The Bavarian engine factories Bayerische MotorenWerke, or BMW - an abbreviation that has long gained worldwide fame - have been operating since 1913 and originally specialized in aircraft engines. The founder of the firm was Carl Friedrich Rapp, he also decided to place production in Munich district near the firm Flugmaschinenfabrik Gustav Otto - the German aircraft manufacturer. BMW still uses the stylized image of a working aircraft propeller as an emblem.
After the First World War, the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919 banned the production of aircraft in Germany, Otto had to close his factory, and BMW switched to the production of train brakes. At present, BMW is the largest manufacturer of motorcycles, cars, engines, and bicycles.
Exhibition at the BMW Museum (part 1)
Conceptuality
In Munich, a city located on the Isar River, apart from the Bavarian motor plant the main headquarters of the company, the museum and the multifunctional center BMW Welt. All three objects are ultramodern buildings, the latest achievements of innovative design thought.
The BMW Museum opened its doors to the first visitors in 1972. Simultaneously with the museum, the construction and headquarters of the company were completed for the 1972 Olympics. The BMW is designed in the form of a four-cylinder engine hovering over the base, and has 22 floors. In 1999 the building was added to the list of architectural monuments of Munich. The buildings were designed by the Austrian architect Karl Schwentzer
The museum is shaped like a bowl covered with a BMW emblem (you can only see it from a bird's eye view) and is a lid from a gas tank, and the locals affectionately call it "a bowl for soup."
BMW 200 TI
BMW 327 coupe
BMW M Roadster
BMW Welt, or BMW World - is a relatively new time-building project for the Vienna Design Bureau Coop Himmelb (l) au. Construction of the auto show began in August 2003, while the opening ceremony took place on October 17, 2007
According to the authors' intention, the BMW Welt glass cones should symbolize the letter "W", the third in the abbreviation BMW. The letter "B" is the four cylinders of the main office of the Bavarian concern, and the "M" is the "cover" of the museum of the company.
The museum building is a three-level spiral structure. The entrance to the building is located on the side of the BMW Welt, the museum can also be accessed through a suspension bridge connecting these two objects. The visitor will be offered to buy tickets and go down the escalator, to the beginning of the inspection. Then the movement goes up all the time.
Representativeness
The museum features not only BMW cars and motorcycles, but also engines and even propellers from the aircraft - BMW's original specialization. The years of release of the exposition cars cover the period of more than 90 years of the firm's history, from the beginning of the 1910s to the present day.
The look is riveted by a variety of car models: sedans, roadsters, coupe. Here you can see the first motorcycle produced under the brand BMW and the Isetta passenger car of a very small class that has become widely known as a bubble car due to the shape of the egg and the bubble windows
BMW R32, the first motorcycle BMW
BMW 335
First BMW 7 Series
It is impossible to admire the BMW M Roadster, the presentation model BMW Z3, which won fame in the James Bond film . The car was produced by a subsidiary of BMW - BMW Motorsport, founded in 1972, the original purpose of which was to maintain the racing program . Since the late 1970s, the production of the first modifications All cars for personal use by the riders . In addition to the BMW Z3, there are other sports cars of the Bavarian "daughter" in the museum, for example the BMW M1, a sports car manufactured from 1978 to 1981 ., a joint project of BMW and the Italian company Lamborghini for racing 4 th and 5 th groups .
The novelty of car lovers will become familiar with the new conceptual model of the Bavarian automotive industry - the hydrogen BMW H2R Hydrogen Record Car. The BMW team believes that the future is for the hydrogen engines.
Exhibition at the BMW Museum (part 2)
Innovation
At the end of the exposition in the last hall of the visitor there is a fascinating installation: a lot of small steel balls suspended on a thin line to the ceiling, which, while moving, take a bizarre shape - this is the kinetic model of BMW. It is worthwhile to stay longer in this hall, and then you can see for yourself how the balls will take the form of the upper part of the car body. Amazing spectacle!
The BMW Museum is visited annually by about 850 thousand people, and the museum staff are happy to welcome everyone: fans of the BMW brand; experts of the car industry or simply fans of German premium cars; people, fond of the history of the formation of the concern, as well as engineering innovations of the Bavarian company in the field of car design. And everyone will enjoy his aesthetic impulse to meet the new - opens the door to the unknown world of luxury!
