Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), (translated from English: Bavarian motor works). This is a fairly well-known German car, motorcycle manufacturer, machine manufacturing company, founded in 1916. The company also produces a mini-brand German cars, and is the parent company of passenger cars by Rolls-Royce. Today the history of the BMW brand car exceeds all our expectations, and yet it all started with a remote World War II After World War BMW was forced to stop its own production in accordance with the terms of the Versailles Armistice Agreement. The company, therefore, continue to produce motorcycles in 1923, as only limited agreement had been withdrawn. The main logo has evolved from the German mark Rapp Motorenwerke, from which the BMW company grew combined with white and blue colors of the flag of Bavaria, is completely altered to produce its own first car. However, the origin of the emblem, which is based in the movement of propeller, is debatable, according to a recent article in the New York magazine. "The BMW Museum in Munich, Anne Schmidt Poszival, explained that the blue and white emblem of the company is not represented by type of rotating propeller, but was intended to show the color of the Free State of Bavaria. With German rearmament in 1930, the company again began producing aircraft engines for the Air Force. Among his ideas were successful engine designs such as the BMW 132 and BMW 801 - radial air-cooled engine. By 1959, BMW automobile corporation was in financial difficulties, and the shareholders' meeting was held to decide whether to enter into liquidation or to find a way to continue the development of the company. It was decided to continue and try to cash in on the current boom in small cars, which have so successfully some of the former German automobile manufacturers such as Messerschmitt and Heinkel. The right to make Italian International Organization for Standardization have been purchased, and the tiny cars themselves were in fact to give effect to the amended form of his own motorcycle engine BMW. This was a very successful and helped the company return to the place of leaders. Shareholder holding a controlling stake Control BMW Aktiengesellschaft since 1959 is a family Quandt, which owns approximately 46% of stock shares. In 1992, BMW acquired a large stake in the Californian-based industrial design studio DesignworksUSA, they have completely bought in 1995. In 1994, BMW bought the British Rover Group [13] (who at that time consisted of the Rover, Land Rover and MG brands as well as the rights to defunct brands including Austin and Morris), and had it for six years. By 2000, Rover made huge losses and BMW decided to sell the union. MG and Rover brands were sold to the Phoenix Consortium to form MG Rover, while Land Rover was adopted by Ford. BMW, meanwhile, retained the right to build the new MINI, which was launched in 2001. Chief designer Chris Bangle cars, announced his resignation from the company BMW in February 2009, after serving in the design team for nearly seventeen years. He was replaced by Adrian van Hooydonk. The BMW Group plans to continue to manage Motorred Husqvarna motorcycles as a separate enterprise. All development, sales and production activities, as well as the entire work team, remained in place for its location in Varese. Gunther Quandt, whose family became the major shareholders of BMW, 15 years after the war, was a member of the Nazi party from 1933. After the election of Adolf Hitler, he was appointed the leader of Economics weapons, which was named the industrialists, who played a leading role in the Nazi war economy. Kuendta factory supplied ammunition, rifles, artillery, and batteries for the Nazis, and this required use of labor: unskilled laborers from concentration camps on some of its factories. In 2006, BMW produced 1,366,838 four-wheeled vehicles that were manufactured by order of the five countries. Already in 2009 the company produced another 1,258,417 for four-wheelers. And, in turn, in 2009, the Corporation BMW Motorrad was produced 82,631 motorcycles. BMW began building engines for motorcycles, and then make themselves motorcycles after World War I, soon after began to be made motorcycles and cars. Mark motorcycles now known as BMW Motorrad. Their first successful motorcycle, after the failed Helios and Flink, was the "R32" in 1923. It was a motorcycle engine in which cylinder designs in a streamlined from each side of the machine. In addition to their single cylinder models (mostly to the same sample), all their motorcycles used this distinctive layout until the early 1980's. Many of the BMW cars are still produced in that location, which is determined by the class R. During World War II, BMW made the BMW R75 motorcycle with a sidecar attached. Featuring