1500-days Of Glory

There can be no doubt that others invented the motor car. But over the years BMW has enriched this revolutionary invention time and again though new concepts and ideas, even with a complete "NEW RANGE" launched in 1961 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. This was the attribute given at the time to BMW's first midrange saloon, the BMW 1500 - A car free of fancy gimmicks, but full of technical refinements such as a new transmission, McPherson spring struts and coil springs up front, plus semi-trailing arms at the rear.Particularly the mordern suspension and the elegant notchback design made this 4door saloon very popular with people everywhere. Indeed,it was the innovative BMW 1500 THAT CREATED THE IMAGE OF BMW AS THE "TECHNOLOGY BRAND". Enlarged in size to 1.8liters in 1963, the state of the art 4cylinder power unit featured in this TRENDSETTING car subsequently became an even greater sales success in the BMW 1800. Apart from the art of engineering, the company also focused on sporting performance,delivering in particularly powerful and dynamic 1800ti starting in 1964. And even in its very first year, the racing version of this outstanding carscored spectacular success on the race track, bringing home countless victories. ACHIEVING SUCCESS OF THIS KIND, THE "NEW RANGE" QUICKLY SET A FOUNDATION FOR FURTHER GENERATIONS OF LEGENDARY SPORTS SALOONS -FROM THE 2DOOR 02 SERIES ALL THE WAY TO THE CURRENT 3 SERIES. AND ALL THESE CARS OFFERED ONE FORTE IN PARTICULAR: THE ABILITY TO THRILL "US" DRIVERS [...AND "US" TO GO BEYOND, AND FORM CLUB(S) THAT'LL ALLOW US TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST,PRESENT RIGHT TO THE FUTURE, GLORIFYING OUR LUST TO A MACHINE CALLED "BMW"..................WHAT A BRAIN JOB, THUMBS UP BMW, NO WONDER MOST ROCKET SCIENTISTS ARE F@#KIN GERMAN]. MEN and their TOYS,what will we DO next.