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BMW History: In 1916, Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, or BFW, began as an aircraft engine company the German WWI planes.
By August 13, 1918, the company allowed for the announcement of their reach of 12 million reichsmarks. Two weeks later, the war ended and their production was put to a halt, no longer permitted to produce aircraft engines.
As a result of this, BFW turned to making train breaks and retrofitting engines. Four years later, in 1922, BMW takes up the name, building their first automotive vehicle in 1932.
BMW’s motorcycles have set records for over 22 years. They had 20 sports teams, with 19 driver championship titles from between 1954 to 1974.
Typically throughout the BMW’s car designs, the bug-like eyes and long length were maintained.
Initially, a majority of the cars from around 1930’s to 1961 has rounded fronts that curved upwards to a straight hood. There were virtually no corners to be seen on these cars.
From 1961 until around 2000, however, a boxy front was adopted its design.
Once the 2000’s came around, there was a massive change in the BMW designs. The cars dropped their tall heights and became a more stout design and took back up it’s curved edges.

("BMW History." BMW. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2014.)

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