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Motorsport's first car, the M1, was
introduced in 1978.
Timeless
design, powerful engine, great exhaust note, superior brakes, a tiger on
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The 7 Series was launched in
1977 with the
introduction of the E23.
The E23 was
introduced in May 1977 and was BMW's replacement for the E3 2500-3.3Li
New Six models.
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The 6 Series was born in 1976 with the
introduction of the E24.
The successor
to the E9 3.0CSi coupe, the 6 Series E24 sport coupes were produced
starting in March 1976.
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The 3 Series was born in 1975 with the
introduction of the E21.
The 320i with
the M10 engine was offered as a premium E21 model. Its 1990cc M10 had K-Jetronic
injection and developed 129 hp.
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Launched in 1972 with the 520i, the
5 Series was expanded for 1979.
In
1974, BMW introduced the 518 in Europe, Australia and other markets using
the four-cylinder 1800cc engine. In the USA, six cylinder engines were
used for the 530 (carbureted) and 530i (injected) models.
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1979's
Events
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Nuclear power plant accident at
Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, USA, releases radiation.
Coincidentally, the movie
China
Syndrome -- about the near-meltdown of a nuclear power plant --
opened in the theatres 12 days earlier.
Apocalypse Now
and
Kramer vs. Kramer
are top movies.
On
February 11, 43 million viewers watch "Elvis!"
on
ABC-TV.
"The famous
Mr. Ed", the talking horse, dies on
February 28.
Conservatives win the
British election and
Margaret Thatcher becomes the new prime minister and the first woman
to become Prime Minister of Great Britain.
During Jimmy Carter's Presidency, Iranian militants seize the U.S.
embassy in
Teheran and take hostages. The hostages were released on the day
Ronald Reagan became President.
VisiCalc becomes the first "killer app" Personal Computer (PC)
spreadsheet program.
The first fully functional
space shuttle orbiter,
Columbia, is delivered to the
John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
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