{"id":429289,"date":"2023-06-03T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T16:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.automoblog.com\/?p=429289"},"modified":"2023-10-13T08:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:22:44","slug":"the-bmw-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.automoblog.com\/the-bmw-century\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMW Century Chronicles Germany\u2019s Greatest Two & Four-Wheeled Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tony Lewin<\/div><\/div>
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Motorbooks<\/div><\/div>
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“This is a nice book,” I said as I leafed through The BMW Century<\/em>. “Very befitting one of the world’s great automakers.” Like the cars, the book is well constructed from premium materials, telling the story of and celebrating the Bavarian company’s first century. And if any book could perform as well as an M Series car, The BMW Century<\/em> would be it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BMW Century, 2nd Edition <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The BMW Century<\/em>, now in its second edition, was written by Tony Lewin, an editor for and contributor to Automotive News Europe<\/em>. In addition to The BMW Century<\/em>, Lewin has written a host of other titles for Motorbooks, including How to Design Cars Like a Pro<\/em>, The Complete Book of BMW<\/em>, and Speed Read: Car Design<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In just 240 pages, Lewin <\/em>covers the company\u2019s history in depth. And to make matters more interesting, the whole book is stuffed full of great images! So 240 pages to cover 100 years is not a lot of room to include all those cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motorcycles & Airplanes <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oops, did I say cars? That’s only partially accurate as The<\/em> BMW Century<\/em> handles both the vehicles and motorcycles built by BMW, and it does so in order. Lewin starts at the beginning and, year by year, takes us to the present day for BMW<\/a>. It makes The BMW Century<\/em> a bit of a twofer of a book. If you’re a car guy or gal, you get some cool extra bike content you weren’t bargaining on, and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and planes. Lewin begins by covering how BMW initially made aircraft engines, an excellent place to start if you want to make power plants for either cars or motorcycles that weigh less and output more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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