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Table of Contents:
- Forewords by
- Nelson Piquet, World
Champion, 1981/1983/1987
- Karl-Heinz Kalbfell, Head of Central Marketing of BMW AG
- Nelson Piquet, World
Champion, 1981/1983/1987
- Chapter 1: Airborne
Excellence
- How the "Unbeatable" BMW"s legendary performance began in the air
- Chapter 2: Motorcycle
Marvels
- Breaking records on the ground and taking the sports battle to the British
- Chapter 3: From
Austin to Awesome
- The tortuous trail to the 328
- Chapter 4: The
Legend Unfolds
- The fabulous 328 sets the 2-liter benchmark
- Chapter 5: When
We Were Small
- From American zone wreckage to reborn bikes and Germany"s first aluminum V8s
- Chapter 6: Racing
the 700 Coupe
- The little car with the giant-killing reputation
- Chapter 7: The
New Pedigree
- The new generation of 4-cylinder sedans
- Chapter 8: Getting
Serious: The 1800 "Tisa"
- Predicting the pattern of sedan success
- Chapter 9: Single-Seat
Power
- Developing four-cylinder power was an explosive business
- Chapter 10: European
Formula 2 Racing
- Borrowed principles lead to success
- Chapter 11: The
Winning Years: 1970-84
- BMW becomes the dominant force in European Formula 2 Racing
- Chapter 12: 2002:
"Born in the USA"
- The versatile 2002 and turbocharged sons in road and race development
- Chapter 13: Competition
02s: Simply the Best?
- The 2002"s underfunded rallying career shows potential
- Chapter 14: Motorsport,
Inc.
- BMW Motorsport GmbH: growth of a competition and commercial task force
- Chapter 15: Toward
Batmobile
- Elegant Karmann coupe develops Batwing muscle
- Chapter 16: Frightening
Ford
-
BMW"s answer to winning
European sedan competitions
- Chapter 17: Old
Glory
-
CSL"s world-wide racing
feats that made BMW an international name
- Chapter 18: Exporting
Excellence
-
The CSL racing beat goes
on in the US
- Chapter 19: Junior
Makes Good
-
Enter the 3-series, from
international trainer to turbo blitzer and Grand Prix prophet
- Chapter 20: A
Very Professional Car
-
BMW Motorsport"s original
M1 supercar, 1978-81
- Chapter 21: Big
Boys, Power Ploys
-
The transformation of
the BMW four-cylinder motor into a 1,200-horsepower Grand Prix
winner
- Chapter 22: Turbo
to the Top
-
BMW"s 1.5-liter turbo
in Grand Prix-winning form
- Chapter 23: Private
Prancers
-
Privateers show winning
speed with BMW"s 5-series
- Chapter 24: The
Missing Link
-
The seductive 6-series
races with honor across Europe and into American hearts
- Chapter 25: M3
for Muscle
-
How BMW Motorsport created
E30s for road and track performance
- Chapter 26: Racing
Technology for the M3
-
How the legend doubled
its horsepower to compete successfully
- Chapter 27: The
M3 race record
-
The first M3 establishes
a winning pedigree
- Chapter 28: The
231-mph GT
-
BMW's weapon for WSC racing against Porsche, Mercedes, and the best of the rest
- Chapter 29: SuperTourer!
- The world-wide pursuit of glory for the 4-cylinder SuperTourer
- Chapter 30: Star-Spangled Bimmers
- Born in Germany as the M3 GTR, today's M3 is a serial winner in the US
- Appendix 1: BMW competition-car specifications
- Appendix 2: BMW 3 series competition cars manufactured 1987-97
- Appendix 3: BMW "Roll of Honor"
- Appendix 4: BMW touring-car results, 1960-78
- Appendix 5: Single-seater
race results
- Appendix 6: BMW
competition-engine codes
- Bibliographical Notes
- Index
- Author's Acknowledgements