NIGEL FRYATT
The BMW Route to Success
BMW´s Classic Cars
M Sport: Mouth-watering
Alpine: BMW´s Alter Ego
Motorsport: A Race Apart
Tomorrow´s BMWs
Index
Acknowledgements
Today BMW is famed for its outstanding range of sporting automobiles with their combination of relaxed style, precision engineering and superb performance. Drom their lastet top-of-he-range sensation the astonishing 850i to the more modest 3 series the BMW family shares a commitment to excellence and understated elegance that makes BMW cars among the most desirable in the world.
BME´s present eminence may seem surprising for a company that has twice como clse to bankruptcy and that began its car production days with a license-built version of the popular and affordable British Austin Seven. ALong the way there have been such motoring classics as the pre-wat 328 or the wonderful 507, M1 and Z1 sportscars. Today, as well as its magnificent standard range of roadcars, BMW´s Motorsport department produces a mouthwatering selection of high department produces a mouthwatering selection of high performance variants for everyday and racing use and BMW also supports the efforts of the Alpina company to achieve yet more impressive performance.
Niger Fryatt charts the company´s history and evaluates the performance of BMW´s car past and present. Over 150 cerefully chosen color photographs complement the text and capture the beauty and excitement that make BMW one of the word´s great motoring names.
