BMW 319

BMW
BMW 319 Cabriolet (1936)
319
Production period:	1935-1937
Class :	Middle class
Body versions :	Touring car , limousine , convertible sedan , convertible
Engines:	Petrol engine : 1.9 liters (33 kW)
Length:	3900 mm
Width:	1440 mm
Height:	1550 mm
Wheelbase :	2400 mm
Empty weight :	850 kg
successor	BMW 320

The BMW 319 was a small car that BMW built at the Eisenach plant from 1935 to 1937 as a more powerfully motorized version of the 315 . The corresponding sports model was the BMW 319/1 roadster . From 1936 there was a special model of the 319 under the name BMW 329 .

history

6468 pieces were made in two years. In 1937 the 320 model replaced the 319.

The available bodies corresponded to those of the smaller 315, but were RM 400, - more expensive. The touring car cost RM 4500, the limousine RM 4150 and the convertible sedan RM 4350. There was also a four-seater convertible for RM 4800, - and a two-seater sports convertible for RM 5150, -.

technology

After the sports model 315/1 had already been equipped with the new 1.9 liter 6-cylinder in-line engine in the previous year and thus became the 319/1 , the other models were also offered with this engine in 1935. The six-cylinder in 1911 cc and provided 45 hp (33 kW) at 3750 min ^-1 - 10 HP less than in sports model. The Hurth four-speed gearbox was retained. The top speed of the car was 115 km / h.

Chassis and brakes corresponded to the 315, a transverse leaf spring for the front axle and semi-elliptical longitudinal leaf springs at the rear. All four wheels were fitted with drum brakes that were operated with a cable.

literature

• Werner Oswald : All BMW automobiles 1928–1978 . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-87943-584-7 .

Web links

Commons : BMW 319  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Model BMW 319. In: BMW History. BMW AG, accessed on January 26, 2016 (dossier in the BMW Group archive with technical data). 
• Manual for the 1.5 and 2 liter BMW 6 cylinder cars. In: BMW history. BMW AG, April 1935, accessed on January 26, 2016 (manual with pictures, 111 pages). 
• Spare parts list and tables for the BMW 6 cylinder car type 319/45 PS. In: BMW history. BMW AG, June 1935, accessed on January 26, 2016 (complete spare parts list with pictures, 155 pages). 

Timeline of the Dixi , BMW and EMW models from 1927 to 1955
Type	1920s				1930s										1940s										1950s
	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Small car		Dixi 3/15
				BMW 3/15			3/20
Lower middle class									309
								303	315
Middle class									319/329			320		321			...			321/2
											326						...			326/2				340		EMW 340
upper middle class														335
Roadster / Coupé / Convertible					BMW Wartburg				315/1 / 319/1			327					...			327						EMW 327
												328
Kübelwagen												325															EMW 325
Under the “Dixi” brand ; The Austin 7 compact car is built under license Produced under the brand "EMW" in the GDR by the Eisenacher Motoren Werk