Hubert H. Humphrey

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980. As such, use of the word "beemer" to refer a BMW automobile is frowned upon by BMW enthusiasts, though the distinction is somewhat arbitrary. His body was interred in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The term "bimmer" was later coined to refer (exclusively) to BMW automobiles. Capitol and the Minnesota State Capitol. Over time the term became closely associated with BMW motorcycles. After Humphrey's death at home in Waverly, Minnesota, he lay in state in the rotundas of both the U.S. The term "beemer" started as a pronunciation of the acronym "BMW," adapted from the early-20th-Century British pronunciation of BSA (as "beeser" or "beezer"), whose motorcycles were often racing BMW's.

One of Humphrey's speeches contained the lines "It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped," which is sometimes described as the "liberals' mantra.". BMW's high desirability but often spotty reliability record has also gained it the pejorative name of "Bring Money to Workshop.". President Carter honored him by giving him command of Air Force One for his final trip to Washington on October 23. BMW has also gained a reputation as part of an Internet prank, in that it is intentionally referred to erroneously as "British Motor Works" in order to get a charge out of newbies. On October 25, 1977, he addressed the Senate, and on November 3, 1977, Humphrey became the first person other than a Member or the President to address the House of Representatives in session. The Telelever significantly reduces dive under braking, and is sometimes criticized by sport riders as insulating the rider from road inputs, therefore reducing the rider's "feel" for the roadway. On August 16, 1977, Humphrey revealed that he had terminal cancer. Their trademark front suspension design, called the Telelever, was first seen in the early 1990s.

The Senate honored Humphrey by creating the post of Deputy President pro tempore of the Senate for him. Most modern examples use single-sided rear swingarms. Humphrey ran for Majority Leader after the 1976 election but lost to Robert Byrd of West Virginia. BMW is an innovator in motorcycle suspension design. Humphrey also briefly considered mounting a campaign for the Democratic nomination from the Convention once again in 1976, when the primaries seemed likely to result in a deadlock, but ultimately decided against it. BMW was one of the earliest manufacturers to offer ABS on production motorcycles. The effort failed, as several votes on delegate credentials went McGovern's way, guaranteeing his victory. Innovations include a unique electronically adjustable front and rear suspension, and a Hossack-type front fork BMW calls Duolever.

For example, the Humphrey forces argued that the winner-take-all rule for the California primary violated procedural reforms intended to produce a better reflection of the popular vote. It was BMW's latest attempt to keep up with the pace of development of sports machines from the likes of Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki. His hopes rested on challenges to the credentials of some of the McGovern delegates. It is both powerful (the engine is a 167bhp unit derived from the company's work with the Williams F1 team) and significantly lighter than previous K models. He was defeated by Senator George McGovern in several primaries, and was trailing in delegates at the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. In 2004, BMW introduced the new K1200S Sports Bike which marked a departure for BMW. In 1972, Humphrey once again ran for the Democratic nomination for president. (Older Rs are principally air-cooled, and called airheads.) In 2004, BMW updated the oilhead boxer engine, adding double spark plugs per cylinder, a built-in balance shaft, an increased capacity to 1200 cc and enhanced performance to 100 hp (75 kW) for the R1200GS, compared to 85 hp (63 kW) of the previous oilhead s R1150GS.

He was re-elected in 1976, and remained in office until his death. These new bikes were principally oil-cooled (hence, called oilheads) and had 4 valves per cylinder. Senate on January 3, 1971. BMW updated the traditional R design in 1993. Humphrey won the DFL nomination and the election, and returned to the U.S. All BMW motorcycles except for the F series (which have a chain or belt drive) use shaft drive, a characteristic of BMW motorcycles since 1923. Senator from Minnesota who was up for re-election in 1970, realized that he had only a slim chance of winning even re-nomination (he had angered his party by opposing Johnson and Humphrey for the 1968 presidential nomination), and declined to run. BMW motorcycles tend to be relatively large and heavy, and relaxed and comfortable to ride.

