BMW 325

This article describes the model manufactured from 1937 to 1940. For the vehicles manufactured under the name BMW 325i , see BMW 3 Series .

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325
Production period:	1937-1940
Class :	Off-road vehicle
Body versions :	Kübelwagen
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.0 l (37 kW)
Length:	3900 mm
Width:	1690 mm
Height:	1900 mm
Wheelbase :	2400 mm
Empty weight :	1775 kg

The BMW 325 was a light standard car of the Wehrmacht , which the Bayerische Motorenwerke manufactured in their Eisenach plant from 1937 to 1940 . Light standard cars with the same chassis and body were also manufactured by Stoewer in Stettin and by Hanomag in Hanover, but these companies used their own engines.

The open Kübelwagen had a wheelbase of 2400 mm and was equipped with a six-cylinder in - line engine with a displacement of 1971 cm³. Consisting of the BMW 326 originating motor with two Solex - updraft gasifiers was on dry sump lubrication converted and made 50 hp (37 kW) at 3750 min ^-1 . The four-wheel drive car had a five-speed gearbox and three limited slip differentials . All wheels had drum brakes with cable actuation.

In addition to the models with front-axle steering, cars with all-wheel steering were also built, which almost halved the turning circle diameter from 12.7 m to 6.5 m. The fuel consumption was 17 l / 100 km on the road and 25 l / 100 km off-road.

Because of the high level of complexity, the cars were heavy and prone to repair. Most of the vehicles had to be abandoned defective during the war against the Soviet Union .

In four years, 3,225 vehicles were built at the BMW plant in Eisenach. Production there was discontinued in 1941 and Stoewer continued to build the light standard cars as the sole manufacturer until 1943.

literature

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

Web links

• Model BMW 325. In: BMW History. BMW AG, accessed on May 15, 2016 (dossier in the BMW Group archive with technical data). 
• Preliminary operating instructions for the standard chassis for l. Passenger car. A) with Stoewer engine, b) with BMW engine. In: BMW history. BMW AG, 1938, accessed on May 15, 2016 (manual with pictures, 62 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