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I thought the logo was a airplane propeller. Its actually just the bavarvian flag.. (B standing for "Bavaria" a region of Germany, "MW" Motor Werk. It has evl
by acomjean 7y ago
I thought the logo was a airplane propeller. Its actually just the bavarvian flag.. (B standing for "Bavaria" a region of Germany, "MW" Motor Werk.
It has evlovlved slightly over the years, but its kinda still the same. If it looks bad with a transparent background they'll fill it in.
Some "historical" BMW logos.
https://www.motor1.com/news/365668/bmw-logo-isnt-propeller/ https://www.motor1.com/news/365668/bmw-logo-isnt-propeller/
Ad with the (not) BMW "Propeller Logo"
https://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/10/report-as-it-turns-out-bmws-roundel-logo-isnt-born-from-jets/ https://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/10/report-as-it-turns-out-b...
- tossingaway4 7y agoBMW stands for (the literal translation) Bavarian Motor Works. Not surprising they would use that flag in their logo.
- jspash 7y agoBecause the text now seems to disappear on the now invisible background, in this photo of their concept car https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/m0Mq-L5MSCvGTGjp6huvqX8iVCw=/0x0:2040x1443/1920x0/filters:focal(0x0:2040x1443):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19763664/P90385012_highRes.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/m0Mq-L5MSCvGTGjp6huvqX8iVCw=... the logo look like one of those symbols on the heads of crash test dummies to calculate angles and velocities and such. Not something you really want to see in the middle of the steering wheels!