Celebrating 100 Years of BMW

MotoWPK · 03-07-2016, 10:21 AM

March 7, 2016 marks 100 years since the little company that became Bayerische Motoren Werke formed in Germany...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-...bcomANews=true

MattBianco · 03-07-2016, 12:14 PM

Not all of the 100 years were pretty. Several articles are covering how BMW had forced labor in its plants when it supplied Hitler's army. BMW apologized for it today.

Deutsche Welle

Daily Mail (ok...not the most credible source)

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