The company was founded in as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from until and again from to BMW became an automobile manufacturer in when it purchased Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach, which, at the time, built Austin Sevens under licence under the Dixi marque. Throughout the s, BMW expanded its range into sports cars and larger luxury cars. Throughout the s, BMW expanded its range by adding coupe and luxury sedan models. The BMW M division released its first road car, a mid-engine supercar, in Also in , BMW introduced its first V12 engine in the i luxury sedan.
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Our download costs are used to cover website expenses and development. Most manuals are in pdf format and may be in a zip file. In , the BMW R32 motorcycle was produced. The uniqueness of the BMW R32 engine is that the cylinders in it are located not in the direction of the front and rear wheels, like the vast majority of motorcycles of that time, but across the movement. A cardan shaft connects the rear wheel and gearbox, which is controlled by friction clutch.
Since the cylinders protrude from the overall dimensions of the motorcycle, this serves as additional cooling for the engine. In addition, the motorcycle uses a fully enclosed lubrication cycle. The BMW R32 motorcycle became the basis for all subsequent models of the company. Even on modern BMW motorcycles with Boxter engines, the features of this bike are guessed.
Developing the ideas of R32, BMW in sets a speed record on a cc motorcycle, reaching a speed of This result was the best for 14 years. After the war, equipment and drawings of the plant are exported to the USSR, and engineers are involved in work in the field of jet engine building.
After the ban on the production of motorcycles was lifted, BMW began almost from scratch - drawings and diagrams were recreated using the preserved technique. The first motorcycles are produced in , and already in production exceeds 17, units per year.
The following year, the company launches the first sports motorcycle - the BMW R68 with an engine capacity of cubic meters. In the mids there was a decline in demand for motor vehicles, which led to the closure of several large German companies, but BMW continued its activity, actively exporting motorcycles to other countries.
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