BMW model 3/15PS (BMW Dixi) from 1930 1928 BMW Dixi Dixi is a brand name of cars made by originally by Automobilwerk Eisenach , later by BMW . The first Dixi car was produced in 1904.

The BMW 3/15 was BMW's first car, produced in its first version as a "Dixi" between 1927 and 1929 and then, following BMW's acquisition of the Dixi business in October 1928, in three subsequent versions as BMWs from July 1929 till March 1932, when BMW gave up the licence under which the Austin designed cars were produced.

Mar 7, 2018 · BMW’s first car after the war debuted in 1952, the same year as that lawsuit—the 501, a swoopy luxury car which was known rather poetically as the “Baroque Angel.” It was the first car from Bavarian Motor Works to actually be built in Bavaria.

In November 1928 BMW acquired the Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach A.G. (Marke "Dixi") from the Gothaer Waggonfabrik bringing the independent existence of Dixi to an end and the Eisenach factory became the birthplace of car manufacturing by BMW.

May 24, 2019 · The first AWE-made Dixi 3/15 PS DA-1 came off the assembly line in December 1927. After a successful run at making motorcycles, BMW was looking to expand and acquired the Automobilwerk Eisenach in November 1928. With the acquisition, the company also received the rights to manufacturing the Dixi.

The BMW 3/15, more popularly known as the “Dixi”, was BMW’s first car. It was a huge success because it tuned into the mood and needs of the times: i.e. it was small. Its roots were British and it bridged the gap to the arrival not long afterwards …

Mar 31, 2014 · The BMW Dixi Roadster was a sporting re-interpretation of the Austin Seven — but with far less glass and bodywork above the window-line.

This is how the car was found by BMW when it bought the factory and it named it BMW Dixi. In 1929, BMW installed Bosch dampers on the car and named it 3/15 where 3 was the taxation category and...

Dixi was a luxury brand, and this proved to be its undoing as the Great Depression took hold. The only model to survive the experience was the Dixi 3/15, which was duly given an overhaul and presented to the public as the BMW 3/15 DA 2 in 1929.

The Dixi was the first car made by BMW. Dixi was the brand name of cars made by Automobilwerk Eisenach (Eisenach car factory) starting in 1904. In the difficult economic climate of the 1920s the company found it hard to sell its 6/24 and 9/40 models.