12 Facts About BMW

1. On July 31, 2018, BMW announced to build 1 billion euro car factory in Hungary.

2. In 2016, BMW was the twelfth highest selling brand in the United States.

3. In July 2014, BMW announced it was establishing a plant in Mexico, in the city and state of San Luis Potosi involving an investment of $1 billion.

4. In 2012, BMW was the highest automotive company in the Carbon Disclosure Project's Global 500 list, with a score of 99 out of 100.

5. In 2012, BMW began sponsoring Independent Collectors production of the BMW Art Guide, which is the first global guide to private and publicly accessible collections of contemporary art worldwide.

6. In 2001 and 2002, BMW produced a series of 8 short films called The Hire, which had plots based around BMW models being driven to extremes by Clive Owen.

7. In 2014, BMW developed a prototype of street lights equipped with power sockets to charge electric cars, called Light and Charge.

8. In 1994, BMW bought the British Rover Group, and owned it for six years.

9. In 1992, BMW acquired a large stake in California-based industrial design studio DesignworksUSA, which they fully acquired in 1995.

10. In 1983, BMW introduced its first diesel engine, the M21.

11. In 1947, BMW was granted permission to resume motorcycle production and its first post-war motorcycle—the R24—was released in 1948.

12. In 2015, BMW was the world's twelfth largest producer of motor vehicles, with 2,279,503 vehicles produced.