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57 unusual facts about BMW


2001 Bradford riots

The most expensive act of the riot was the arson attack of a BMW dealership, which had previously been attacked in a 1995 disturbance.

2011 Malaysian Open

This was also be the first edition of the tournament to be sponsored by BMW.

Alundis Brice

When Dallas acquired Deion Sanders Brice was given a BMW to switch jersey numbers so that Sanders could wear his #21.

Asian Touring Car Series

Proton provides the only factory team, whose main opposition is the independent German BMW team of Engstler Motorsport.

Avon Cup

The event was sponsored by Avon Products and BMW during its tenure and was known as the Tournament of Champions in its final year.

BMW CCA Foundation

In March, 2002, the BMW Car Club of America, an organization of over 79,000 members, formed the non-profit, tax-exempt charitable BMW CCA Foundation, Inc., to provide benefits to the motoring public community and owners of BMW automobiles.

Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project

On April 30, 2011, Bo-Dyn and the USBSF ended its partnership due to intellectual property disagreements, and BMW became the new bobsled provider.

Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan

CAMVAP is available to owners and lessees of new and used vehicles that were originally purchased or leased in Canada from an authorized dealer (except for BMW and—by extension—MINI), the only car manufacturer which does not participate in the CAMVAP scheme).

Chris Campanaro

He has been involved in literally hundreds of commercials including such clients as Nike, Infiniti, BMW,-- first in his role as chief session engineer and today as a composer of all styles of genres.

Data Design Interactive

Data Design Interactive worked with global brands and licences including Kawasaki, Mini, Harry Potter, BMW, Austin Mini, Rover, Austin-Healey, Spearmint Rhino, Habitrail, Lego, London Taxi, Tonka, EARACHE records and Nickelodeon.

Emma Dodd

During the early part of her career, Emma worked in advertising and editorial, for clients including Volvo, BMW, Pentagram (NYC and London), Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew), The Guardian, The Observer, Sunday Express and She Magazine.

Ernst Loof

Loof was also a famous motorcycle racer and designer, who scored numerous successes in pre-war years for Imperia of Bad Godesberg and for BMW.

Fulvio Bonavia

Though he has shot ad campaigns for a wide range of international clients, such as Adidas, Heineken, Swatch, Amnesty International, and Alitalia, he is best known for his campaigns for automotive companies including Jaguar, BMW, Saab, Alfa Romeo, Daimler-Chrysler, and Audi.

Goodbye Charlie Bright

After looking in the window of a BMW it becomes clear that Julie, the girlfriend of Francis (Dyer), another member of 'The Firm', is having sex with "local nutter" Eddie (Phil Daniels), who is some 20 years older.

Goodwood plant

After BMW bought the rights to the Rolls-Royce brand as applied to motor cars from Vickers plc, it required a new manufacturing plant in which to build the new cars.

Jaguar Land Rover Gaydon Centre

The ownership of the site passed, along with what was by then called the Rover Group, to British Aerospace in 1988, and subsequently in 1994 to BMW.

Jeff Mercel

One can also hear his work in commercials for BMW, and the recent “Got Milk?” ad campaign featuring Selma Hayek.

Klopka

While Mladen is reading the letter in his Renault, a white BMW is seen leaving the scene.

After hearing a gypsy speaking on the other end of the phone, Mladen realizes where his antagonist is and rushes into his car and starts following the man's silver BMW.

Lada Sport

The team entered the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season, becoming the fourth manufacturer in the championship alongside SEAT, BMW and Chevrolet.

Legends of Motorsport

While the BMW attribution was retained, the three episodes documenting their history were never repackaged.

The series was attributed to the German automobile firm BMW, implying that they provided some of its key financial backing.

Lutka sa naslovne strane

B-side features song "On i njegov BMW" (trans. "He and his BMW").

Malcolm Pryce

including BMW assembly-line worker in Germany, hotel washer-up, "the world's worst aluminium salesman", and deck hand on a yacht in Polynesia, Pryce became an advertising copywriter in London and Singapore.

Marco D'Amico

On May 20, 1992, D'Amico was brought before a federal grand jury in Chicago after the bombing of a BMW sports car outside the home in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood of Sharon Patrick, the estranged daughter of turncoat mobster Leonard Patrick, who was set to testify for the prosecution against his old boss, mob fixer Gus Alex.

Mike Krusee

He was pulled over by a Texas Department of Public Safety officer after driving his black BMW because his personalized license plate had expired in December 2007.

