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Chapter01The Origin

Bayerische Motoren Werke

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The Ultimate Driving Machine

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01 · The Origin

Bayerische Motoren Werke

Founded in Munich in 1916 building aircraft engines — the reason the marque still chases the horizon.

Munich · Aircraft engines
108Years of engineering
02 · The Roundel

Blue & White

The badge carries the colors of Bavaria. The spinning-propeller legend? A myth born from a 1929 advert.

Bavarian blue & white
1929First roundel ad
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03 · The Face

The Kidney Grille

The twin-kidney grille debuted on the 1933 BMW 303 and has fronted nearly every model since.

BMW 303 · 1933
93Years of the grille
M
04 · The Division

BMW M GmbH · 1972

Born from the racetrack. Motorsport engineering distilled into road cars — blue, violet and red.

Motorsport · Since 1972
53Years of M
R6
05 · The Heart

The Straight-Six

Perfectly balanced by design. BMW's silky inline-six has defined its driving feel since the 1930s.

Inline-six · 50:50 balance
90+Years of the I-6
06 · The Promise

The Ultimate Driving Machine

A slogan since 1975 — and a benchmark every enthusiast still measures the road against.

Slogan · Since 1975
50Years of the tagline
503hp

Power

479lb-ft

Torque

3.8sec

0–60

180+mph

Top Speed

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Bayerische Motoren Werke

The Ultimate Driving Machine

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BMW M Series

Pure driving
machine

Engineered on the circuit, refined for the road. Every curve of the body serves the single purpose of putting you in control.

0–100 km/h
3.0s
0–100 km/h
M TwinPower
625hp
M TwinPower
Top track speed
305km/h
Top track speed

The M Lineup

Explore the range

Six expressions of the same obsession — from the pocket-rocket M2 to the electrified XM. Every one engineered on the circuit.

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BMW M Series lineup

Six decades of motorsport engineering

From the Nürburgring to your driveway — each M car carries a lineage of race-proven innovation.

Heritage

A century in motion

From aircraft engines to the racetrack and back to the road — the milestones that built the marque.

  1. 1916

    Founded in Munich building aircraft engines

  2. 1933

    The twin-kidney grille debuts on the 303

  3. 1972

    BMW M GmbH is born from motorsport

  4. 1978

    The mid-engined M1 supercar arrives

  5. 1986

    The first M3 turns the E30 into a legend

  6. 2016

    A century of the ultimate driving machine

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