BMW Group Classic publishes digital historical model overviews for the general public and supplements the recently revised BMW Group Online Archive with a comprehensive historical online product catalog of the BMW, Mini, and BMW Motorrad brands.
424 BMW models are currently available, covering 80 years from 1928 to 2008. The massive catalog includes pre- and post-war vehicles, unique one-of-a-kind models, and early M models. The online research offerings include historical overviews of the Mini and BMW Motorrad brands. Each brand area features comprehensive overviews of all classic vehicles, along with concise and informative texts about model series, body variants, and engines.
These are enriched with current images from the BMW Group Classic vehicle collection and the historic BMW media archive. For this purpose, 614 data sets and 524 images were processed. During the design, emphasis was placed on the tool’s future viability. The historical model overviews can be extended with future vehicle generations.
Anyone who would like to delve even deeper into BMW Group cars and other topics related to BMW Group corporate history can do so under further links to the BMW Group Classic online archive, revised in 2024. For example, publications (brochures, workshop literature, on-board literature, etc.) and specialist books can also be found there.
“By making our complete historical model overviews available online, we meet a high external demand for historical product information that has existed for many years and maximizes customer satisfaction with another digital tool. In addition, most of the database in our online archive is publicly available on the BMW Group Archive website and can be used for information and research purposes. These measures impressively underline BMW Group Classic’s digitization strategy.” – Katrin Gfrörer, Head of BMW Group Archives and Historic Vehicle Collection
Read the full press release here.
You can access the historical model overviews and the BMW Group Archive using the following links.
Historic BMW model overview:
https://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en/history/historic-modeloverview-bmw.html
Historic Mini model overview:
https://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en/history/historic-modeloverview-mini.html
Historic BMW Motorrad model overview:
https://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en/history/historic-modeloverview-bmwmotorrad.html
BMW Group Archive:
https://bmw-grouparchiv.de/irc/
BMW Group Classic Website:
https://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en.html
