BMW Roundel: Not Born From Planes

[JUMPNYC]

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010...#mor%20e-37637

[DatUtahGuy]

Life changing!!!!1111one11!!111

but fer srs, who cares?

[DragonOrta]

Hi, welcome. Pretty sure most of us already knew that.

[Raxe]

I've known this for years, but stopped correcting people because it just makes you look like a prick.

[markseven]

The guy on the BMW episode of Ultimate Factories said that, IIRC.

[mightywhitey]

This is the picture they are reffering to. Its not life changing but I didnt know and had been told by multiple people otherwise.

[Aptyp]

BMW plane engines did have a roundel with propellers, because they faded from filled to clear. As a matter of fact, there were two separate companies for a while.


Still pretty cool.

[Tbolt]

good to know

[Maluco]

The Short Version....

BMW was established in 1916 when the two Munich companies "Rapp Motorenwerke AG" and "Gustav Flugmaschinenfabrik" merged to form "Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG", which was shortly afterwards renamed "Bayerische Motoren Werke AG" (BMW). In its first production halls, next to the Munich airport of the day and now the site of the Olympic Park, BMW developed and built aircraft engines, branching out into motorcycles from 1923 on. BMW built its first cars in 1928. BMW initially made a name for itself through its reliable, high-performance engines, with the sporting success of its motorcycles and cars adding to its worldwide renown and prestige. Today BMW is the only European car manufacturer which also produces motorcycles and aero engines.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=85301

[M-technik-3]

Others have said that it's from a place setting of some Duke from years back.

[Restoman]

Life changing!!!!1111one11!!111

but fer srs, who cares?

It's a BMW forum, so yeah it's relative.

[markseven]

Is that an M20 oil cooler on that thing?

[Aptyp]

The Short Version....

That's what I was talking about. BMW was split multiple times as well.

BMW and BFW remained close together, but after WWI, BFW was making furniture, while BMW was building small 4-cyl engines for Daimler and 500cc motors for Victoria motorcycles. After WWII BMW split up again into BMW and EMW (still badged BMW). One had Bavarian colors and other instead of blue, had red.

Pointless information, but the cross-hair design is most definitely a propeller, and colors were filled in to be Bavarian later on.

[///e30freak]

Is that an M20 oil cooler on that thing?

and it has my fourth bottle cap center cap.

[llll1l1ll]

I think it's just a bunch of Bavarians getting out of hand about their Freistaat again.