Mother and Son

Robert loves to play tennis and golf and throughout the show, owns 3 cars; a Jaguar, Volvo and a BMW.

Moustapha Bangura

The accident occurred when Bangura was on his way to watch a Sierra Leone National Premier League game between the Nepean Stars of Bo and FC Kallon when Bangura tried to avoid a dog on the road and subsequently had his BMW vehicle slip-off the road and hit a tree.

Museum der bildenden Künste

Recently, the museum received from the BMW, which is culturally engaged since the new Leipzig plant in the city, the photo collection "AutoWerke" (Car Works).

Nell Theobald

She initially gained fame for being attacked by a lion during a BMW photo shoot at the International Automobile Show at the New York Coliseum in April 1966.

Neville Hughes

In 1975 Hughes retired from acting, leaving to work for car manufacturer BMW as a salesman.

Noun

A proper noun or proper name is a noun representing unique entities (such as Earth, India, Jupiter, Harry, or BMW), as distinguished from common nouns which describe a class of entities (such as city, animal, planet, person or car).

Oxford American

Smirnoff, a native of Mill Valley, California, a suburb of San Francisco, arrived in Oxford after his BMW sedan broke down in the midst of a cross-country excursion in late 1987.

Paramount Cars

Founded by WA Hudson and S Underwood from Derbyshire, the Paramount had an aluminium over wood frame body with BMW like grille and was mounted on a separate tubular steel chassis with front transverse and rear semi elliptical leaf springs.

Paranur

Paranur has been declared a special economic zone(SEZ) since October 2005; companies like Infosys and BMW have started units in this village.

Paris Photo

The festival also has a jury prize associated with a theme (2007: "Pleasure, Distilled") awarded to the artist whose work best expresses the theme (in 2007, this prize – sponsored by BMW – was 12,000 euros).

Rara.com

On 21 May 2013 rara announced an international partnership with BMW to provide Europe's first in-car music streaming service.

Recognition Professionals International

A non-profit organization, RPI is currently sponsored by companies including Discover Financial Services, BMW Manufacturing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Wells Fargo, and Sears.

Registrar of Imported Vehicles

A class action lawsuit was filed in Ontario Superior Court on Feb. 26, 2008 which alleges that Transport Canada (through the Registrar of Imported Vehicles), Mercedes, BMW and Canada Border Services Agency have violated the Competition Act in regard to people who are importing American vehicles into Canada.

Rick Walker

Previously he had been a co-host on The John Thompson Show and The Locker room with Doc Walker and Kevin Sheehan. He also appears in D.C. Lottery and BMW of Sterling commercials.

Riley Technologies

The 2011 race was again won by Chip Ganassi Racing, this time with a BMW engine.

Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, an entity created in 1998 as a subsidiary of BMW Group for the manufacture of Rolls-Royce branded motor cars.

Rolls-Royce Deutschland

It was formerly BMW Rolls-Royce (BRR), a joint venture company between BMW and Rolls-Royce established in 1990 to produce the BR700 family of jet engines.

Rover Group

The Rover Group was owned by British Aerospace (BAe) from 1988 to 1994, when BAe sold the remaining car business to the German company BMW.

Russian Bears Motorsport

For 2009, the team attracted support from Lada, with the Russian company thus becoming the fourth manufacturer in the championship alongside SEAT, BMW and Chevrolet.

Rut Wermuth

Rut survived for the rest of the war working in various positions in western Germany; at a shoe factory, in the household of a well connected German, and at the BMW plant in Allach (near Munich).

Saanich Police Department

Saanich Police is the first police force in North America to deploy BMW R1200RT-P motorcycles, a model that is specifically designed for police use and meant to replace the Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

Simon Buckley

In May 2010, Buckley admitted to keying his ex-girlfriend's car, a black BMW, and is currently facing charges.

Stanford Center for Design Research

The Center for Design Research was founded in 1984 by a collection of faculty from Stanford's famed Design Division, with money from companies including Apple Computer, BMW, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, and Toshiba Corporation.

Steve Krantz

Bakshi found Krantz's claims dubious, as the producer had recently purchased a new BMW and a mansion in Beverly Hills.

Tesco Clubcard

Dunnhumby was already working with clients such as Cable & Wireless and BMW, and Harrison approached them to help with the loyalty card project.

Tokujin Yoshioka

In the line of space designs, Yoshioka has been producing the boutique designs for Issey Miyake for more than 20 years, and have provided space designs for Toyota, Hermes, Lexus, Peugeot, NTT, BMW, and for cosmetic brands as RMK and SUQQU, which also involved works for their product package designs.

