I said BMW – year 1928

Manufacturer: I said to Werke, Eisenach, Germany.

The car plant in Eisenach was established in 1896 r. as a joint stock company. The most important shareholder was Heinrich Ehrhardt, who was called the second king of German cannons.

The first cars were presented to the public at the exhibition in Düsseldorf in 1898, but they had no commercial success. That is why Eisenach has included in 1898 r. a license agreement with the French brand Decauville, and then began producing their tried and tested Voiturettes under the name Wartburg-Motorwagen. W 1904 r. Ehrhardt odszedł z Eisenacher vehicle factory, and the license agreement has expired. Willy Seck, renowned car constructor, which came here from Scheibler in Aachen, announced its own technical development. The Latin name Dixi at Eisenach was used to designate the cars, "I said” - a synonym for decisions.

The first half of the 1920s turned out to be a booming period for Dixi Werke. At that time, most German car factories dreamed of mass-producing a small car with high power. Costly and lengthy development work was abandoned at the Dixi factory and licenses were purchased from Austin Motor Co.. z Birmingham, which from 1922 r. produced the Austin Seven type - the most successful little English car. At the beginning 1928 r. Austin was introduced to the public as Dixi 3/15. Serial production started soon. I said 3/15 had a carefully crafted water-cooled 4-cylinder engine with a capacity 748 cm3. With this powerful engine 11 kW (15 KM) the car was developing top speed 80 km/h, with average fuel consumption 5 do 6 liters per 100 km. The handbrake acted on the front wheels, a foot brake on the rear wheels. Instead of the original magneto ignition, generator-battery ignition was installed in Eisenach. Dixi initially had an open body with a folding roof, later it was produced as a limousine. The price varied depending on the performance from 2500 do 3000 marek.

For a year 1928, when the Dixi factory was taken over by BMW, do 1932 r. were produced in total 25 365 copies of this excellent car under the name BMW Dixi.

In April 1932 r. Austin's license expired and it saw the light of day first in Eisenach, a real BMW AM 4.