BMW started off making aircraft engines over a hundred years ago when powered aircraft were first being developed … which is why their logo is a circle with four different coloured quarters, it’s the image of a spinning propeller
Yes … and because of that, for the longest time, because so many people repeated it, I thought the acronym stood for Bavarian Motor Works … its actually ‘Bayerische Motoren Werke’
BMW started off making aircraft engines over a hundred years ago when powered aircraft were first being developed … which is why their logo is a circle with four different coloured quarters, it’s the image of a spinning propeller
I think it’s also a reference to the bavarian flag.
Yes … and because of that, for the longest time, because so many people repeated it, I thought the acronym stood for Bavarian Motor Works … its actually ‘Bayerische Motoren Werke’
Which is literally just German for Bavarian Motor Works.
God damit! … I was right all along … just in the wrong language!
This is a misconception. The chequered blue and white is part of a Bavarian flag, but due to some legal issues they had to straighten it.
The image of a propeller is from an ad they once ran, but the logo existed beforehand.
Peugeot started off making pepper and salt grinders.
Silent movies with Chaplin?
Nintendo started off making playing cards, that’s why their logo is a [Remainder of comment removed due to Cease and Desist]