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…
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…
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…
In 2000, hot on the heels of BMW’s 1999 victory at Le Mans, BMW decided to celebrate by creating a monster — The BMW X5 Le Mans.
BMW 3 Series was launched 40 years ago to replace the already legendary BMW 02, and is now set to enter its sixth generation
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The E39 M5 debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 1998 and has won over the hearts of enthusiasts ever since
When BMW debuted the E38 7 Series back in 1995, it was more of an evolution than revolution of the previous 7 Series. It was a striking looking car, for the time, with its low,…
BMW is changing. There’s no denying it and certainly there is no way around it. BMW has to change because not only the market demands are changing, but the customer is too
So the breathless click-bait title of this piece should be, “How I tried to find the true origins of BMW. You won’t believe what happened next!!”. In reality the origins of BMW require a bit…
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