BMW in Botswana

The famous brand «BMW» - Bayerische Motoren Werke, was born in 1917, when Gustav Otto and his friend Karl Rapp combined two small firms engaged in the production of engines for aircraft, in one. Now, BMW, Bayerisch Motoren Werke AG, the German automobile company specializing in the manufacture of passenger cars and sports cars, all terrain vehicles and motorcycles. The first car BMW produces its own in 1932 - a model 3/20. In 1933 he started producing the model "303" - the first of the BMW 6-cylinder engine. This model first acquires the characteristic radiator grille. This lattice has a typical design element of all cars produced BMW. In 1956 BMW 507 - 8-cylinder aluminum 3.2-liter engine with 150 hp accelerates to 220 km per hour. Results of such vehicles from 1956 to 1959 was sold to 252 cars. Today it is one of the most rare and expensive vintage vehicles . In 1994 firm makes a purchase for $2.3 billion DM Industry Group Rover Group («Rover Group"), and with it, and the UK's largest complex for the production of car brands Rover, Land Rover and MG. With the purchase of the firm's list of the BMW added the missing ultra-low-class cars and SUVs. In 1998, purchased the British company «Rolls-Royce». Currently, BMW, which started with a small aircraft engine plant manufactures its products in five factories in Germany and twenty-two subsidiaries scattered around the world. This is one of the few automobile companies are not using factories robots. The entire assembly is on the line by hand. At the exit - only a computer diagnosis of the main parameters of the vehicle.