bmw history and growth in different periods

                 BMW history and growth in different periods

                              BMW IN 1913

 BMW started as a manufacturer of aircraft engines. In Ocotber 1913 Karl Friedrich Rapp establishes "Rapp-Motorenwerke" in a former bicycle factory near Munich. Rapp was an engineer who arise through thr Daimler system and 

"Rapp-Motorenwerke" was set up asa a subsidiary of "Flugwerk", an airplane maker.  He starts manufacturing his own aircraft engines but unfortunately they suffered form problems with vibrations.

 

                                        

                            BMW IN 1916

Franz-Josef Popp, who was an Austrian engineer, directed Rapp's business. Franz-Josef Popp was securing the all-importnt military contracts. he tranformed then the existing company into "Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH". BMW formally recognizes its birthday as March 7, 1916. Shortly after the merge, Popp realized that the company expanded too quickly and they needed financial help.

  BMW IN 1919

  BMW turned to boat and truck engines and farming equipment. Meanwhile, in    secret, Popp continued to work with his engineering director Friz on aircraft engines.

A successor for the Type IIIa engine is born. It is named naturally Type IV. With this engine, Franz Zeno Diemer sets an altitude record of 9,760 metres (32,013 ft).

 

 

                      BMW IN  1920

the present BMW introduced in the early 1920, was believed to be based on the circular design of an aircraft propeller : 

                       BMW IN   1929

1929 is the year when Ernst Henne riding a 750 cc BMW sets a new motorcycle record on September 19, 1929, reaching a speed of 134.65 mph (216.75 km/hr). This surpasses the existing world record by 10 kph.

                         BMW IN  1939  

George Meier is the first foreigner to win the Isle of Man Senior TT in 1939 - the world's toughest motorcycle competition of its day. Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War

 

                           BMW IN 1949

BMW is back again: presenting its first motorcycle since 1941 in New York.

 

 

                             BMW IN  1959

 The 700 model was the car that put BMW back on its feet again. It is the first vehicle to have a unitary body: floor, side walls and roof are welded to the occupant cell.