BMW

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  • BMW (Bavarian Motor Works) is a German based car and motorcycle manufacturer. BMW also owns Mini and Rolls-Royce. Its brand which is symbolized by blue and white propellers comes from BMW's origins as an aircraft engine manufacturer.

  • Company Beginnings

    BMW traces its company back to 1913 and was founded by Karl Friedrich Rapp, a Bavarian who was also an accomplished engineer in a German aircraft company started Rapp Motoren Werke in a suburb of Munich. The company originally built engines for aircraft. BMW's first aircraft engine was produced in 1917. The Type IIIa was a water-cooled six-cylinder engine. BMW later found out that these engines were problematic and vibrated too much, and the company then switched to building motorcycles in 1923 and cars in 1928. The first BMW car was the small Dixi 3/15, which had an open roof and was powered by a 4-cylinder engine that produced 15 horsepower. It's top speed was about 50 mph. A total of 18,976 units were produced.BMWDrives.com: BMW History

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