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From Isetta to Z1 – parts sale and service
at BMW Mobile Tradition
Is pushing your car a sign of true love? Are you sufficiently devoted to your historic car not to mind being stranded at the roadside? Having to search
for the nearest bus or train can be a turn-off for the most avid aficionado. A reliable supply of spare parts is one of the most important issues for lovers
of historic vehicles.
by Sandra Bieberstein
Of course, it’s great when you can cruise
along country lanes in your classic car
enjoying the feeling of driving as it used
to be. You don’t just need good maintenance
to keep the wheels turning. The
odd repair is also necessary. And that’s
where spare parts come in handy.
This is an important topic for drivers
and for BMW. More than 60 percent of
classic car owners service their own classic
vehicles. They also do the occasional
repair. This was revealed by the survey
“Classics of the Future 2003” carried out
by motor magazine Motor Klassik. That’s
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when the mechanically minded enthusiast
needs spare parts. They’re certainly
not easy to find. Car owners generally
look to dealers or specialists for spare
parts (80.9 percent) and recently the
Internet has become an important source
(42.4 percent).
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Overall, more than 80 percent of owners
of classic cars are satisfied with the supply
of spare parts. Automobile manufacturers
have also played a key role here. In
order to keep the history of the company
and its vehicles alive and make that history
accessible to the community of BMW
enthusiasts, the BMW Group founded
BMW Group Mobile Tradition in 1994. A
specialist team is dedicated to parts supply
and particularly to the manufacture of
replica parts for historic BMW vehicles.
Generally speaking, parts are supplied
there for historic vehicles 15 years
after the end of volume production in the
case of automobiles and 20 years after
production ceases in the case of
motorcycles. It doesn’t matter whether
you’re looking for a sealing ring, a wing,