Eugene McCarthy, a DFL U.S. Combined with a lockable differential, this made the vehicle very capable off-road, an equivalent in many ways to the Jeep. Initially he had not planned to return to political life, but an unexpected opportunity changed his mind. Unusually, the sidecar's wheel was also driven. After leaving the Vice-Presidency, Humphrey kept busy by teaching at Macalester College and the University of Minnesota, and by serving as chairman of board of consultants of the Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation. During WWII BMW produced the BMW R75 motorcycle with a sidecar attached. ...". The R series currently designates machines with a boxer-twin engine, the K series has an inline 4-cylinder engine, and the F series has a single cylinder Rotax engine.

Once a fiery liberal spirit, ah, but now when he speaks he must clear it. BMW motorcycles were first produced in 1923 and had an unusual "boxer twin" engine, with two air-cooled cylinders protruding from opposite sides of the machine, hence the lateral movement when one accelerates. The song goes "Whatever became of Hubert? Has anyone heard a thing? Once he shone on his own, now he sits home alone and waits for the phone to ring. BMW doesn't own RR cars - it licences it. The song addressed how some liberals and progressives felt let down by how Humphrey, who had become a much more mute figure as Vice President than he had been as a senator. BMW has competed and won many of the most coveted and prestigious races and motoring events. He used to be a senator..."). BMW has been engaged in motorsport activities since the dawn of the first BMW motorcycle.

While he was Vice President, Hubert Humphrey was the subject of a satirical song by songwriter/musician Tom Lehrer entitled "Whatever Became of Hubert?" ("I wonder how many people here tonight remember Hubert Humphrey. These "chassis codes" only change to signify a major redesign of a series, or the introduction of a new series. (In later years, changes in party rules made such an outcome virtually impossible.). Internally, BMW associates an "e-code" for each generation of a series ("E" stands for Entwicklung, German for development or evolution). His campaign was hurt because Humphrey had secured the Presidential nomination without winning a single primary. BMW made many cars over the years which had great impact on the world of motoring. Nixon. A possible future V Series will offer MPV practicality for large families, similar to the Renault Scenic.

Humphrey lost the 1968 election to Richard M. BMW calls its SUV models Sports Activity Vehicles. However, after he announced that he would not run for a second term, Humphrey ran for President of the United States winning the United States Democratic Party nomination at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, amid riots and protests by antiwar demonstrators, some of whom favored Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, or other protest candidates. With the advent of the SUV, BMW also added the X5 - and in 2004 the X3 - to their model range to capitalise on this growing market. In 1968, the 22nd amendment did not disqualify LBJ from running for a second term, even though he succeeded into the presidency, because there were only 14 months remaining in Kennedy's term. The M3 and M5 are based respectively on the 3 and 5 Series and are recognised by enthusiasts all over the world as truly excellent sports cars while retaining the practicality of the models they extend. This "pudding assassination" thus became an early defining moment of the German part of the May 1968 movement, many of whose leaders moved into national politics later. BMW M GmbH now makes sporty models based on the production cars with very extensive chassis and engine upgrades.

The would-be vandals were dubbed "assassins" and "ten little Oswalds" in some widely-read right-leaning German newspapers; this characterization sparked riots by left-wing student activists. As these models started gaining popularity the Motorsport division was split into a separate company. In Germany, Humphrey indirectly earned fame during an April 1967 visit when a plan of some Hippies to make a mess of a place where Humphrey was to speak with chocolate pudding was foiled by the police. The first such car was the M535i of 1979. The nickname referred not to hawkishness but to Humphrey's crusading for social programs. Later the M letter was used as a prefix to top-of-the-range models which had received special treatment by the BMW Motorsport division. Even Humphrey's nickname, the Happy Warrior, was used against him. The M letter was used prior to the shift to Series-named cars to designate special "Motorsport" models, beginning with the M1 supercar.

As Vice President, Humphrey was controversial for his complete and vocal loyalty to Johnson and the policies of the Johnson Administration, even as many of Humphrey's liberal admirers opposed Johnson with increasing fervor about the Vietnam War. The company had considered renaming future 2-door derivatives of the 3 Series as 4 Series cars, but this plan has reportedly been shelved. He was elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and served from January 20, 1965, until January 20, 1969. Coupe versions of the 3 Series sedans have always been named 3 Series vehicles, as well. Kennedy. This practice was revived as the Z4 replaced the aging Z3 roadster in 2003 and continues as the new 6 Series augments the existing BMW 5 Series. Humphrey ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960, but lost to Massachusetts Senator John F. This convention started informally in 1976 with the introduction of the 6 Series and later continued in 1989 with the 8 Series, but died off when the latter was discontinued in 1999.