Too Beautiful for You

It tells the story of Bernard (Gérard Depardieu), a well established BMW car dealer in the South of France, is cheating on his beautiful wife (Carole Bouquet) with his ordinary looking temporary secretary (Josiane Balasko).

Vanden Plas

Ford purchased the Rover name from the Rover Group's previous owner BMW to protect the Land Rover brand from Shanghai Automotive who wanted the Rover name for their 75-based car (Ford was at this time owner of Land Rover — and Jaguar).

Wayne Cotter

He now performs at corporate events and has appeared at hundreds of events for companies like Intel, IBM, BMW and Deloitte.

When Rover Met BMW

German motor company BMW had bought Rover in 1994 and the series follows the sometimes fraught relationship between the two.

Wilmer Ruperti

The article also described Ruperti’s lifestyle, noting that he has two South Korean bodyguards, moves about Caracas in a bullet-proof BMW, owns a private jet, and in 2005 sponsored a charity concert held in Caracas by Luciano Pavarotti.


1979 European Formula Two season

Osella would be running a BMW-engined in-house car (albeit using a four-year old design penned by Giorgio Stirano, renamed the FA2/79) for Eddie Cheever; their main strength was an exclusive deal for Pirelli tyres.

1983 James Hardie 1000

BMW became the 6th manufacturer to appear in Hardies Heroes following Holden, Ford, Chevrolet, Mazda and Nissan.

1992 Tooheys 1000

Cecotto almost didn't get to drive in the race after he crashed the BMW in the race morning warm up session, though the TAFE crash repair crew were able to repair the car for the start.

2010 FIA WTCC Race of UK

Robert Huff topped the opening practice session of his home event on Saturday morning, the Chevrolet driver beating the BMW pairing of Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus.

Alfa Romeo 164

In October 1978, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Lancia and Saab came to an agreement to develop their own executive cars from the Type Four platform to compete with the likes of the Ford Granada and Opel Rekord (Vauxhall Carlton) as well as premium products from the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Anne Scripps

In a matter of hours, Douglas' 1982 BMW was found on the Tappan Zee Bridge with the bloody hammer inside.

Aufklärungsabteilung

Initially, before the first campaigns of the Second World War they included horse-mounted and bicycle troops in the infantry divisions, and were equipped with motorcycle combinations (BMW R75s, Zündapps etc.), VW Kübelwagens, and light armoured cars in the more mobile motorised infantry and panzer divisions.

Bentley Arnage

During the takeover battle in 1998 between BMW and Volkswagen Group for ownership of Rolls Royce and Bentley Motors, BMW had threatened to stop supply of their engines if Volkswagen Group won.

Bertrand Baguette

As a prize for his championship win, he was given the opportunity to test a Renault R29 Formula One car at Jerez on 1 December 2009 and a BMW Sauber F1.09 car on 3 December.

BMW 320 TC

The BMW 320 TC is the further development of the BMW 320si WTCC, with which Andy Priaulx won the World Touring Car Championship for BMW in 2006 and 2007.

BMW 326

Despite the nomenclature, it was clear that BMW’s Eisenach plant was no longer under the control of BMW: later BMW 340s, still based on the prewar 326, were badged as EMW 340s following a protracted dispute concerning title to the BMW name.

BMW 340

Munich based BMW’s attempts to recover their plant were not sympathetically received by the occupiers, who evidently were mindful of BMW’s wartime role as manufacturers of engines for war planes.

BMW M12

The Megatron programme ended as a result of a change of Formula One engine rules which banned turbocharged engines at the end of 1988, with American driver Eddie Cheever achieving the old BMW engine's last podium finish with third place in the 1988 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

BMW M30

The M30 powered a series of BMW 6-cylinder E9 and BMW E24 coupes to European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) throughout the 1970s and into the middle 1980s, even though a more powerful DOHC 24-valve head had been developed for high-performance motorsports and street use.

C-segment

Luxury brands such as BMW (1 Series), Audi (A3) and Mercedes (brand-new A-class) are getting more and more popularity in the segment since years, differently from what is happening in other minor segments like A-segment and B-segment.

David Bieber

On December 26, 2003, on the border between the Gipton and Oakwood areas of Leeds, traffic policemen Ian Broadhurst and Neil Roper saw Bieber's stolen BMW car parked at the junction of Grange Park Avenue and Dib Lane, where Bieber had just been into the adjacent post office.

Dornier Delphin

An improved version, the Delphin II first flew on 15 February 1924 and was powered by either a 186 kW (250 hp) BMW engine or a 194 kW (260 hp) Rolls-Royce Falcon III engine.

