Table of Contents

Foreword
High Flier from the Start
The Power to Fly
The Power of Six
The Boxer Legend
War and Postwar
Thinking Small
The Quandt Years
Flights of Fancy: BMW’s Concept Cars
The von Kuenheim Years, Part I: Bound for Glory
Power, Performance, and Art
The von Kuenheim Years, Part II: A New Style Emerges
The Boxer and After
The M Cars
Adventure and Misadventure
From Disaster to Dominance
BMW Unlocks the Mini Phenomenon
The Finest Car in the World
Powering through the Downturn
BMW Steers Towards a Sustainable New World
Shock of the New: BMW Launches Into the Electric 2020s
Index
Bibliography and Further Reading
Acknowledgments
 

About the Author

Tony Lewin is a lifelong automotive commentator and industry analyst and has spent most of his career testing cars, analyzing them, and reporting on the ups and downs of the global enterprises that build them. He has been a regular writer and editor for Automotive News Europe and launched several pioneering titles for The Financial Times as well as contributing regular columns for other national and international publications. Today, Lewin divides his time between journalism, books, and translation work. His titles for Motorbooks include BMW Century, How to Design Cars Like a Pro, The Complete Book of BMW, and Speed Read: Car Design. He also translated Junkyard: Behind the Gates at California's Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard for Motorbooks. He lives in East Sussex, England.

Reviews

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