BMW

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BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH
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Pre-WWII

• BMW was founded by Karl Friedrich Rapp in October
  1913, originally as an aircraft engine
  manufacturer, Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke. The
  Milbertshofen district of Munich location was
  chosen because it was close to the Gustav Otto
  Flugmaschinenfabrik site, a German aircraft
  manufacturer. The blue-and-white circular logo
  BMW still uses alludes to the blue and white
  checkered flag of Bavaria and also indicates a
  spinning white propeller on a blue-sky
  background.
• In 1923 BMW built their first model motorcycle
  the R32. The R32 had notably a 500cc air-cooled
  horizontally-opposed engine. A feature that would
  resonate among their various models for decades
  to come... albeit with displacement increases and
  newer technology.

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World War II

• BMW motorcycles, specifically the BMW R 12 and
  the BMW R 75 combination were used extensively by
  the Reconnaissance formations of German panzer
  and motorised divisions of the Heer, Waffen SS
  and Luftwaffe.
• The BMW works were heavily bombed towards the end
  of the war. Of its sites, those in eastern
  Germany (Eisenach, Dürrerhof, Basdorf and
  Zühlsdorf) were seized by the Soviets. The
  factory in Munich was largely destroyed.

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Aftermath of WWII

• After the war the Munich factory took some time
  to restart production in any volume. BMW was
  banned from manufacturing for three years by the
  Allies and did not produce a car model until
  1952.
• In the east, the company's factory at Eisenach
  was taken over by the state-owned Awtowelo group.
  That company offered "BMWs" for sale until 1951,
  when the Bavarian company prevented use of the
  trademarks the name, the logo and the
  "double-kidney" radiator grille.

BMW head office Munich
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Production outside Germany

• BMW started producing automobiles at its
  Spartanburg, South Carolina plant in 1994. Today,
  the plant manufactures the BMW X5 and BMW Z4
  Roadster.
• The Spartanburg plant is open six days a week,
  producing automobiles approximately 110 hours a
  week. It employs about 4,700 people and
  manufactures over 500 vehicles daily.
• After a period of local assembly, BMW's Rosslyn,
  South Africa plant now manufactures cars, with
  over 70 percent of its output destined for
  export. In the mid-1990s, BMW invested R1 billion
  to make Rosslyn a world-class facility. The plant
  now exports over 50,000 3 Series cars a year,
  mostly to the USA, Japan, Australia, Africa and
  the Middle East.
• Starting from October 2003, BMWs are produced in
  Shenyang, China. BMW has established a joint
  venture with Chinese manufacturer Brilliance to
  build BMW 3 Series and 5 Series vehicles for the
  local market.

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BMW Cars
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