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Word: motoren (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bayerische Motoren Werke, which built the world's first mass-produced jet engine during the war, since then has rebuilt U.S. Army vehicles, now produces motorcycles and passenger cars. Last year B.M.W. set up a division to study jet propulsion; it has now gathered together all its old planning, design and production teams, hopes to start by producing U.S. jet engines under license...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: German Plane Builders | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

...Autobahn outside Munich, German Motorcyclist Wilhelm Noll set two new unofficial world records for motor cycle with sidecar, with his super-streamlined, three-wheeled B.M.W. (Bayerische Motoren Werke) bike (see cut). From a flying start, Noll hit speeds of 282 kilometers (175 m.p.h.) over a measured kilometer, and 177 m.p.h. over a mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Oct. 17, 1955 | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

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