BMW X3 Wikipedia

BMW AG (German: [ˈbeːˈʔɛmˈveː]; originally an initialism for Bayerische Motoren Werke in German, or Bavarian Engine Works in English) is a German multinational company which currently produces luxury automobiles and motorcycles, and also produced aircraft motors until 1945.

The company was founded in 1916 and has its headquarters in Munich, Bavaria. BMW produces motor vehicles in Germany, Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2015, BMW was the world's 12th largest producer of motor vehicles, with 2, 279, 503 vehicles produced. The particular Quandt family are extensive shareholders of the business, with the remaining shares possessed by public float.

Cars are marketed under the brands BMW (with sub-brands BMW M for performance models and BMW i for plug-in electric cars), Mini and Rolls-Royce. Motorbikes are marketed under the brand BMW Motorrad.

The company has significant motorsport background, especially in touring vehicles, Formula 1, sports vehicles and the Isle of Man TT.

he spherical blue and white THE CAR logo or roundel progressed from the circular Rapp Motorenwerke company logo, from which the BMW company grew, combined with the blue and white colors of the flag of Bavaria. The BMW logo still used today was created in 1917, albeit with various minor styling changes.

The origin of the logo is often thought to be a characterization of the movement of an aircraft propeller with the white blades trimming through a blue sky. However, this portrayal was first used in a BMW advertisement in 1929 – twelve years after the logo was created – so this is not the origin of the logo itself.

The particular phrases Beemer, Bimmer and Bee-em are commonly used slang for BMW in the English language and are sometimes used interchangeably for cars and motorbikes. In the United Declares, many people prescribe that "beemer" should be applied specifically for motorcycles and "bimmer" should be used for cars. Some of these people claim that "true aficionados" make this distinction and those who don't are "uninitiated. " Usage in North American mainstream media also varies, for example The World and Mail of Canada prefers Bimmer and calls Beemer a "yuppie abomination", and the Tacoma Information Tribune says that it is "auto snobs" who use the phrases to tell apart between cars and motorcycles.