12 Facts About The BMW

1. At the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1961, The BMW launched the 1500, a compact sedan with front disc brakes and four-wheel independent suspension.

2. In 1939, The BMW bought Spandau-based Brandenburgische Motorenwerke, known as Bramo, from the Siemens group of companies and merged it with its aircraft engine division under the name BMW Flugmotorenbau GmbH.

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

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

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

6. In 2012, The 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.

7. In 2001 and 2002, The 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.

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

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

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

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

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