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    BMW Type 255 Kompressor (also known as the 500 Kompressor, RS 255, RS255 and Type 255 RS 500) was a supercharged boxer twin race motorcycle from the 1930s...
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    279.5 km/h (173.7 mph) on a BMW 500 Kompressor racing motorcycle, setting a world record that stood for 14 years. The BMW R 71 746 cc (45.5 cu in)big...
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    Sub-models included the C 200 Kompressor, the C 230, the C 280, the C 350, the C 220 CDI, and the C 320 CDI. The C 180 Kompressor, C 230, and C 200 CDI were...
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    the E 55 AMG estate model to compete with the new wagon versions of the BMW M5 (E61) and Audi RS 6 (C6), though those two high-performance wagons were...
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    BMW WR 500 mit Kompressor beim Avus-Rennen 1935" [Karl Gall on supercharged BMW WR 500 at 1935 AVUS race [in Berlin]]. BMW Geschichte. BMW AG. 1935. Retrieved...
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  • Meier, rode a BMW RS 255 Kompressor in both European and German Championships. For the 1938 Isle of Man TT, Meier was entered by the BMW team along with...
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    supercharged version of the smaller 2.0 L (C 200 Kompressor), which had a similar output of the C 230 Kompressor. The 1997 diesel models featured the OM611...
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  • Speedshift 5-speed automatic transmission mated to an AMG 3.2-litre V6 Kompressor engine with an output of 260 kW/349 hp and 332 lb⋅ft (450 N⋅m) at 4,400...
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    Technology". www.asa-kompressor.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019. Davis, Matt (19 June 2005). "BMW Alpina B5: Road Warrior: The legendary BMW tuner launches the...
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    20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018. "T1 Technology". www.asa-kompressor.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018. Prior, Matt (8 March 2006). "Alpina B6...
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    Retrieved 2009-03-26. von Saurma, Horst (May 1997). ""Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor AMG R170 mit 193PS im Supertest auf dem Nürburgring auf 10 Seiten"". Sport...
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  • Ninja imminent". Motorcycle News. "Bikes sold at auction: 1939 BMW RS 255 Kompressor". Hindustan Times. September 11, 2014. Archived from the original...
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  • GLK, and GLS). "K" was used in the 1930s, indicating a supercharger ("Kompressor") equipped engine. Three exceptions : the SLK, SSK and CLK, where K indicates...
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    Rudolf Caracciola, from Remagen, driving a private, eight-cylinder "Monza" Kompressor type. The fastest lap of 161 km/h (100 mph) was set by Ferdinando Minoia...
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    Foster, were 11th and 13th in the Senior TT and the supercharged BMW 492cc Type 255 Kompressor of Georg Meier and Jock M West took the first two places. Though...
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  • original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020. "The Complete Guide to BMW Angel Eyes". Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May...
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  • Luxembourg (Car Flag)". 7 February 2010 – via Wikimedia Commons. "Perdana vs Kompressor" (in Malay). Rocky's Bru2. Bernama. 21 July 2008. Archived from the original...
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    models had the Kompressor (Mercedes-Benz) badge on the side. For more about AMG models with this engine see "55" 5.4 L V8 Kompressor. Features added...
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    fitted with a supercharger by Karl Middelhauve, making it the only 600 Kompressor in existence Jeremy Clarkson, whose car was originally supplied to an...
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    440 PS (324 kW; 434 bhp) 470 N⋅m (347 lb⋅ft) over 300 km/h (190 mph) R Kompressor 2006–2009 Porsche 997 3.6L supercharged flat-6 435 PS (320 kW; 429 bhp)...
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    third generation and was a sedan-only model. The RSK meaning "Rally Sport Kompressor" featured the familiar DOHC, twin-turbo 2.0-liter engine rated 276 bhp...
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  • 1950 the company moved back to Stuttgart and makes a new start with Type 500, skipping a large part of the 400 range. Most numbers in this range are used...
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    develop and produce the rotary-piston engine, with the notable exception of BMW. Despite its public acclaim, sales of the Ro 80 were disappointing. The transmission...
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