From a small manufacturing facility, they have now become a global empire. They have more than 33 manufacturers around the world. BMW has become a profound name in the automobile industry and even more so they have become the major sponsors of professional golf as well as taking stands on other important social issues.

It all started with Karl Friedrich Rapp who started the Rapp-Motorenwerke in 1913. It was the high time of the war, and the Rapp company produced war planes for the army, but these planes were flawed so, the company didn’t last for long. And the competition Gustav Otto took over with flying colors. Because the Rapp business could take up the demands of the war, the Gustav Otto flourished by putting forward their best work.

Till the end of 1916, the Rapp was barely surviving, but as it was about to end the whole business, it was saved by Prussian army, who ordered around 600 engines from Rapp. This gave the boast that the business needed to stand on its feet again. Later on, they formed a kinship with Fran-Josef Popp Camillo Castiglioni, giving birth to a new entity Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke (BFW). This was the former life of BMW.

The first logo of the BFW was created in 1917, which had the colors of Bavarian state. Albeit the fact that the logo has been changed a lot since then but the true colors of the Bavarian state remained the same.

In 1922, BMW moved to Oberwiesenfeld airstrip near Munich. Which later on became the headquarters for the whole BMW assembly. Till date the headquarters is there, and it produces more than 200,000 cars annually and has over 9,000 employees.

In 1923, was the year when the coming took as 360 turn and left the planes behind to manufacture motorcycles. Huge change nonetheless, form plane engines to complete vehicles. R32 was the name of their first production. The design was perfect, so much so, that the version of that model is still used today.

With the epic success of their motorcycles, the company bought Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach, a and started manufacturing cars. But these productions weren’t done in Munich rather in Germany at the old Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach industry. Till 1932 they kept using inspired designs, that were burrowed from an Austin Motor Company.

But soon after they came up with their own, unique designs.

During the second world war, BMW devoted all the resources and time in producing aircraft as well as motorcycles for the German Army. With the end of the war, came near end of BMW, but it took everything to get back in to business and it did. The world knows BMW as the maker of most luxury cars ever.

The main focus of BMW is technological growth as well as earning great profits. Their aim is to become the leading automotive company by 2020.

The BMW cover comes with protection against, UV rays, atmospheric damage, scratches, mud and dust, and extreme weather. Which is the reason the BMW is best amid the rest.

30’s: Models of the 303 (326, 320, 329, 327 and 328 Brescia Grand Prix.) as well as ‘Wartburg’ DA3.

40’s: military vehicles.

50’s: 501, the primary post-war BMW, 502 V8 super, 507.

60’s: 5 series, 3 series, 7 series, and 6 series vehicles

80’s: Land Rover, Rover, and MINI brands as well as Wolseley, Triumph, Austin, Riley and Morris

2000’s: famous 1 series, and all-new I3

Today: Till date the BMW has four divisions that make annually 2,117,965 automobiles and 120,000 motorcycles, as well as buses and trucks.