Alfred Böning (1907-1984) was the chief engineer at BMW in the 1930s who was responsible for designing many iconic BMW motorcycles and motorcars. He reigned over the BMW design studio as a chief engineer before being replaced by chief engineer Fritz Fiedler and was promoted to become head of the automotive drawing office.[1] Among his designs were the legendary 1934 BMW R7 motorcycle, that never saw the light of the day.[2][3]

Designs

He was credited with either designing of corroborating in design for several early BMW automobile models including the BMW 3/20, BMW 326, BMW 328, and the BMW 331.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Norbye, Jan (1984). BMW - Bavaria's Driving Machines. Skokie, IL, USA: Publications International. ISBN 0-517-42464-9.
  2. ↑ Sánchez, Miguel (2018-11-13). "Art Deco: BMW R7 Nmoto Nostalgia". La Escudería (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  3. ↑ Deepak (2010-11-07). "BMW R7 Motorcycle by Alfred Boning - Review". BikeAdvice.in. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  4. ↑ BMW. "How It Feels To Drive The Iconic BMW 507". Motor1.com. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  5. ↑ Noakes, Andrew (2005). The Ultimate History of BMW. Bath, UK: Parragon Publishing. ISBN 1-4054-5316-8.
  6. ↑ "The UnixNerd's Domain - BMW's Early History". www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
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