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Bayerische Motoren Werke; English: Bavarian Motor Works; BMW) is a German luxury automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. BMW is headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It also owns and produces Mini cars, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad, and plug-in electric cars under the BMW i sub-brand. BMW is one of the best-selling luxury automakers in the world. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx

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10 Things About BMW You Must Know

1) It is a very common notion among people that BMWs logo is inspired from a propeller. But on the contrary, it is actually not. The BMW badge was actually derived from the flag of Bavaria, the home of BMW. Blue and

White are the colors of the Bavarian national flag.

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2) The signature front face grills on all BMWs are called Kidney Grills. The grills first debuted in

1933 on the BMW 03. BMW

3) Just like Lamborghini never started out with making cars, BMW was also not a car manufacturer in its initial years. To low down the shortage of air plane engines during the World War One, the German motoring icon used to make aero plane propellers. The BMW biplane hit 32,000 feet in 1919, which was a world record back in the day.

4) BMWs world headquarters are massively popular. But very less people know that the design of the building is identical to that of a four cylinder engine. The design is a typical example of BMWs four cylinder engine heritage.5) Nearing bankruptcy in 1959, BMW was almost taken over Mercedes. BMW though, pulled back because they found a private investor whose family till date owns BMW shares. BMW Blog

6) The very first BMW M car was the legendary M1. This car though, was supposed to be made by Lamborghini who pulled back because of financial restraints. BMW

7) You will be surprised to know that BMW has been making electric cars for over 40 years now. BMWs first electric car called the 1602 debuted at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Despite being all electric the car had 43 horses under the hood, almost half of the horse power of the petrol driven 1602. BMW

8) BMW also designs aero plane and train interiors. Youtube

9) BMW Motoradd built the worlds fastest motorcycle in 1937. The super two-wheeler was extremely aerodynamic, had a supercharged engine and could touch an astonishing speed of 278 km/h. BMW Blog

10) BMW was founded by Franz Josef Popp in 1916 and is now primarily owned by the Quandt family. BMW Blog

BrazilOn October 2014 ,9, BMWs new South American automobile plant in Araquari, Santa Catarina produced its first car. BMW intend to increase its production capacity to over 30,000 vehicles a year. The new site is intended to create around 1,300 new jobs, of which 500 have already been filled.[91]

CanadaIn October 2008, BMW Group Canada was named one of Greater Torontos Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc., which was announced by the Toronto Star newspaper.[92]

ChinaMain article: BMW BrillianceSigning a deal in 2003 for the production of sedans in China,[93] May 2004 saw the opening of a factory in the North-eastern city of Shenyang where Brilliance Auto produces BMW-branded automobiles[94] in a joint venture with the German company.[95]

EgyptBavarian Auto Group is a multinational group of companies established in March 2003 when it was appointed as the sole importer of BMW and Mini in Egypt, with monopoly rights for import, assembly, distribution, sales and after-sales support of BMW products in Egypt. Since that date, BAG invested a total amount of US100$ million distributed on seven companies and 11 premises in addition to three stores.

IndiaBMW India was established in 2006 as a sales subsidiary in Gurgaon (National Capital Region). A state-of-the-art assembly plant for BMW 3 and 5 Series started operation in early 2007 in Chennai. Construction of the plant started in January 2006 with an initial investment of more than one billion Indian Rupees. The plant started operation in the first quarter of 2007 and produces the different variants of BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, BMW 7 Series, BMW X1, BMW X3, Mini Cooper S, Mini Cooper D and Mini Countryman.[96]

JapanYanase Co., Ltd. is the exclusive retailer of all imported BMW (passenger cars and motorcycles) products

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