#Gearcity lower production cost series#
The research began on the D20 series which would be more powerful and better built than the B20s, more powerful than the V8’s and better value than the C20s. Many senior staff were keen on floating the company to raise additional funds but Brian put his foot down and said no, there would be no IPO!įollowing the failure of the V8’s and C20s bmw had to research some more modern components to allow for the 1920s just in case any tough times came to be. It was a great success to follow the B20s and allowed the Chicago based firm to stay afloat. It was expected the Russian car manufacturer was British but sadly not, meaning bmw inherited two failing vehicles, a poorly placed factory and a huge chunk of debt it wasn’t that damaging thanks to the success of the B20’s but still not helpful as WW1 was kicking off and the C20’s were still going through development.Īround 1915, the C20’s were complete and went on sale but sadly due to an attempt of being too modern with the engine they were more expensive yet more poorly designed versions of the B20 again the product is failing and perhaps this time BMW will meet its fate!Īlas no, some quick thinking in the boardroom decided to modify the B20s into B30s, a slightly better and only marginally more expensive unit of the B20s. The Sed models were complete around the time BMW’s new factory’s were finished and the following month was a great success, within a year the bonds were repaid and the Chicago factory was being redesigned to accommodate the upcoming C20 components that were being researched.īusiness was going so well bmw bought two failing companies one based in Houston and one from St Petersburg. BMW issued $2m of bonds to avoid going under and worked quickly to produce the SedC B20 and the FSed B20 (Sedan and a Full-size Sedan with the components of the B20 pick up, yes I am uncreative with names). Development went well, the block was beautiful producing around 105bhp (which in 1905 was pretty good) but it wasn’t cheap, unit prices brought the pickup to around $4800 very few sold and produce was soon halted. The senior management team soon thought it was wise to develop a more powerful V8 engine to build upon the Ford V8 Flathead concept to enable competition within the motorsport industry, this was a nearly bankrupting mistake. Sales were good and BMW soon opened more branches along the East coast and into Canada, keeping up with demand was challenging and it wasn’t long before a couple of new factories were being built in New York and Philadelphia. It wasn’t the cheapest engine but once a good chassis and gearbox were ready we got started on the Pickup B20, a high end pick up with 2 trims, Econ $1800ish and Prem $2200ish. It was a tidy engine based upon a very real N55 engine but without the power seen in today’s models. He did his research and found out there was around 200 car companies of various sizes and in different places around the world with medium competitiveness.īrian was a simple guy who just wanted a decent pickup truck which in 1900 wasn’t easy so he worked opened a factory in his home town and got to work on a Straight 6, bore 84mm over 89.6mm - Initially L valve and eventually DOHC.
Let me take you back to 1900 where Brian an honest guy from Chicago found himself into some money and wanted to start a car company: Brian’s Motor Wonders - yes BMW.
#Gearcity lower production cost full#
Let me take you one my 3 day adventure of how I became addicted to GC and now try and sell my friends digital car creations on top of a full time job. My intention was to try it out and see if I liked it then refund it and wait until a Steam sale. As mentioned I have over 24 hours on steam and I bought Gearcity as a test.
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