2007-06-27 23:09:02 · 12 answers · asked by Jehangir J 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ BMW
It's Bayerische Motoren Werke or Bavarian Motor Works dahling.
2007-06-27 23:17:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BMW, or Bavarian Motor Works, is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. BMW is the parent company of the MINI and Rolls-Royce car brands.
BMW was founded by Karl Rapp originally as an engine manufacturer, Rapp Motor. Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH was founded as a successor company to Rapp Motor on July 21, 1917. [1] The Milbertshofen district of Munich was chosen, apparently because it was close to the Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik site. The blue-and-white roundel BMW logo, which is still used (illustrated above right) alludes to the white and blue checkered flag of Bavaria. It is often said to symbolize a spinning white propeller on a blue-sky background, although this interpretation developed after the logo was already in use. [1]
In 1916 the company secured a contract to build V12 engines for Austro-Daimler. Needing extra financing, Rapp gained the support of Camillo Castiglioni, Cornelius Jagdmann and Max Friz, the company was reconstituted as the Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH. Over-expansion caused difficulties; Rapp left and the company was taken over by the Austrian industrialist Franz Josef Popp in 1917, and named BMW AG in 1918. [2]
After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles (1919) prohibited the production of aircraft in Germany. Otto closed his factory and BMW switched to manufacturing railway brakes.[2]
In 1919 BMW designed its first motorcycle engine, used in a model called the Victoria, which was built by a company in Nuremberg. [3]
In 1924 BMW built its first model motorcycle, the R32. This had a 500 cc 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. The major innovation was the use of a driveshaft instead of a chain to drive the rear wheel. For decades to follow, the shaft-drive boxer engine was the mark of the BMW motorcycle. [3]
In 1927 the tiny Dixi, an Austin Seven produced under licence, began production in Eisenach. BMW bought the Dixi Company the following year, and this became the company's first car, the BMW 3/15. By 1933 BMW was producing cars that could be called truly theirs, offering steadily more advanced I6 sports and saloons (sedans). The pre-war cars culminated in the 327 coupé and convertible, the 328 roadster, fast 2.0 L cars, both very advanced for their time, as well as the upscale 335 luxury sedan.
2007-07-01 05:49:37 · answer #2 · answered by CarDesigner2020 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works; German auto manufacturer)
Boy Meets World (Disney TV show)
Be My Wife (this one I first heard in South Africa as a reference to well heeled bachelors who drive BMWs)
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Black Magic Woman (festival)
Black Magic Woman (Santana song)
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Bus, Metro & Walk
Brooklyn Machine Works (bicycle manufacturer)
Bio-Medical Waste
Bombardment Wing
Black Man Working
*****, Moan, and Whine
Be My Witness
Boiler Maintenance Workstation
Beautiful Mexican Woman
Board of Minorities and Women
Border, Midland & Westen
Binary Moving Window
Bus/Bike, Mom, Walk (teenager's method of transportation)
Boiler Maintenance Worker
2007-06-30 18:36:40 · answer #3 · answered by DougF 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buncha Money Wasted.
Just kidding. BMW means Bayerische Motoren Werke or, Bayern Motor Works. Bayern is the German name for the state of Bavaria, where the company is headquartered.
2007-06-27 23:18:49 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BMW, or Bayerische Motoren Werke or Bavarian Motor Works, is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.
2007-06-27 23:21:26 · answer #5 · answered by zula 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bavarian Motor Works.
Germany
2007-06-27 23:12:49 · answer #6 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps most awnsers were correct. here is the only one i trust. when you ask a question the awnsers must be coming from a reliable source. what source would you trust more then www.bmw.com
Bayerische Motoren Werke
quote from www.bmw.com on there history page
"Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) is founded on 7th March 1916 and incorporates Otto-Werke. BMW acquires the BFW plant in 1922, but Bayerische Motoren Werke continues to date its foundation from the founding of BFW"
2007-06-28 10:15:03 · answer #7 · answered by George 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baveria Motor Works
2007-06-27 23:12:34 · answer #8 · answered by GURU 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bavarian motor works
2007-06-27 23:17:59 · answer #9 · answered by Larry 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard "Blak Mans Willie" :p
2007-06-27 23:17:00 · answer #10 · answered by tricksdrummer 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