Bmw History

Karl Friedrich Rapp is the name of the founder ofthe ground most of the company located in eastern
BMW - one of the biggest world wide carGermany and the base factory in Munich was almost
manufacturing companies. BMW or Bayerischecompletely destroyed.
Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works) was foundedAfter the war BMW was not able to quickly recover
in 1916 as a successor to the Rapp Motor.because of the need to rebuild the factory in Munich.
Many people think that the logo of BMW comes fromAfter that when the restrictions from the Allies applied
a spinning white propeller seen in the background ofBMW was banned for three long years in which the
the blue sky. This may be so but in fact it is knowncompany was forbidden from producing motorcycles
that it also comes from the white and blue flag ofuntil 1948 and cars until 1952.
Bavaria - the largest state of Germany. The capitalIn 1951 the Bavarian company was able to regain all
city of the state is Munich and this is the place wheretrademarks and it looked like it was finally able to
even today we can find the BMW Headquarters.recover and start again from what was left. In 1959
In 1916 with the foundation of the company a contractHerbert Quandt became the "wheel" which turned the
was secured for building V12 engines. These enginesBMW around because he denied a deal with
were about to be used in the creation of theDaimler-Benz and soon after that he increased his
automobiles from Austro-Daimler. These 12 cylinders Vshare in the BMW Company up to 50%.
engines were at first used in aircrafts which is theThe name of Kurt Golda is stated as the man who
original plan of the BMW Company. Taking in accountincited Quandt to do this step and in the same year
the time when the company was founded it was veryBMW began production of the BMW 700 which was
likely for them to continue like that.based on the BMW 600. This small car used 2-cylinder,
However in 1919 after the World War I and the Treatyair-cooled engines and some years later it was
of Versailles the production of aircraft in Germanyrenamed to "LS". Coupe and some cabriolet series
was prohibited and that quickly changed the politics ofwere also manufactured.
BMW. They began making brakes for the RailIn 1963 BMW offered dividends to the shareholders of
transport. Soon after that BMW was able to design athe company and in 1966 the factory in Munich
motorcycle engine which was used for the creation ofreached its maximum capacity and BMW bought Hans
a motorcycle called with the model name Victoria.Glas GmbH. This deal enabled BMW to use factories
However Victoria was not built by BMW but byin Landshut and Dingolfing.
another company in Nuremberg.With some new style provided by Bertone in 1972
In 1924 BMW made a model of a motorcycle whichBMW began production of 5 new series and in the
was the first one they built - the R32. This was ayears to follow the company made a big progress in
turning point in the BMW history because it was athe market. For 6 years under the leadership of Bernd
major achievement and for decades they used itsPischetsrieder BMW was able to expand its deal in the
technology - 500 cc engines cooled down by the air.market by buying from British Aerospace the Rover
Soon after that BMW added one new innovation - theGroup. Rover Group's history starts in 1986 and till the
driveshaft. It came to replace the chain for driving themoment when BMW owned it this company was able
rear wheel and became a mark of BMW for quiteto achieve many things like for example the Rover
some time.400 in 1990.
In the German city Eisenach in 1927 began theHowever the Rover was sold to Phoenix Venture
production of Dixi - under license but only a year afterHoldings and Ford Motor Company because of some
that the Dixi Company was bought by BMW and theyyears of losses for BMW. Jokingly the press called the
began mass production together with the model AustinRover "The English Patient" after the release of the
Seven.namesake film. This however was not very hard on
When the World War I began BMW took its place in itBMW and they were spared from taking the blame. It
because of the German army's motorized division.looks like that even the British press was not very
They used BMW R75 together with BMW R12.enthusiastic about the Rover.
Because of the high need of engines BMW note thatBMW began production outside of Germany in 1994.
period as highly profitable. BMW was the main supplierNew factories were made in South Carolina and even
and even today words like Luftwaffe and Wehrmachttoday the manufacturing of BMW X5 and BMW Z4 is
brings many memories. Some of the best planes inmade there. There are factories in some other places
that historical time used the BMW aero-engines and tilltoo like Oxford, Goodwood and others. After some
the 1945 more than 30 000 planes with these enginestime of assembly BMW began production in South
were manufactured.Africa. Today BMW exports more than 50 000 3
BMW even made researches which enabled theSeries vehicles yearly to Japan, USA, Africa, Australia
company to make different jet engines for weapons.and the Middle East.
With the use of some men power consisting mainly byIn order to serve the market in Eastern Europe and
prisoners of the war BMW made many rocket-basedMiddle East BMW are planning to begin construction of
weapons that were used in the war.a new plant located in Cyprus or Greece. A plant in
Soon after the creation of the rocket-based weaponsChennai, India already opened production in 2007.
parts of the company were bombed. Soviets razed to