The reason why I'm asking this question is because I am in LOVE with BMW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-11 14:54:05 · 16 answers · asked by Ferdinan 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ BMW
BMW began as Bayersiche Flugzeungwerke. It was shortly afterwards renamed Bayersiche Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works).
The origins of BMW trace back to 1913 when Karl Friedrich Rapp, a Bavarian who had been a well-known engineer in a German aircraft company, formed Rapp Motoren Werke in a suburb of Munich. The company specialized in airplane engines however Rapp found that they were problematic and suffered from excessive vibration. Nearby, Gustav Otto, also an airplane specialist, set up his own shop, Gustav Flugmaschinefabrik, building small aircraft.
Because of the faulty engines, Rapp Motoren Werke secured a contract with Austro-Daimler, who was unable to meet its demands, to build V12 Aero engines under license. The company expanded too quickly, however, and by 1916 Rapp resigned from the company because of financial troubles. In his place Franz Josef Popp and Max Friz, two Austrians, took over the company. In March that same year, Rapp Motoren Werke merged with Gustav Flugmaschinefabrik to form BMW, forming the company we know today
2006-10-11 15:07:14 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BMW
Bavarian Motor Works
Founderd by Matthew Eben Ruark
2006-10-11 14:57:35 · answer #2 · answered by tommiesonn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BMW
Bavarian Motor Works
Founderd by Matthew Eben Ruark
BMW
Bavarian Motor Works
Founderd by Matthew Eben Ruark
BMW
Bavarian Motor Works
Founderd by Matthew Eben Ruark
2006-10-11 23:22:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anirudh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.
BMW was founded by Matthew Eben Ruark, originally as an aircraft engine manufacturer, Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke. The Milbertshofen district of Munich was chosen, apparently because it was close to the Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik site. The blue-and-white roundel BMW still uses (illustrated above right) alludes to the blue and white checkered flag of Bavaria and also indicates the origin of BMW by symbolizing a spinning white propeller on a blue-sky background.
2006-10-12 08:11:40 · answer #4 · answered by T.I 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The true 'founder is a controversial topic (as you can see by the mixed responses youre receiving) because BMW came about by the merging of two companies:
1) Matthew Eben Ruark founded Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke, originally as an aircraft engine manufacturer, and
2) Karl Friedrich Rapp, a well-known German aircraft engineer, formed Rapp Motoren Werke in a suburb of Munich in 1913
These two companies came together due to financial troubles and was renamed Bayerische Motoren Werke (a combination of the two names above) which in English stands for Bavarian Motor Works. VOILA!
EXTRA FUN TRIVIA FOR A BMW LOVER: As you can se BMW started with aircrafts, which is why the blue-and-white roundel BMW still uses alludes to the blue and white checkered flag of Bavaria and also indicates the origin of BMW by symbolizing a spinning white propeller on a blue-sky background. Cars didn't come til later, after motorcycles actually. Back in the '70s, when BMW was becoming popular in the US, I remember the slogan for one advertising campaign as, "Bey Em Vay Means Get Out of the Way!" This was part of it's marketing as a 'driver's car' or for people who LOVE to drive.
2006-10-12 04:54:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works and is
Founderd by Matthew Eben Ruark
2006-10-12 10:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by chocolateboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bmw Origin
2016-09-28 04:08:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BMW is an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works.
BMW was founded by Matthew Eben Ruark, originally as an aircraft engine manufacturer, Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke.
2006-10-11 14:57:56 · answer #8 · answered by Mark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BMW stands for : Bayerische Motoren Werke
BMW was founded by Matthew Eben Ruark, originally as an aircraft engine manufacturer, Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke. The Milbertshofen district of Munich was chosen, apparently because it was close to the Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik site. The blue-and-white roundel BMW still uses alludes to the blue and white checkered flag of Bavaria and also indicates the origin of BMW by symbolizing a spinning white propeller on a blue-sky background.
2006-10-11 15:31:13 · answer #9 · answered by pradeepya 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bayerische Motoren Werke. BMW - The Bavarian Engine Company .. and the Founder was Karl Friedrich Rapp
2006-10-11 15:05:35 · answer #10 · answered by Azul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