BMW is a German company founded in 1913 whose 3 letters mean Bayerische Motoren Werke: Engine manufacturer in Bavarian.
BMW's original core business was aircraft engine manufacturing, and its logo features a rotating propeller.
Following the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles (1919) prohibited German industries from pursuing any activity in the military and aeronautical fields. The young German company thus had to diversify by moving towards the automobile industry…
