its finest. The book is illustrated with hundreds of historic, contemporary, and racing photographs - many sourced from BMW's archives - and detailed text relating the BMW's full history. This is the one volume no BMW aficionado can be without.

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  • Title The BMW Century: The Ultimate Performance Machines
  • Author Tony Lewin; Foreword by Tom Purves
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Hardback
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Motorbooks International
  • Publication date 2016
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780760350171 / 0760350175
  • Weight 3.74 lbs (1.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.25 x 10.13 x 0.88 in (31.12 x 25.73 x 2.24 cm)
  • Category Transportation
  • Library of Congress subjects BMW automobiles - History, BMW motorcycle - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016015442
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.762

About the author

Tony Lewin is a lifelong automotive commentator and industry analyst and has spent most of his career testing cars, analyzing them, and reporting on the ups and downs of the global enterprises that build them. He has been a regular writer and editor for Automotive News Europe and launched several pioneering titles for The Financial Times as well as contributing regular columns for other national and international publications. Today, Lewin divides his time between journalism, books, and translation work. His titles for Motorbooks include BMW Century, How to Design Cars Like a Pro, The Complete Book of BMW, and Speed Read: Car Design. He also translated Junkyard: Behind the Gates at California's Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard for Motorbooks. He lives in East Sussex, England.

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