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75 Years of BMW Automobiles: the first BMW came from BerlinPress kit attached as download75 years ago, on 22nd March 1929, the first BMW car rolled off the assembly line. It was a BMW 3/15 PS built in Berlin. That is one of the discoveries made by motoring historians Walter Zeichner and Rainer Simons while carrying out research for their latest book, The Development History of BMW Automobiles 1918-1932. Describing the early stages of BMW car manufacturing, it is due out in time to mark this major anniversary.

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Press Kit BMW Group Mobile Tradition 75 Years of BMW Automobiles: the
first BMW came from Berlin Press kit attached as download 75 years ago,
on 22nd March 1929, the first BMW car rolled off the assembly line. It
was a BMW 3/15 PS built in Berlin. That is one of the discoveries made
by motoring historians Walter Zeichner and Rainer Simons while carrying
out research for their latest book, The Development History of BMW
Automobiles 1918-1932. Describing the early stages of BMW car
manufacturing, it is due out in time to mark this major anniversary.
Dixi, the forerunner In the late 1920s, the BMW Board of Management
resolved that it was time to launch into serial car production.
Following various experiments and trials with prototypes built in
Munich, it was decided to start off with a licensed version of an
existing model: a derivative of the Austin Seven featuring a 750 cc
four-cylinder engine that generated 15 horsepower. In November 1928, BMW
took over the Eisenach car factory and set about turning their Dixi into
a new small car that would wear the BMW emblem. As time was pressing,
modifications were limited to giving the car an all-new body. At the
time, Germany was seeing the appearance of the first modern, all-steel
car bodies, supplied to a number of companies by the large AMBI-BUDD
production plant in Berlin. The first BMW would also receive its
superstructure from this company. 22nd March 1929: the first BMW was
produced in Berlin BMW swiftly hired a factory workshop from the Berlin
body manufacturers. By March 1929, the first units of the BMW 3/15 PS DA
2 were emerging from this plant near the old Berlin-Johannisthal
airfield, to be stored with BMW dealers for later distribution. It
wasn't until 9th July 1929 that BMW went public with its first
four-wheeler. A launch ceremony at the new BMW salesroom in the centre
of Berlin and a full-page announcement in the press drew public
attention to the new car. Sporty BMW cars become milestones of motoring
history The rest is history, as they say. The BMW 3/15 PS not only
initiated the 75-year success story of car makers BMW, but thanks to its
sporting successes also laid the foundation for the brand's underlying
philosophy. Whenever BMW launched a sporty model, it went on to become a
milestone of motoring history: 328, 700, 1800 and 2002 in association
with the brand name BMW are codes that bring a gleam to the eyes of
every car devotee. They would be followed by letters such as CSi, M and
Z, reflecting brand values that carried the company through even the
worst economic troughs to become one of the most successful and
profitable car manufacturers in the world today. In 2003, the BMW Group
built and sold some 1.1 million vehicles. 75 years ago - in the year of
the notorious "Black Friday" that triggered the Great
Depression - sales totalled 5,368 BMW cars. Anniversary publication
Rainer Simons and Walter Zeichner, both distinguished motoring
historians and authors of numerous books, have mapped the early years of
BMW's four-wheeled history. In their book The Development History of BMW
Automobiles 1918-1932 they devote almost 450 pages to the fascinating
era of the 1920s and '30s. During their research for the book, the two
authors discovered that the first BMW car came from Berlin - a fact that
had long been buried. Their richly illustrated publication, part of the
"Dimension" edition of BMW Group Mobile Tradition in a
high-quality presentation goes on sale in April (ISBN for the English
version 3-932 169-35-2, for the german version 3-932169-36-0) The BMW
Group celebrates 75 Years of BMW Automobiles Highlights of this
anniversary year include the "2000 Kilometres through Germany"
in July, in which BMW classics of every decade celebrate the company
heritage in a road show. In April, the Techno Classica in Essen presents
a major exhibition that will entice hundreds of thousands of visitors
into the enthralling past of the blue and white emblem. At an
international level, the first 75 years of BMW car production will also
be the focus of BMW's presence at the major events of the global vintage
and classic scene. Among these are the great festival of classic
automotive design, the Concorso d'Eleganza at the Villa d'Este on Lake
Como, at the end of April, and the more sports-oriented Festival of
Speed held at the end of June next-door to the Rolls-Royce factory in
Goodwood on England's South Downs. 75 Years BMW Automobiles. Table of
Contents. 1. The history of BMW automobiles. 2. The history of BMW
design. 3. The history of BMW Motorsport. 4. The corporate
history of the BMW AG. 5. The BMW Group mobile tradition. 6. The
BMW Group: A company in its time.

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