100 years of BMW explained in these slides

1916 - 1922 (Establishment of BMW)

March 13, 2016, 22:13 IST
BMW was established following a restructuring of the Rapp Motorenwerke aircraft manufacturing firm.

It was founded on March 7, 1916 and stood for Bayerische Motoren Werke. In 1917, the company got its present emblem.

At the end of the 1920s, the emblem made its first appearance in the company's advertising. In 1922, the company relocated to the current production facilities of BMW at Munich's Oberwiesenfeld airfield.

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