The convertible is the man’s daily driver, requiring just routine maintenance over the last 25 years and having traveled on several long trips.
It’s an old company, having been officially founded March 7, 1916, as an aircraft producer. BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG but didn’t become an automobile manufacturer until 1928, when it purchased the German company Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach, which built the popular English Austin Seven models under a licensing agreement then rebadged them using the name Dixi.
So BMW entered a licensing agreement with the Italian manufacturer Iso Rivolta to build a “micro” size car called Isetta from 1955 to 1962. It had very unusual styling, with one big front door at the very front of the car that opened and looked like a refrigerator door. Even though the Isetta sold well, it was a low-profit vehicle and by 1959 BMW was in debt and losing money.
The BMW 325i and 325iS were introduced in Europe in 1985 and in the United States in 1987 and are still popular today. Both U.S models were equipped with the standard 152-cubic-inch engine rated at 168 horsepower and could go from zero to 60 mph in 7.4 seconds.This issue’s featured car is a 1987 BMW 325i convertible owned by Danville resident Brian Aftanas. He has owned the car for about 25 years, and from his viewpoint, it was a low-mileage car when purchased, with only 120,000 miles on it.
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