Juppitèr Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 The BMW 2002 is a classic among the classics. An advance to his time that was born at the end of the decade of the 60 and that nowadays is tried to reproduce in the form of M2 Coupé. The evolution of this model was meteoric and a real success especially in such difficult times of economic crisis. Innovation in times of recession The 2002 TI was manufactured between 1968 and 1971 thanks to the ingenuity of Werner Bönsch and von Falkenhausen, BMW planning director and designer of the M10 respectively. It was produced with perfect efficiency and was the first version of a series car that was made with injection engine. His 108 CV propelled the new 2002 towards intercontinental success. Moreover, just beginning the decade of the 70s, several cars prepared this 2002, won the 24 hours of Nurburgring in its category. In 1971 he replaced the 2002 Tii with almost 16500 units produced. A qualitative leap of the brand. A more powerful and much better prepared version that had 130 hp and reached 185 km / h. Also, he achieved 0-100 in less than 10 seconds. The previous success made the German house continue to produce and innovate in a car that nobody expected to achieve the success that today is granted. 4 speeds by manual transmission, independent suspension of both axes, rear-wheel drive and very light construction. Large front discs, quite remarkable cabin and a very attractive trunk for its great capacity. These are some of the characteristics that were achieved in the Tii of the early 70's. Hall of Frankfurt. 1973 BMW presented at this event of 1973, one of the most important cars in the history of the brand. The BMW 2002 Turbo was a high performance car. But above all, the most remarkable thing is that it was the first European car to be fitted as standard, a turbocharged engine. With this model, such improvements were achieved that went from the 130 hp reached in 2002 Tii, to 170 hp. This new car was able to do 0-100 in 7 seconds, significantly exceeding its predecessor. Due to the bad economic situation, 1672 units were produced and little by little it was left in oblivion. But for true lovers of the engine, this series produced in times of insufficient demand, has not been forgotten. Being the pioneer in mounting a turbocharged engine deserves to be remembered forever. Thank God, to date today it is assured that this innovative range born at the end of the 60s, is considered the direct descent of the current "M" and more particularly from the latest M2 Coupé version that BMW launched on the market.
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