As Democratic whip in the Senate in 1964, Humphrey was instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of that year. In 2004 BMW announced plans to make odd-numbered models sedans and estates or wagons (BMW calls its estates/wagons Touring models), while even-numbered models will be two-door coupes and cabriolets. He was chairman on the Select Committee on Disarmament (Eighty-fourth and Eighty-fifth Congresses). the 3 Series. In 1954 Humphrey proposed to make mere membership in the Communist Party a felony. The current BMW model line-up is split into what they call "Series", traditionally identified by a single digit - e.g. In the Senate, Humphrey became known for his advocacy of liberal causes (such as civil rights, arms control, a nuclear test ban, food stamps, and humanitarian foreign aid), and for his long and witty speeches. The new factory at Goodwood produced the new Rolls-Royce Phantom, unveiled on January 2, 2003, and officially launched at the Detroit Auto Show on January 5, 2003.

His colleagues selected him as majority whip in 1961, a position he held until he left the Senate on December 29, 1964. In the meantime, BMW was faced with the need to build a new factory and develop a new model. Humphrey's father died that year, and Humphrey stopped using "Jr." He was reelected in 1954 and 1960. Volkswagen was permitted to build Rolls-Royces at its Crewe factory until 2003 but shifted most of its marketing emphasis to Bentley. Minnesota elected Humphrey to the United States Senate in 1948 on the DFL ticket, and he took office on January 3, 1949. Volkswagen bought the company for £430 million, but BMW outflanked its German rival by acquiring the Rolls-Royce trademark for cars for a fraction of the price (£40 million). Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough has written that Humphrey probably did more to get Truman elected in 1948 than anyone other than Truman himself. In 1998, both BMW and Volkswagen tried to purchase Rolls-Royce Motors.

Although the strong civil rights plank adopted at the Convention cost Truman the support of the Dixiecrats, it gained him important votes from blacks, especially in Northern cities. In the early 1990s, BMW and Rolls-Royce Motors began a joint venture that would see the new Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage adopt BMW engines. Many Southern Democrats were so enraged that they formed the "Dixiecrat" party and nominated their own presidential candidate, Strom Thurmond. BMW has established a joint venture with Chinese manufacturer Brilliance to build BMW 3 Series and 5 Series vehicles for the local market. As a result of the Convention's vote, several Southern and conservative Northern delegations walked out of the hall. Starting from October 2003, BMWs are produced in Shenyang, China. In one of the most renowned speeches in American political history, Humphrey told the Convention: "To those who say that this civil rights program is an infringement on states' rights, I say this, that the time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights." Humphrey and his allies succeeded; the pro-civil-rights plank was narrowly adopted. The plant now exports over 50,000 3 Series cars a year, mostly to the USA, Japan, Australia, Africa and the Middle East.

Humphrey and other liberals sought to substitute a strong civil rights plank. In the mid-1990s, BMW invested R1 billion to make Rosslyn a world-class facility. Truman and the Democratic Party leadership. After a period of local assembly, BMW's Rosslyn, South Africa plant now manufactures cars, with over 70 percent of its output destined for export. At the 1948 Democratic National Convention, the draft platform reflected this policy, and was supported by the incumbent President Harry S. It employs about 4,700 people and manufactures over 500 vehicles daily. The Democratic Party at the national level had been accommodating racial discrimination in the South, under the rubric of "states' rights". The Spartanburg plant is open six days a week, producing automobiles approximately 110 hours a week.

His mayoralty would be famous for his efforts to fight bigotry in all its forms. Today, the plant manufactures the BMW X5 and BMW Z4 Roadster. Previously, the city had been declared the Anti-Semitism capital of the country and the small African-American population of the city encountered numerous instances of racism. BMW started producing automobiles at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant in 1994. Humphrey gained national fame during these years by being among the founders of the liberal anti-communist Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) and for reforming the Minneapolis police force. The first X5 sketches (which highly resembled the production car), were designed by him, and under his tenure the E46 came to be. He was re-elected in 1947 by the largest margin in the city's history, to that time. What is not well known, however is that Bangle was indeed responsible for many 'conservative' BMW designs and has worked at BMW for almost a decade.

