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The first car sold as a BMW was a rebadged BMW Dixi called the BMW 3/15, following BMW's acquisition of the car manufacturer Automobilwerk Eisenach. Throughout the 1930s, BMW expanded its range into sports cars and larger luxury cars. [9] [10] Aircraft engines, motorcycles, and automobiles would be BMW's main products until World War II.
The first hybrid BMW was the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid 7, and BMW's first electric car was the BMW i3 city car, which was released in 2013. After many years of establishing a reputation for sporting rear-wheel drive cars, BMW's first front-wheel drive car was the 2014 BMW 2 Series Active Tourer multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).
Production cars Model series Years Vehicle class 3/15: 1927–1932: Economy car 3/20 PS: 1932–1934: Compact car 303: 1933–1937: Compact car 328: 1936–1940: Roadster 326: 1936–1941: Mid-size luxury car 327: 1937–1941: Grand tourer 320: 1937–1938: Mid-size luxury car 321: 1938–1941: Mid-size luxury car 335: 1939–1941: Full-size ...
The BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, also known as BMW Spartanburg, is the BMW Group's only assembly facility in the United States, and is located in Greer, South Carolina. [11] The plant is currently BMW's major global production site for the X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, and XM crossover SUVs, [ 12 ] whose biggest market is the U.S., while other BMW models ...
The 3.5-liter BMW M30 inline-six cylinder engine of the BMW 535i was reworked with Mahle pistons, a modified cylinder-head, and a new camshaft increasing power from 155 kW (208 hp) to 187 kW (254 PS). In 1992 production was stopped after 572 cars were made.
After the success of BMW M products like BMW 3.0 CSL in racing venues and the growing market for high performance sports cars, M introduced cars for sale to the public. The first official M-badged car for sale to the public was the M1 , revealed at the Paris Motor Show in 1978.
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In 1993, BMW Individual created a concept of BMW E34 530iX called Enduro Touring. Only one car was produced, having an up-sized variant of M50B25TÜ engine. Bore and stroke was increased and the total displacement of 3.0 was achieved. The power and torque both increased to 181 kW (246 PS; 243 hp) and 316 N⋅m (233 lb⋅ft) respectively.