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Originally powering their halo headlights with halogen bulbs that used a fiber optic system to transmit the light along the ring channel, BMW soon replaced this source of illumination with super-bright energy-saving LEDs that powered corona light rings. Modern BMW-designed halo rings are part of the BMW bi-xenon headlights. A signature element ...
Rear view. The GINA Light Visionary Model is a fabric-skinned shape-shifting sports car concept built by BMW.GINA stands for "Geometry and functions In 'N' Adaptions". [1] [2] [3] It was designed by a team led by BMW's head of design, Chris Bangle, who says GINA allowed his team to "challenge existing principles and conventional processes."
Three unique models that BMW Motorsport created for the South African market were the E23 M745i (1983), which used the M88 engine from the BMW M1, the BMW 333i (1986), which added a six-cylinder 3.2-litre M30 engine to the E30, [132] and the E30 BMW 325is (1989) which was powered by an Alpina-derived 2.7-litre engine.
The aluminium and chrome give the paint a vibrant metallic sparkle, while the glass-like coating acts like a refracting prism, changing the apparent color of the surface as the observer moves. [ 3 ] ChromaFlair paints contain no conventional absorbing pigments ; rather, the pigment is a light interference pigment .
In 1961, Kontogouris (Gerasimos, Dimitrios, Leonidas, Petros, Victor-Georgios, and Konstantinos) created their first company (FARCO) in Thessaloniki, Greece, in order to produce a vehicle with a BMW 700 flat-2 engine, that they named the FARMOBIL. Ironically, this vehicle was not certified for sale in the Greek market, and nearly all of the ...
In 1998, its successor the BMW M57 was introduced in the 530d model, however the BMW M51 engine continued to be used for two more years in the 525td and 525tds models. In 1999, the M47 four-cylinder turbo-diesel was introduced in the 520d model, which is the only E39 model to use a four-cylinder engine.
The 501 and its derivatives, including the V8 powered BMW 502, were nicknamed “Baroque Angels” by the German public. The BMW 502 was the first postwar German car to be manufactured with a V8 engine. While the 501 and 502 model numbers were discontinued in 1958, variations of the model, with the same platform and body, were continued until 1963.
For motor vehicle manufacturing companies of Greece see Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Greece. Pages in category "Cars of Greece" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.