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The BMW Century, 2nd Edition

Tony Lewin Tom Purves

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Motorbooks
19 July 2022
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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Imprint:   Motorbooks
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Second Edition, New Edition
Dimensions:   Height: 305mm,  Width: 248mm, 
Weight:   1.511kg
ISBN:   9780760373774
ISBN 10:   0760373779
Pages:   240
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Foreword High Flier from the Start The Power to Fly The Power of Six The Boxer Legend War and Postwar Thinking Small The Quandt Years Flights of Fancy: BMW’s Concept Cars The von Kuenheim Years, Part I: Bound for Glory Power, Performance, and Art The von Kuenheim Years, Part II: A New Style Emerges The Boxer and After The M Cars Adventure and Misadventure From Disaster to Dominance BMW Unlocks the Mini Phenomenon The Finest Car in the World Powering through the Downturn BMW Steers Towards a Sustainable New World Shock of the New: BMW Launches Into the Electric 2020s Index Bibliography and Further Reading Acknowledgments  

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.

Reviews for The BMW Century, 2nd Edition

"""The BMW Century works in a whole slew of ways. If you want a coffee table book, it’s that. If you want a true BMW enthusiast’s book, it works as that, too. If you want a BMW motorcycle book, it’s got you covered. If you know anybody who is a gearhead in general or a BMW fan in particular, The BMW Century would make a great gift. They’ll unwrap it and say, “This is a nice book.” I know I sure did."" -- Tony Borroz * Automoblog *"


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