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The headquarters is located in Munich. In the northern outskirts of Munich, Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto, the son of the inventor of the internal combustion engine of Nikolaus August Otto, are created by two small aircraft engine firms. The first world war immediately brought numerous orders for engines for aircraft. RAPP and Otto decide to unite in one aircraft engine factory.

So in Munich there is a factory of aviation engines, which in July is registered under the name Bayerische Motoren Werke “Bavarian Motor Plants” - BMW. After the end of the First World War, the company was on the verge of collapse, because the enterprising Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto find a way out - the plant is re -profiled to produce first motorcycle engines, and then the motorcycles themselves.

The first motorcycle R is released from the BMW plant at the Motosalon of the Year in Paris, this first BMW motorcycle immediately won the reputation of a high -speed and reliable machine, which was confirmed by absolute speed records on international motorbines. At the same time, the Motor-4 engine is developed, the final assembly of which is carried out in other European countries.

In Franz Dimer on an airplane with this engine, rising to a height of meters, sets the first world BMW record. Production receives an additional impetus after the conclusion of a secret agreement with Soviet Russia on the supply of the latest aircraft engineers. Most Soviet record flights of the 10th years were made on aircraft equipped with BMW engines. The company acquires car factories in Aizenah Thuringia, and with them a license for the production of a low -profile car DIXI it was a licensed English Austin 7.

Its production begins with DIXI - the first BMW car. During the period of economic difficulties, small -leafing becomes the most popular car in Europe. By the beginning of World War II, BMW is one of the most dynamically developing companies in the world that produces equipment with sports orientation. In the start of the production of the ""-the first BMW car with a 6-cylinder engine.

It is this model that is the first to acquire a characteristic grille of the radiator. These nostrils have become a typical design element of all BMW cars. In the BMW, the famous "" is one of the most successful sports cars. For that time, these were simply avant -garde technical innovations: a tubular frame, a six -cylinder engine with a block of light alloys block, a new valve mechanism with rods.

With the model, BMW was so famous in the second half of x. With its appearance, the ideology of BMW has finally formed, which to this day defines the concept of new models: “car - for the driver”. The main competitor, the Mercedes-Benz, follows the principle: "car-for passengers." Since then, each company has been going on its own way, proving that it is its choice that is correct.

The winner of the great number of competitions - ring racing, rally, competitions in lifting to the hill - BMW was addressed to experts in a sports car and left far behind all serial sports cars. Then a model is being developed, which is installed on the famous Junkers Yu in the same year, the fastest pre -war motorcycle model is created with a capacity of 60 liters. In the year, the German racer Georg Mayer becomes the European champion on this motorcycle.

And for the first time, a foreigner on a foreign motorcycle wins the British races "Senior Tourist Trophy". The war that has begun leads to the suspension of car production. Priority is again given to aircraft engineers. Tests of missile engines are also carried out. The end of World War II was a disaster for the concern. Four plants, which appeared in the eastern zone of occupation, are destroyed and dismantled.

The head factory in Munich is dismantled by the British. In connection with the production during the war of aircraft engine and missiles, winners issued an order to ban production for three years. And Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto, who did not change their love for the motors, decide to start everything from scratch again. The 1-cylinder R24 ​​motorcycle is being developed, which was collected in the workshops almost artisanal.

It becomes the first post -war BMW product. The first post -war passenger car "" "" appears. " However, he does not bring financial success. The production of models R 50 and R 51 begins, opening a new generation of motorcycles with a fully seduced chassis, is a low -iority of Isetta, a strange symbiosis of a motorcycle with a machine. A three -wheeled car with a door opening forward by movement was a huge success in a poor post -war Germany.

But due to the then followed by large limousines and related losses, the company is on the threshold of collapse. This is the only case in the history of BMW, when the economic situation was incorrectly calculated and cars thrown into the market had no demand. The question arises about the sale of the company. Having rebuilt the structure of capital, BMW manages to continue their activities.

The third time the company begins everything again. BMW was offered both as a class and a hard roof.The eight -cylinder aluminum engine with a volume of 3. A total of such cars from up to a year, pieces were sold. Today it is one of the rarest and expensive collectible cars. Success was achieved not only in sales. The version of the coupe made it possible for BMW to achieve sports victories.

The concept of the model is light. In the first time, a two -door car was presented, he served as the basis for creating a successful series of models from to with turbocharged. The successes of the "new class" contributed to the development of the entire model range. The BMW concern was able to afford to revive the tradition of the 10ths and begin the release of six -cylinder models.

In the year, a premiere show of models took place and thus. In BMW, it translates the production of motorcycles to Berlin. The release of the new series of motorcycles of “Opposes” begins. In the RS motorcycle, a full -size fairing is first installed. One of the most popular motorcycle models is produced-to with a 4-cylinder in-line engine with liquid cooling and fuel injection.

In the year of the century, a motorcycle, in, the plant in Berlin produces more than 37 thousand motorcycles. In the presentation of the motorcycle K 1. In the years, the first cars of the famous BMW series appear-models of the 3rd series, 5th series, 6th series, 7th series. With the release of the 5th series, the production of a fundamentally new generation of BMW models began.

If earlier the concern occupied mainly a niche of sports -type cars, now it has taken its place in the segment of comfortable sedans. Compartment 3. This compartment hid many technical innovations in itself. The six -cylinder BMW engine with four valves per cylinder was first installed on it. In a new breakthrough in the Lux class. With the advent of the 7th series, the fundamental renewal of all BMW series ended.

With the city of BMW M3, the most successful car for highland-ring racing in the world.

A compact two -door model was simultaneously developed for both serial production and motorsport. The result was just triumphal for BMW. In the year, the Italian Roberto Ravilia wins first place at the World Highways Championships. And over the next five years, the BMW M3 dominated the sports scene. In the new class, which was originally conceived simply as an experimental model, continued the tradition of the BMW X and X and X and X family.

The BMW Z1 was built in copies and became a carrier of ultramodern technology. The aerodynamics of this car was also at the exemplary level. In the year, the BMW concern is one of the first in the world to use an electronic engine adjustment system. In the new compartment-sword: BMW I. The heart of this elegant compartment of the Lux class was a twelve -cylinder engine, which from any speed could literally shoot the car forward.

A completely new integral rear bridge uniquely combined sports qualities and the highest comfort. In the year of the reunification of Germany, the concern, having founded the BMW Rolls-Royce GmbH company, returns to its roots launched in the field of aircraft industry, and the BR new-generation of the 3rd-generation of the 3rd series and the coupe of the 8th series appear in the BR aircraft engine in the market.

A good step for the company was the purchase for 2.3 billion. With the purchase of this company, the BMW list was replenished with missing vehicles and SUVs. C in the serial package of all BMW cars, an inflatable airbag for the front passenger and the engine of anti -theft locking of the engine are turned on. In March of the same year, the Touring of the 3rd series is launched into production.

The new car was not only in modern design, but also by the most advanced technique. So, for example, for the first time in the automotive industry, the chassis was almost entirely made of aluminum.