 The BMW 303, the first BMW to use the famous "Kidney" style grill. |
 The BMW 328 Roadster. This car was very successful. |
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In 1932 The New 20hp BMW 3/20, the first model to be developed entirely in Munich,
wins the Concours d'Elegance in Baden-Baden. The 1933 303 was BMW's first 6 cylinder
model and the first to use the "kidney" style grille. In 1936 BMW produced the 80-hp
328 Roadster. This car was highly successful. It became a legend of sports cars and
racing history. It was nominated for Car of the Century in 1999. In 1937 a special
aeroengine factory is setup in Dürrerhof near Eisenach. Another is set up at Allach
near Munich for large-scale production. Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War,
BMW takes over the Brandenburgische Motorenwerke in Berlin-Spandau and factories in Basdorf
and Zühlsdorf near Berlin.
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