In the ’60s and ’70s, the company was seriously involved in designing a model for rallying. The factory team released the car BMW 2002, but the car began its way under a different name 1600-2, the car had a new body design, the engine was a carbureted 1600 cubic centimeter. In 1967, the developers released a new version called 1600 ti which had 2 carburetors and produced 105 horsepower.
The company’s designers made so many changes to improve the performance of the car that they had to release a new BMW 2002 model. Later the company created a special department for rally, which helped to develop the car. The project was led by Helmut Bein, the man who first started in a BMW 1602. The first victories BMW brought drivers Rani Voll and Rauno Altonen, but the only one who achieved good results was Bein, taking first place in West Germany.
The car had a good feel for the track, thereby giving the pilots more power. Bain was always coming up with modifications for rally cars, but BMW didn’t understand his involvement in rallying and financing of the branch was stopped. It is worth mentioning several pilots who brought several victories to the BMW team, Bjorn Valdegaard and Achim Verbold.
