Park Ave Motor Corp company history timeline

1916

1916 – Establishment of BMW.”

1918

In August 1918, Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH became a stock corporation.

Because of unnamed issues in the quality of their products, the company was not ordered to provide armaments to the Prussian military during World War I. The company suffered financially before it was purchased by investors and closed in 1918.

Overnight, the company went from being on the brink of extinction to genuinely contributing to the German war effort, and this allowed them to acquire BFW in 1918.

1918: First BMW aircraft engine is built.

1920

After the company was sold to Knorr Bremse AG in 1920, financier Camillo Castiglioni acquired engine production along with the workforce and production facilities, the company name and the blue and white logo.

1922

BMW AG subsequently transferred its engine construction operations – including the company and brand names – to BFW in 1922.

1922 – Company relocation and new beginning.

1923

Despite the 1923 Treaty of Versailles' ban on aircraft production in Germany, Bayerische Motoren continued to operate and thrive.

The company produced its first motorcycle, the BMW R 32 in 1923.

1929

Another Dixi, the DA2, based on the 6-cylinder model, was introduced in Berlin in July 1929.

Despite the stock market crash in October 1929 and the subsequent depression (17,000 German firms were forced into bankruptcy, including one of Bayerische Motoren's shareholders, the Danat-Bank), the company avoided financial disaster.

A total of 5,390 DA2s, the 'mini car at a mini price,' were sold in 1929; this was increased the following year to 6,792 cars.

1929: First BMW car is built.

1932

The first car manufactured by BMW was a design borrowed from the Austin Motor Company. It was not until 1932 that BMW utilized its own designs and built its first car.

1933

Starting in 1933, aircraft construction in Germany received substantial financial support from the government.

When Hitler assumed power in 1933, Bayerische Motoren, along with other German automotive companies, was required to manufacture airplane engines for the new air force, the Luftwaffe.

Quandt joined the Nazi party in 1933 and made a fortune arming the German Wehrmacht, manufacturing weapons and batteries.

1936

1936 – Establishment of the “Shadow Plant” Allach.

Early in 1936, the 326 model was launched in both sedan and convertible versions.

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