This sprawling photographic history spans the entire range from the 1927 Dixi 3/15 PS to the James Bond Z8 roadster. The story of BMWs genesis in the aircraft industry is followed by complete series and model histories and overviews of BMWs forays into motorsport. Gorgeously illustrated with rare, archival imagery.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Should have been named BMW company:
The book is a good read if you are interested in the history of the BMW company, but it has very little information on the cars themselves. The writing is correct and entertaining. The pictures are of correct quality even if they tend to look like they were taken from a sales brochure. An easy read for the BMW or car history fanatic.
BMW Table Book:
This book is worth reading because it is not the usual company line that you often get from car-related books that are friendly to their subject. This book attempts to tell a more complicated tale about the automobile maker. The photos are lovely and reveal a surprsingly varied number of old BMW designs. This is not a huge acadameic text though. It's really just a relatively thin coffee table book. But if that's just what you need, go for it. It's annoyingly hard to find similar books about BMW in typical... more info
Excellent BMW history:
The writing isn't exactly Shakespeare. There are occassional run-on
sentences, but the writing does not get in the way of the story. Along with the story which is presented in as much detail as I can stand,
the author challenges BMW party line about widely accepted stories which
are too neat (such as the folklore concerning BMW's near demise in 1959). Also, the author questions certain BMW claims such as the inherent
superiority of RWD over FWD (especially in light of the... more info
Good read!:
I picked up this book because of my uncontrolled love for BMW's, and as I expected it was unbelievable, a well put together book that described the history, automobiles, company and people that were and are involved to build these fine forms of transportation, cars of motorcycles alike, that we know today. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves cars (German cars in particular), and enjoys reading about automobile history and the formation of a global auto power. Pictures are plentiful and very... more info
