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History of BMW. The official founding date of the German motor vehicle manufacturer BMW is 7 March 1916, when an aircraft producer called Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (formerly Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik) was established. [1] [2] This company was renamed to Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) in 1922. However, the BMW name dates back to 1917, when Rapp ...
The BMW R75 is a World War II -era motorcycle and sidecar combination produced by the German company BMW. The BMW R75 stands out by its integral two-wheel drive design, with drive shafts to both its rear wheel and the third side-car wheel, from a locking differential, as well as a transfer case offering both road and off-road gear ratios ...
BMW 018. BMW GT 101. SNECMA Atar. The BMW 003 (full RLM designation 109-003) is an early axial turbojet engine produced by BMW AG in Germany during World War II. The 003 and the Junkers Jumo 004 were the only German turbojet engines to reach production during World War II. Work had begun on the design of the BMW 003 before its contemporary, the ...
The BMW 801 was a powerful German 41.8-litre (2,550 cu in) air-cooled 14-cylinder- radial aircraft engine built by BMW and used in a number of German Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II. Production versions of the twin-row engine generated between 1,560 and 2,000 PS (1,540–1,970 hp, or 1,150–1,470 kW ). It was the most produced radial engine ...
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly abbreviated to BMW ( German pronunciation: [ˌbeːʔɛmˈveː] ⓘ ), is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from ...
IMZ-Ural.com. A new Ural Gear Up is put through its paces. Ural Motorcycles—official name IMZ-Ural Group Inc., Russian: Мотоциклы Урал; Romanized: Motosikly Ural—is a multinational company involved in developing, manufacturing, and worldwide distribution of Ural sidecar motorcycles. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, with ...
In 1942 BMW moved its motorcycle production to Eisenach, freeing up space in Munich for air craft engines. The main product was the highly successful R75 .In 1942 regular automobile production was stopped because of World War II and started to manufacture aircraft engines for the Luftwaffe. By the end of the war about 60% of the factory had ...
Fokker D.VII. BMW IIIa was an inline six-cylinder SOHC valvetrain, water-cooled aircraft engine, the first-ever engine produced by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, who, at the time, were exclusively an aircraft engine manufacturer. Its success laid the foundation for future BMW engine designs. It is best known as the powerplant of the Fokker D.VIIF ...