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BMW DIXI

Manufacturer Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)
Production 1927 1929
Successor BMW 3/15
Layout FR layout
Engine(s) 747 cc straight-4
Related Austin 7

The Dixi was the first car made by BMW.

Dixi was car brand of Eisenach car factory made from 1904; however, in the difficult climate of the 1920s the company found it hard to sell its 6/24 and 9/40 models. The manufacturer looked to enter the small car market, and in 1927 agreed to a licensing agreement with the Austin Motor Company to build a variant of the Austin 7. A production level of 2000 cars a year was agreed upon, and Dixi paid Austin a royalty on each vehicle produced.

The first 100 cars were supplied as kits, but by December 1927 the first of the official Dixi-manufactured vehicles, the DA-1 3/25PS were coming off the production line. The DA designation stood for Deutsche Ausführung, meaning German Version; 3/15 indicated the taxation and actual horsepower ratings. Apart from being left-hand drive and using metric fasteners, the car was nearly identical to the Austin. Body styles available were coupé, roadster, tourer, and sedan with a few chassis going to external coachbuilders. Most cars left the factory as tourers.

Looking to move into automobile manufacturing, BMW bought the Automobilwerk Eisenach in 1928 and, with it, the rights to build the Dixi car. At first the cars were badged as BMW Dixi but the Dixi name was dropped in 1929 when the DA-1 was replaced by a slightly updated version, the BMW 3/15 DA-2.

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  • Dixi-Rosengart-Nissan-American bantam all licence off Austin - Seven.

  • My God, what a nightmare of music.... And the poor Chaikovsky that has nothing to say anymore about his concerto ;)

  • The First Bmw Was A Austin 7 Copy That Proves That Bmw Is Not Better Than Nissan

  • Austin Seven built by BMW in Germany.

    Very interesting adaptions of the original design!

  • muszę przyznać że coraz ciekawsze filmiki robisz, wczułeś się w klimat 8)

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