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BMW is currently ranked as the second most valuable car brand in the world, topped only by Toyota. That makes the blue and white roundel quite desirable, topping brands such as Ferrari or Lamborghini in the…
Gabriel Nica / June 21, 2017
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26 year old Münchner Oliver Sold is a passionate photographer and one of his subjects is the Bavarian brand with the blue and white roundel. Inspired by the 100 year anniversary of BMW, Sold devoted his bachelor…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 23, 2017
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Let’s sit down and talk about cars. Let’s talk about the past, the present and the future. Let’s talk about how things used to be and how they are now. We have to. Why? Because…
James Bachici / December 27, 2016
5 Series
The newly launched BMW G30 5 Series reinforced once again BMW’s claims of being the best in the segment. The new 5er is actually the seventh iteration of the Bavarian model with more than 40…
Gabriel Nica / October 18, 2016
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Purgatory – Chapter 5 of the History of BMW
by Hugo Becker / Date: October 17, 2016
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One of the few things Germany did not have a shortage of at the end of World War II was rubble. There were over 400 million cubic meters of rubble on the streets of Germany…
Hugo Becker / June 11, 2016
3 Series
This video from Donut Media follows the evolution of the BMW 3 Series, from the E21-chassis 1975 316 and the E30 M3 to the F80-chassis 2015 M3. Over its lengthy existence, BMW 3 Series has…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 28, 2016
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On the southeast edge of Eisenach, Germany, there is a steep hill. On top of that hill sits a fortification, a castle. It is not one of those popular fairy tale castles like Neuschwanstein in…
Hugo Becker / April 24, 2016
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In May of 1922 the restrictions on aircraft engine production, imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, was lifted. Possibly this serves as one of the reasons BMW’s secretive benefactor, Camillo Castiglioni, went to the trouble…
Hugo Becker / February 24, 2016
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In 1916 you will not find a company known as BMW, hard as you might look. The first mention of BMW is in 1917, as the company that succeeded Rapp Motorenwerke, so how is it…
Hugo Becker / January 13, 2016
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In the latest two entries of TIME Magazine’s multi-part documentary on BMW, called “BMW: A Company On The Edge”, it goes into how BMW uses motorsport to create a brand image and shows how BMW…
Nico DeMattia / June 19, 2015