After the war, he ran for and became mayor of Minneapolis 1945–1948. Despite the controversy, BMW sales have increased year after year, showing the buying public's embrace of the new design philosophy. When in 1945 Minnesota Communists attempted to strengthen their position in the DFL Party, Humphrey Jr backed away from his big tent policies and became an energetic anti-Communist. While Bangle did not pen all of these designs, and has indeed been promoted within the company, some question what long term effect the disaffection of BMW traditionalists for these designs will have on sales, and on the company's future. In 1944, Humphrey was the one of the key players in the merger of the Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties of Minnesota to form the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). These designs, which were much curvier and 'swoopier' -- a design cue called "flame surfacing" by Bangle -- did not rest well at all with BMW enthusiasts or the automotive press which referred to the new designs as "Bangled" or "Bangle-ized". In 1943, he made his first run at elective office, for mayor of Minneapolis, but he lost. In the early part of the 2000s, BMW undertook another of its periodic cycles of redoing the styling design of its various series of vehicles, under the auspices of newly promoted design chief Christopher Bangle.

Paul 1943–1944; radio news commentator 1944–1945.
. During World War II, he became state director of war production training and reemployment and State chief of Minnesota war service program 1942; assistant director, War Manpower Commission 1943; professor in political science at Macalester College in St. Mini has been a highly successful business, though the Triumph name has not been used. Humphrey never finished his Ph.D., and for this reason he was not allowed to teach in the political science department when he returned to the university after losing the 1968 presidential election to Richard Nixon. BMW retained the Mini and Triumph marques. He then became an instructor and graduate student at the University of Minnesota from 1940–1941. Even the British press was not particularly sympathetic toward Rover.

He also earned a graduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1940, serving as an assistant instructor of political science there. BMW itself, protected by its product range's image, was largely spared the blame — even though it was the serious marketing issues that brought Rover down. Humphrey then returned to school, receiving a degree from the University of Minnesota in 1939. The German press ridiculed the English firm as "The English Patient", after a film at the time. in Huron, South Dakota, from 1933 to 1937. In the press, many years of under-investment by Rover before BMW's ownership were mainly blamed for the debacle; productivity and industrial relations were generally good during this period. He then became a pharmacist with the Humphrey Drug Co. In 2000, BMW disposed of Rover after years of losses, with Rover cars going to the Phoenix Consortium for a nominal £10 and Land Rover and Range Rover going to the Ford Motor Company.

After public school, he graduated from Capitol College of Pharmacy, Denver in 1933. BMW was more successful with the Mini, Land Rover and Range Rover brands, which did not have parallels in its own range at the time. He attended the public schools of Doland, South Dakota, where his family had moved. In the six years under BMW, Rover was positioned as a premium automaker, a mass-market automaker, a division of BMW and an independent unit. was born in Wallace, South Dakota (Codington County). BMW found it difficult to reposition the English automaker alongside its own products and the Rover division was faced with endless changes in its marketing strategy. This son of Hubert Humphrey Sr. For years, Rover tried to rival BMW, if not in product, then in market positioning and "snob appeal".

. The venture was not successful. Hubert Horatio Humphrey II (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was the 38th Vice President of the United States, twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota and was mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This brought the Rover passenger car range, the Mini, Land Rover and Range Rover, plus historical names such as Triumph, into BMW ownership. Humphrey Building of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington. Between 1994 and 2000, under the leadership of Bernd Pischetsrieder, BMW owned the Rover Group in an attempt to get into mass market production, buying it from British Aerospace. The Hubert H.
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Humphrey Center. Other cars, like the 6 Series coupés that replaced the CS and the M1, were also added to the mix as the market demanded. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota and its building, the Hubert H. Thus the three-tier sports sedan range was formed, and BMW essentially followed this formula into the 1990s. The Hubert H. The New Class coupes were replaced by the 3 Series in 1975, and the New Six became the 7 Series in 1977. Paul, Minn. In 1972, the 5 Series was launched to replace the New Class sedans, with a body styled by Marcello Gandini.