Dräxlmaier Group

Interior: Complete interior (for example for the Mercedes-Benz SL and for the Maybach luxury limousine), side/roof/door trim panel (for example the FIS door module for the BMW 7 Series), center console, gearshift/transmission selector lever.

Emmet O'Brien

Like the previous year O'Brien got a late call to race for the Independent Danish Poulsen Motorsport BMW Team in the FIA European Touring Car Cup in Adria in Italy.

European Network Exchange

The 15 members of the association, which are all also represented on the so-called ENX board, are Audi, BMW, Bosch, Continental, Daimler, DGA, Ford, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Volkswagen as well as the automotive associations ANFAC (Spain), GALIA (France), SMMT (UK), OSD (Turkey) and VDA (Germany).

Gothaer Waggonfabrik

However, the company encountered a cash crisis in 1928 and the Dixi branded auto-business was sold to BMW: the Dixi 3/15 DA-1 was rebadged in 1928 as the BMW 3/15 DA-2, the name by which today the little car is better remembered.

Grupo Poma

Grupo Poma represents some of the leading companies in the automotive market, such as Toyota, BMW, Mitsubishi, Chevrolet, Ford and KIA.

H.R. Owen

The Group also operates aftersales-only franchises for Audi, BMW, Lotus and MINI.

Harald Grohs

1975 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM) for BMW for Team Faltz, first wins, but also a bad crash on the Nürburgring, wins 9 Hours of Kyalami with Jody Scheckter

History of BMW motorcycles

The /5 models were the first to be built at BMW's new motorcycle factory in Spandau, West Berlin.

Hornavanskolan

The school cooperates with various car manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler, Knorr-Bremse, Volkswagen AG (Audi), Bosch, GM, Aston Martin, Lotus Cars, Caterham Cars and MIRA Ltd and can offer students of the BilTeknikSystem (car technology system) program temporary internships at national and international automotive companies.

Intra-industry trade

For a very simple example, it could be argued that although a BMW and a Ford are both motor cars, and although a Budweiser and a Heineken are both beers, they are really all different products.

Jon Bond

The firm became the largest independently held agency in the United States, with clients including BMW, Target, Citi, Capital One, Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria's Secret, Verizon, AT&T, Snapple, and Delta Airlines, among others.

Kacey Ainsworth

Before her appearances on television shows, she made her first ever appearance in 1998 on a commercial for Rover Mini cars, in which as a contestant named "Helen from Maidstone" she had to guess by looking at the sizes of different men's genitalia what car they own.

Kugelfischer

It is perhaps best known for its use by BMW in the 2000tii/2002tii (and later, the 2002 Turbo) performance sedan from 1970-1975, the 1964-1976 Porsche 911/911S/Carrera RS/RSR/Carrera MFI, and the BMW M1 supercar from 1978-1981.

Morgan Aero 8

The Aero 8 was also used in the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour scoring a DNF with a rare BMW engine failure and the 2004 12 Hours of Sebring finishing 20th outright and 10th in the GT class.

Motorcycle Safety Foundation

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) is a United States national, not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, and sponsored by the U.S. manufacturers and distributors of BMW, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio/Vespa, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory and Yamaha motorcycles.

New Zealand Open

In 2012, the BMW NZ Open was hosted by The Clearwater Resort in Christchurch from 1–4 December, and was promoted by New Zealand Golf.

Petronas

Other promotional events are held in the run up to the race and the drivers play an integral part in this so much so that Nick Heidfeld conceded that there were more fans for BMW Sauber in Malaysia than in most other countries.

Procar

BMW M1 Procar Championship, a one-make motor racing series utilising the BMW M1 sports production car.

Rolls-Royce – Bentley L Series V8 engine

With BMW's acquisition of the rights to use the Rolls Royce name in 1998, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars began using BMW supplied V12 engines but Bentley Motors Limited under Volkswagen ownership continued to use highly modified versions of the L Series on its Bentley Arnage, Bentley Brooklands and Bentley Mulsanne models, with VAG W-12 engines being used in its Bentley Flying Spur and Bentley Continental models.

Suhail Al Zarooni

He also has a large collection of life-size vehicles which include a custom-made Hummer H1, a Maybach, a red Bugatti EB110 GT and a rare BMW K1 Motorbike.

Vehicular communication systems

Car manufacturers and communication corporations are also investing in vehicular communications; among them are Kapsch, General Motors, Daimler Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, Siemens, Honda, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Mark IV.