Table of Contents:

• Forewords by
  • Nelson Piquet, World Champion, 1981/1983/1987
    
  • Karl-Heinz Kalbfell, Head of Central Marketing of BMW AG
  
  
• Chapter 1: Airborne Excellence
  • How the "Unbeatable" BMW"s legendary performance began in the air
  
  
• Chapter 2: Motorcycle Marvels
  • Breaking records on the ground and taking the sports battle to the British
  
  
• Chapter 3: From Austin to Awesome
  • The tortuous trail to the 328
  
  
• Chapter 4: The Legend Unfolds
  • The fabulous 328 sets the 2-liter benchmark
  
  
• Chapter 5: When We Were Small
  • From American zone wreckage to reborn bikes and Germany"s first aluminum V8s
  
  
• Chapter 6: Racing the 700 Coupe
  • The little car with the giant-killing reputation
  
  
• Chapter 7: The New Pedigree
  • The new generation of 4-cylinder sedans
  
  
• Chapter 8: Getting Serious: The 1800 "Tisa"
  • Predicting the pattern of sedan success
  
  
• Chapter 9: Single-Seat Power
  • Developing four-cylinder power was an explosive business
  
  
• Chapter 10: European Formula 2 Racing
  • Borrowed principles lead to success
  
  
• Chapter 11: The Winning Years: 1970-84
  • BMW becomes the dominant force in European Formula 2 Racing
  
  
• Chapter 12: 2002: "Born in the USA"
  • The versatile 2002 and turbocharged sons in road and race development
  
  
• Chapter 13: Competition 02s: Simply the Best?
  • The 2002"s underfunded rallying career shows potential
  
  
• Chapter 14: Motorsport, Inc.
  • BMW Motorsport GmbH: growth of a competition and commercial task force
  
  
• Chapter 15: Toward Batmobile
  • Elegant Karmann coupe develops Batwing muscle
  
  
• Chapter 16: Frightening Ford
  BMW"s answer to winning European sedan competitions
  
  
• Chapter 17: Old Glory
  CSL"s world-wide racing feats that made BMW an international name
  
  
• Chapter 18: Exporting Excellence
  The CSL racing beat goes on in the US
  
  
• Chapter 19: Junior Makes Good
  Enter the 3-series, from international trainer to turbo blitzer and Grand Prix prophet
  
  
• Chapter 20: A Very Professional Car
  BMW Motorsport"s original M1 supercar, 1978-81
  
  
• Chapter 21: Big Boys, Power Ploys
  The transformation of the BMW four-cylinder motor into a 1,200-horsepower Grand Prix winner
  
  
• Chapter 22: Turbo to the Top
  BMW"s 1.5-liter turbo in Grand Prix-winning form
  
  
• Chapter 23: Private Prancers
  Privateers show winning speed with BMW"s 5-series
  
  
• Chapter 24: The Missing Link
  The seductive 6-series races with honor across Europe and into American hearts
  
  
• Chapter 25: M3 for Muscle
  How BMW Motorsport created E30s for road and track performance
  
  
• Chapter 26: Racing Technology for the M3
  How the legend doubled its horsepower to compete successfully
  
  
• Chapter 27: The M3 race record
  The first M3 establishes a winning pedigree
  
  
• Chapter 28: The 231-mph GT
  BMW's weapon for WSC racing against Porsche, Mercedes, and the best of the rest
  
  
• Chapter 29: SuperTourer!
  The world-wide pursuit of glory for the 4-cylinder SuperTourer
  
  
• Chapter 30: Star-Spangled Bimmers
  Born in Germany as the M3 GTR, today's M3 is a serial winner in the US
  
  
• Appendix 1: BMW competition-car specifications
  
• Appendix 2: BMW 3 series competition cars manufactured 1987-97
  
• Appendix 3: BMW "Roll of Honor"
  
• Appendix 4: BMW touring-car results, 1960-78
  
• Appendix 5: Single-seater race results
  
• Appendix 6: BMW competition-engine codes
  
• Bibliographical Notes
  
• Index
  
• Author's Acknowledgements