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During World War 1 the "Red Baron" realised the fine quality of BMW engines, and it was aero engine production that set BMW on the road to success. It would be 10 years later before they built their first motorcar, the Austin Seven, built under license at their Bavarian Motor Works in Munich.

In the early 1930's BMW enjoyed tremendous success in motorsport with their new BMW 328 sportscar. All the BMW Company's motor sport engines to this day are based on the production unit.

In the mid 1950's BMW needed a new flagship car to boost their sales, especially in America. Albrecht Goertz was the man for the job, BMW asked him to design a new sportscar. He came up with the legendary BMW 507, a V-8 3.2 litre, supercar capable of 140mph. The car was primarily aimed at the Mercedes 300SL market, serious drivers turned to the new BMW.

BMW have a long history of producing fast coupe's, the latest 850CSi is no exception, a V-12 or V-8, the V-12 (5.6 litre) will get you from Munich to Berlin at 170mph... If you so wish! The M5 has similar performance with a 6-cylinder 3.8 unit
Not only is the 850CSi extremely quick the car is luxuriously comfortable. The seats and steering wheel can be adjusted to suit the driver and this information is retained electronically, the steering wheel can also be moved out of position to allow easy access. Manufacturers who can build a high speed car and at the same time superb comfort, are very rare, undoubtedly BMW do the job admirably with the 850.

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