What was the first BMW car like?
BMW is now a legendary company that everyone knows. But some 100 years ago, no one had even heard of it.Let’s delve into the history of this German brand and explore its model range – the first BMW cars
In 1913, two small aircraft engine companies were founded in Munich by Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto. After the outbreak of the First World War, the demand for their products increased dramatically, and the owners of the two companies decided to merge. So in 1917, a company called Bayerische MotorenWerke (“Bavarian Motor Plants”) appeared.
After the end of the war, the production of aircraft engines in Germany was banned according to the Treaty of Versailles. Then the owners of the company converted to the production of motorcycle engines, and later motorcycles. However, despite the high quality of the products, the company’s business was not going well.
In the early 20s, BMW was bought by businessmen Gothaer and Shapiro. In 1928, they acquired an automobile plant in Eisenach, and with it the right to produce Dixi cars, which were redesigned British Austin 7.
The subcompact Dixi was quite progressive for its time: it was equipped with a four-cylinder engine, an electric starter and brakes on all four wheels. The car immediately became popular in Europe: 15,000 Dixi were produced in 1928 alone. In 1929, the model was renamed BMW 3/15 DA-2
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1896 Hinrich aart founded a factory in the city of aeno to produce cars for the needs of the army and oddly enough bicycles it’s already the fifth in the district and probably aart would have produced dark green mountain bikes ambulances and mobile soldiers kitchens if he hadn’t seen the success that
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Now called BMW appeared and then this monster was called the motorized carriage wbig and it was not its own development a couple of years later in September 1898 wartbug arrived at the automobile exhibition in duel DF on his own and took his place in the same row
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The motorized stroller he loved so much Shapiro at that time had enough opportunities to control the British Factory in Birmingham which produced the Austin 7 Austin 7 this miracle of the British automotive industry was very popular in London and its surroundings and chapiro without thinking twice but having managed to
Calculate all the possible benefits buys a license for Austin from the British now what started coming off the assembly line in isano was named Dixie according to the last word of ha airheart however the first batch of cars went to the people with the right-hand Drive
This was the first and last time in Continental Europe that a passenger sat on the left side Shapiro’s Speculator it should be noted did not lose from 1904 to 1929 the revived air heart Factory produced and sold 15,8 122 Dixie however it’s time to make your own
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Time Dixie cost 3,200 Reich marks but he also accelerated to 75 kmet per hour