Humphrey Job Corps Center in St. By the 1970s, BMW was commercially successful and in December 1971, moved in to its present HQ in Munich, architecturally modelled after four cylinders. The Hubert H. In 1968, BMW launched its large "New Six" sedans, the 2500, 2800, and American Bavaria, and coupés, the 2.5 CS and 2800 CS. Humphrey Metrodome domed stadium in Minneapolis. These models were called the '02' series—the 2002 being the most famous—and began the bloodline that later developed into the BMW 3 Series. The Hubert H. In 1966, the two-door version of the 1600 was launched, along with a convertible in 1967.

Humphrey Terminal at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. The "New Class" 1500 was developed into 1600 and 1800 models. The Hubert H. It was the first BMW to officially feature the "Hofmeister kink", the rear window line that has been the hallmark of all BMWs since then. This modern specification further cemented BMW's reputation for sporting cars. At the Frankfurt show in 1961, BMW launched the 1500, a powerful compact sedan, with front disc brakes and four-wheel independent suspension.

Competition successes in the 700 began to secure BMW's reputation for sports sedans. There was also a more powerful RS model for racing. Its bodywork was designed by Giovanni Michelotti and the 2+2 model had a sporty look. That same year, BMW launched the 700, a small car with an air-cooled, rear-mounted 697 cubic cm boxer engine from the R67 motorcycle.

In 1959, BMW planned to merge with Daimler-Benz but board chairman Kurt Golda convinced majority shareholder Herbert Quandt to think otherwise. By the late 1950s, it was making bubble cars such as the Isetta. In 1952, BMW produced its first passenger car since the war, but its attempts to get into the premium sector were not commercially successful. These plans, which became official war reparations, along with BMW engineer Fritz Fiedler allowed the newly formed Bristol Cars to produce a new, high-quality sports saloon, the 400 by 1947, a car so similar to the BMW 327 that it even kept the famous BMW grille.

In the west, the BAC, Bristol Aeroplane Company, inspected the factory, and returned to Britain with plans for the 326, 327 and 328 models. The cars were then branded EMW (Eisenacher Motoren Werke), production continuing until 1955. That company offered "BMWs" for sale until 1951, when the Bavarian company prevented use of the trademarks: the name, the logo and the "double-kidney" radiator grille. In the east, the company's factory at Eisenach was taken over by the state-owned Awtowelo group.

BMW was banned from manufacturing for three years by the Allies and did not produce a car model until 1952. After the war the Munich factory took some time to restart production in any volume. The factory in Munich was largely destroyed. Of its sites, those in eastern Germany (Eisenach, Dürrerhof, Basdorf and Zühlsdorf) were seized by the Soviets.

The BMW works were heavily bombed towards the end of the war. BMW has admitted to using between 25,000 and 30,000 slave laborers during this period, consisting of both inmates of infamous concentration camps such as Dachau and prisoners of war. BMW also researched jet engines, producing the BMW 003, and rocket based weapons. Over 30,000 were manufactured up to 1945.

The aero-engines included the 801, one of the most powerful available. BMW was also a major supplier of engines to the Luftwaffe and of engines and vehicles, especially motorcyles, to the Wehrmacht. BMW motorcycles, specifically the BMW R 12 and the BMW R 75 combination were used extensively by the Reconnaissance formations of German panzer and motorised divisions of the Heer, Waffen SS and Luftwaffe. The pre-war cars culminated in the beautiful 327 saloon and 328 roadster, fast 2-litre cars, both very advanced for their time.

By 1933 BMW were producing cars that could be called truly theirs, offering steadily more advanced inline 6-cylinder sports and saloon cars. BMW bought the company the following year, and this became the company's first car, the BMW 3/15. In 1927 the tiny Dixi, an Austin Seven produced under licence, began production in Eisenach. Otto closed his factory and BMW switched to manufacturing railway brakes.

