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BMW 132 9-cylinder radial, air-cooled; BMW 139 14-cylinder [citation needed] two-row radial, air-cooled (prototype) BMW 801 14-cylinder two-row radial, air-cooled — most-produced radial engine of the Third Reich; BMW 802 experimental, 18-cylinder two-row radial; BMW 803 experimental, 28-cylinder liquid-cooled four-row radial; BMW 804
On 4 October 1917, Franz Josef Popp was appointed Managing Director of the company. The new company takes over the employees and manufacturing facilities. Until the end of the war, aero-engines remained the company's only product. The BBE aero-engine was a big success under the designation BMW IIIa.
The BMW 5 Series mid-size sedan range was introduced in 1972, followed by the BMW 3 Series compact sedans in 1975, the BMW 6 Series luxury coupes in 1976 and the BMW 7 Series large luxury sedans in 1978. The BMW M division released its first road car, a mid-engine supercar, in 1978. This was followed by the BMW M5 in 1984 and the BMW M3 in 1986 ...
A BMW R12 is in the Museum of Military History in Vienna, in its original camouflage. [11] In 2018, an American company created a modified BMW R nineT with a close resemblance to the original R7, showing the R7-inspired custom at several shows and museums, and selling kits or complete bikes to the public.
The Soviet occupation zone in Germany (German: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ) or Ostzone, lit. ' East Zone '; Russian: Советская оккупационная зона Германии, romanized: Sovetskaya okkupatsionnaya zona Germanii) was an area of Germany that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a communist area, established as a result of the Potsdam Agreement on 1 August 1945.
The BMW film series The Hire consists of eight short films (averaging about ten minutes each) produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, the shorts were directed by popular filmmakers from around the globe and starred Clive Owen as "the Driver" while highlighting the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles.
The design of the BMW 801's cowling was key to its proper cooling, which BMW designed and built themselves and supplied with the engine. The design evolved throughout the war, including an extension to the engine mounts that allowed for larger cooling gills.
The BMW K75 is a standard motorcycle produced by BMW Motorrad from 1985 to 1995. The three-cylinder BMW K75 was developed alongside the K100, but was introduced a year after the K100 as a marketing strategy.