BMW 518 from James Bond in White and Green 1:43 scale by Ex Mag DY066

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG The german language for Bavarian Motor Performs, usually known under its abbreviation BMW, is a German luxurious vehicles, motorcycle, and engine manufacturing corporation founded in 1916. Headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. BMW owns Mini cars and is the parent company associated with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles within BMW Motorrad, and plug-in electric cars under the BMW i sub-brand and the "iPerformance" model designation in the regular BMW lineup. It is one with the best-selling luxury automakers on this planet. The company is a factor of the Euro Stoxx 50 currency markets index.BMW was established to be a business entity following a restructuring of the Rapp Motorenwerke aircraft producing firm in 1917. After the end of World War I in 1918, BMW was forced to cease aircraft-engine production because of the terms of the Versailles Armistice Treaty. The company consequently shifted to motorcycle production as the restrictions of the treaty has become lifted in 1923, followed by automobiles in 1928-29.The first car that BMW successfully produced and the car which launched BMW in relation to automobile production was your Dixi, based on the Austin tx 7 and licensed in the Austin Motor Company inside Birmingham, England.

BMW M3 Sport Evolution E30 in Red 1:18 scale by AUTOart 70561

BMW's initial significant aircraft engine, and commercial product associated with any sort, was the BMW IIIa inline-six liquid-cooled serps of 1918, known for good fuel economy and high-altitude effectiveness. With German rearmament from the 1930s, the company again started producing aircraft engines for that Luftwaffe. The factory in Munich made ample utilization of forced labour: foreign civilians, prisoners of war and inmates of the concentration camp Dachau. Among its successful Planet War II engine designs were the BMW 132 in addition to BMW 801 air-cooled radial machines, and the pioneering BMW 003 axial-flow turbojet, which powered the tiny, 1944-1945-era jet-powered "emergency fighter", the Heinkel He 162 Spatz. The BMW 003 jet engine was initially tested as a prime power plant inside first prototype of this Messerschmitt Me 262, the Me 262 V1, but in 1942 tests the BMW prototype engines failed on takeoff along with only the standby Junkers Jumo 210 nose-mounted piston engine powering it with a safe landing. [11][12] The few Everyone 262 A-1b test examples built used a lot more developed version of the 003 jet, recording an official major speed of 800 km/h (497 mph). The first-ever four-engine airliner aircraft ever flown have been the sixth and eighth prototypes with the Arado Ar 234 airliner reconnaissance-bomber, which used BMW 003 aircraft for power. Through 1944 the 003's consistency improved, making it a acceptable power plant for air frame designs competing to the Jägernotprogramm's light fighter output contract. which was won through the Heinkel He 162 Spatz design and style. The BMW 003 aviation turbojet was also into account as the basic beginning for a pioneering turboshaft powerplant with regard to German armored fighting automobiles in 1944-45, as the GT information. Towards the end with the Third Reich, BMW developed some military aircraft projects to the Luftwaffe, the BMW Strahlbomber, the BMW Schnellbomber plus the BMW Strahljäger, but none of these individuals were built.

BMW Isetta 250 in Blue and White 1:43 scale by Cararama 251ND007

BMW 3-Series (F30)In 1992, BMW acquired a large stake in California-based commercial design studio DesignworksUSA, which they fully purchased in 1995. In 1994, BMW bought the British isles Rover Group[19] (which right at that moment consisted of the Rover, Land Rover and MG brands plus the rights to defunct makes including Austin and Morris), and owned it with regard to six years. By 2000, Rover was incurring large losses and BMW thought i would sell the combine. The MG and Rover brands were sold towards the Phoenix Consortium to kind MG Rover, while Land Rover was taken over by Ford. BMW, meanwhile, retained the rights to build the new Mini, which was launched within 2001.

BMW Z8 1:18 Scale Maisto Diecast Model Car

Key designer Chris Bangle released his departure from BMW in February 2009, after serving on the planning team for nearly 19 years. He was replaced by simply Adrian van Hooydonk, Bangle's former right-hand male. Bangle was known with regard to his radical designs such as 2002 7-Series and the 2002 Z4. In July 2007, the production rights with regard to Husqvarna Motorcycles was purchased by BMW to get a reported 93 million pounds. BMW Motorrad plans to keep operating Husqvarna Motorcycles as being a separate enterprise. All development, sales and production actions, as well as the actual workforce, have remained in position at its present location at Varese.In June 2012, BMW was listed because #1 most reputable company on the globe by Forbes.com. Rankings are based upon aspects such as "people's willingness to buy, recommend, work for, and invest in a company is driven 60% by their perceptions of the company and only 40% by their perceptions of their products.".

BMW 328 Roadster Le Mans 1939 in White 1:18 scale by AUTOart 83945

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