After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles (1919) prohibited the production of aircraft in Germany. Over-expansion caused difficulties; Rapp left and the company was taken over by the Austrian industrialist Franz Josef Popp in 1917, and named BMW AG in 1918. Needing extra financing, Rapp gained the support of Camillo Castiglioni and Max Friz, the company was reconstituted as the Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH. In 1916 the company secured a contract to build V12 engines for Austria-Hungary.

The blue-and-white circular logo BMW still uses (illustrated above right) is a stylized spinning aircraft propeller, and dates from this period in the company's history. The Milbertshofen district of Munich location was chosen because it was close to the Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik site, a German aircraft manufacturer. BMW was founded by Karl Friedrich Rapp in October 1913, originally as an aircraft engine manufacturer, Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke. .

The company's slogan is "The Ultimate Driving Machine". In North America and some other regions, BMW cars are sometimes referred to as "bimmers," often pronounced "beemers," which is technically incorrect as "beemer" refers to BMW motorcycles. In German, the acronym BMW is pronounced "b:eh - emm - v:eh". BMW is the parent company of the Mini and Rolls-Royce car brands, and, formerly, Rover.

BMW AG (an abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Paris Dakar Rally. Nürburgring. Mille Miglia.

Le Mans 24 Hours. Touring car racing. Team McLaren. Brabham Racing Organisation.

WilliamsF1. Mini: a small hatchback; inspired by the 1960s Mini, which was the British equivalent of the Beetle. Land Rover: sold to Ford; the current Range Rover was developed mostly by BMW during their ownership of the company and until recently was powered by their 4.4 L V8 petrol engine and contines to use the BMW 3.0 L straight six diesel engine. Rover: briefly owned by BMW, which retained the Mini after selling off the rest of the company (see MG Rover Group).

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited: currently owned by BMW. Glas. Isetta. BMW E90 - (2005-present) 3 Series.

BMW E87 - (2004-present) 1 Series. BMW E85 - (2003-present) Z4. BMW E83 - (2004-present) X3. BMW E70 - future X5.

BMW E66 - (2002-present) 7 Series long wheel base. BMW E65 - (2002-present) 7 Series short wheel base. BMW E64 - (2004-present) 6 Series convertible. BMW E63 - (2004-present) 6 Series coupe.

BMW E60 - (2004-present) 5 Series. BMW E53 - (2000-present) X5. BMW E52 - (2000-2004) Z8. BMW E46 - (1998-2005) 3 Series.

BMW E39 - (1997-2003) 5 Series. BMW E38 - (1994-2001) 7 Series. BMW E36 - (1990-1999) 3 Series/Z3 (as E36/7). BMW E34 - (1988-1995) 5 Series.

BMW E32 - (1986-1994) 7 Series. BMW E31 - (1990-1999) 8 Series. BMW E30 - (1983-1993) 3 Series. BMW E28 - (1981-1988) 5 Series.

BMW E26 - (1978-1981) M1. BMW E24 - (1976-1989) 6 Series. BMW E23 - (1977-1986) 7 Series. BMW E21 - (1975-1985) 3 Series.

BMW E12 - (1972-1981) 5 Series. BMW E9 - (1969-1975) 2800CS, 3.0CS, 3.0CSL "New Six" coupés. BMW E3 - (1968-1977) 2.5, 2.8, 3.0, 3.3 "New Six" sedans. New Class (1500/1502/1600/1800/1802/2000/2002) - Acknowledged as the first modern sports saloon and the predecessor to BMW's core product, the 3 Series.

New Sixes (2500/2800/Bavaria/2.5/2.8/3.0/3.3) - Predecessor to today's 7 Series. 3200 CS, 2000 CS. Isetta, 501, 502, 503, 507, 600, 700. Dixi, 3/20, 303, 309, 315, 319, 320, 321, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 335.

Only 5000 were built, the last 500 being a special edition built by Alpina but sold directly from BMW. Z8: flagship sports car; design based on the classic 507 roadster from the 1950s. Z1: a late 1980s two-seater with innovative modular construction; only 8,000 were made. 8 Series: a fast, high-technology coupe of the 1990s meant to replace the older 6 Series.

M coupé and roadster: high-performance hard-top and soft-top versions of the Z3, very popular with enthusiasts. Z3: a compact two-seater roadster.