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31 Oct

History of BMW Automobiles

Many of the popular auto manufacturers we know today got their start manufacturing other sorts of engines, and BMW is no different. Opened in 1913 as Rapp Motorenwerke (Motorworks) in a former bicycle factory, the company originally manufactured airplane engines. After World War I, and the treaty of Versailles, German manufacturers were required to cease [...]