title: The BMW Century: The Ultimate Performance Machines
author:  Tony Lewin 
description: <DIV>"This book is a great addition to the library of any BMW collector."</DIV><B><I> - TheNewswheel.com</B></I><br /><br /><DIV>"comprehensive, attractively laid out and a perfect reference source"</DIV><B><I> - Octane</B></I><br /><br /><DIV>"This is a very nicely turned-out history of BMW as they celebrate their first 100 years."</DIV><B><I> - Tony Lewin, Ride</B></I>
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  SOME JERK kept driving his fancy Italian-made sport roadster after a piston
  ring broke, and of course the motor overheated and got on fire. I was rewiring
  it, and these low underslung jobs are tough for a guy my size. But it was an
  interesting car, everything designed for speed, including the high compression
  cylinders, so narrow I couldn't get my hand into them. As I was wondering why
  a person would