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BMW
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The foundation date of BMW was the 7th March 1916 according to the official firm historiography. However, the origin of BMW goes back to the year 1913. Originally, aircraft engines were manufactured. Because of the contract of Versailles, production was laid down until 1924. Production of motorcycles started with the BMW R 32 - a 500 ccm machine with a power of 8.5 HP - in 1923. Trend-setting - and typically for all later motorcycles of BMW – was the boxer engine and cardan shaft drive of the rear wheel. Further models followed. The R 39 with 250 ccm and the types R 37, R 42, R 47, R 52 and R 57 with 500 ccm. In 1928, the first machines with 750 ccm were introduced – the R 62 and R 63. A chassis free of torsion – which was reached by a frame made of pressed steel – was introduced with the types R 11 and R 16 in 1929. The demand for a cheap and economical motorcycle was covered by the 200 ccm machine R 2 in 1931. The first sidecar combination with propelled side car was already tested in 1933. The first telescopic fork – which is in use nearly unchanged until today – was introduced with the types R 12 and R 17. In 1936, one returned to the tubular frame – which was already used on the first BMW motorcycles - with the type R 5. The one-cylinder machines R 20 – 200 ccm – and R 35 – 350 ccm – had the tubular frame and the telescopic fork, too. The last motorcycles introduced before the outbreak of World War II were the types R 51, R 61, R 71 and R 66 which had soft tails and floating saddles. The order for the development of a cross-country mobile sidecar combination was released by the army administration in 1939. Therefore the BMW R 75 was developed which entered production in 1941.
Automobile manufacture started in 1929 with the BMW 3/15 PS after BMW had taken over the Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach AG - the manufacturer of the small car Dixi – in 1928. In 1932, the first genuine BMW followed named 4/20 PS. The first completely new construction was the BMW 303 presented in 1933. It was followed by the types 309 and 315 in 1934. One year later, the BMW 319 was introduced. The new sporty design – which was typical for BMW at the end of the 1930s – was introduced with the BMW 326 in 1936. In the same year, the BMW 328 and 329 were introduced and one year later the types 320 and 327. 43,085 BMW passenger cars were registered in the German Reich on 1st December 1938. The BMW 321 and 335 introduced in 1939 were the last models before the outbreak of World War II. Approximately 2,000 Kübelwagen were manufactured in the 1930s based on commercial chassis. During World War II, almost exclusively aircraft engines were manufactured. In addition, 3,225 exemplars of the leichte Einheits-Pkw were manufactured.
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Year of construction:
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Quantity:
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Motorcycles:
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BMW R 42
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1926-1928
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6,502
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BMW R 52
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1928-1929
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4,377
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BMW R 62
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1928-1929
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4,355
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BMW R 11
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1929-1934
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7,500
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BMW R 4
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1932-1936
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15,193
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BMW R 12
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1935-1941
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35,008
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BMW R 5
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1936-1937
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2,652
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BMW R 20
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1937-1938
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5,000
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BMW R 35
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1937-1940
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15,386
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BMW R 6
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1937
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1,850
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BMW R 23
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1938-1940
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8,021
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BMW R 51
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1938-1940
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3,775
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BMW R 61
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1938-1941
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3,747
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BMW R 71
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1938-1941
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3,458
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BMW R 75
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1940-1944
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16,510
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Kübelwagen:
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Dixi 3/15 PS tank mokup
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1927-1929
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ca. 160
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BMW 3/15 PS
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1929-1931
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ca. 140
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BMW 3/20 PS
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1932-1934
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BMW 309
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1934-1935
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101
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BMW 315
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1934-1936
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several hundred
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BMW 319
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1935-1937
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4
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BMW 325 (le. gl. Einheits-PKW)
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1937-1940
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3,225
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Passenger cars:
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BMW 3/15 PS
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1929-1932
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15,948
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BMW 3/20 PS
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1932-1934
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7,215
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BMW 303
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1933-1934
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2,310
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BMW 309
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1934-1936
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6,000
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BMW 315
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1934-1937
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9,763
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BMW 319
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1935-1937
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6,543
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BMW 319/1
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1935-1936
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102
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BMW 326
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1936-1941
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15,936
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BMW 328
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1936-1939
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461
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BMW 329
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1936-1937
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1,179
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BMW 320
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1937-1938
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4,240
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BMW 327
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1937-1941
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1,396
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BMW 327/328
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1938-1940
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569
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BMW 321
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1938-1941
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3,814
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BMW 335
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1938-1941
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410
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