Buying a BMW in South Africa? Shortwave radio is an option!

bwm-swSWLing Post reader, Bob, has a relative who works for BMW in the United States. Recently, Bob learned that some models of BMWs shipped to South Africa have a shortwave radio option.  He followed up with this photo of the radio display [see above].

Wow, what a fab idea! Not only would I love to have a factory-installed shortwave radio in my car, but I must admit that I love the simple design of this digital radio dial: elegant, clean, and just a tad retro and sci-fi, all at once.

Now if I could simply afford the BMW…Sigh!

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9 thoughts on “Buying a BMW in South Africa? Shortwave radio is an option!

  1. Jelle

    As far as I know all the new BMW’s here in Europe also have 49 meters. The receiver is very narrowbanded and deaf. I always thought it was included because there used to be a lot of german broadcasting stations on there.

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  2. Jim Rittenhouse

    *sigh* I mean it’s great that they have SW in it at all, but I’d want something broader – coverage on 31 meter band and the 25 meter band for starters.

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    1. Thomas Post author

      Jim: I couldn’t agree more. If I could only have one band, it would be 31M. I’m sure there’s good reason for the 49M band coverage in South Africa, though.

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  3. james

    Is that an actual tuning knob and bandwidth scale or are we looking at a virtual display on a touchscreen?

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