a unique design copied from the Zundapp KS750, its sidecar wheel was also a motor-controlled. Combined with a lockable differential, this made the vehicle very capable off-road. Soon, the BMW brand has also started doing controlled chain of series F and R with single and parallel engines Roteksa. Initially, the 1990th, BMW updated the engine with cylinder boxer airhead, which became known as oilhead. In 2002, the oilhead engine had two spark plugs and cylinder. Stronger versions oilhead engines available in the classroom R1100S and R1200S. In 2004, BMW introduced a new sport bike class K1200. BMW introduced the antilock brakes on motorcycles own production, beginning in the late 1980's. Generation anti-lock brakes are available for 2006 and later bikes BMW, paves the way for companies to introduce control over the electronic stability. New class of vehicles was a line of compact sedans and two-car, whose production began in 1962 and continued past 45 years. Powered by the famous BMW M10 engine with four cylinders, a new class model showed a fully independent suspension, McPherson struts in front and front disc brakes. Originally a family four-door sedan and two door double car. Share a bit with the rest of the line outside the train authorities, sporting siblings caught the attention of auto enthusiasts and BMW have established as an international brand. Precursors of the famous BMW 3 Series, the success with two doors cemented the future of the company as the top automaker of the series. The new four-door class with numbers ending in "0" were replaced by larger BMW 5 Series in 1972. Upscale 2000C and 2000CS coupes were replaced by six-cylinder BMW E9, introduced in 1969 with the 2800CS. 1600 two-door was closed in 1975, 2002, replaced by 320i in 1975. 1 class cars start to be produced in 2004, is the smallest car BMW, and is available in two-seater convertible car with a hatchback. BMW has a history of success in Formula One. BMW was moving at high speeds, cars won 20 races. In 2006, the BMW Sauber team tricked and became Formula One constructors. In 2007 and 2008 the team had some success. New victory - a lone victory of the team constructor BMW Sauber F1 Team, June 8, 2008, at the Canadian Grand Prix Robert cubes. BMW has been the engine supplier for companies such as: Williams, Benetton, Brabham. Notable drivers who began his career with the Formula One car in the BMW, including Jenson, Juan Pablo Montoya and Sebastian Vettelya. In July 2009, BMW announced that it will withdraw from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season. The team was sold back to the previous owner, Peter assemble. Currently, BMW is working to create two conceptual models based on the touring cars of the first and third class. The basic idea behind the development is to penetrate the market minivan, without sacrificing the style and brand reputation. The first list is the five-seater hatchback Compactive Sport Tourer, which will offer new customers a real comfort of a small compact minivan. Among its distinctive features are said to heated seats and a spacious passenger compartment, which will be inscribed in a more traditional style for BMW cars. The company BMW has a long and successful history in tourism in motor racing. European Touring Car Championship - Since 1968, BMW won 24 drivers' championships along with the names of several manufacturers and teams. Touring Car Championship - BMW won the championship four drivers (1987, 2005, 2006 and 2007). British Touring Car Championship - BMW won the drivers in 1988, 1991, 1992 and 1993 and manufacturers' championships in 1991 and 1993. Japanese Touring Car Championship - BMW (Schnitzer) flew from Europe to Japan to compete in the championship and won the championship in 1995. The BMW Group has taken steps to reduce the adverse impact that has on the environment. She is trying to design a less polluting vehicles, making more efficient models, as well as developing environmentally friendly fuels for future vehicles. The possibility of such vehicles include: electricity (combustion engines and electric motors) is replaced by hydrogen engines. However, there were some criticisms directed toward the company BMW. Some critics argue that the emission produced during the hydrogen fuel production outweighs the reduction in tailpipe emissions, and that hydrogen is a distraction from more immediate, practical solutions to environmental pollution. BMW vehicles follow a certain specification, usually 3 digits followed by the number 1 or 2 letters. The first number represents the number of rows. The next two numbers traditionally represent the engine displacement in cubic centimeters divided by 100. Such a specification used by BMW Motorrad for their motorcycles.
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