An haifi BMW a shekara ta 1916, tun da farko a matsayin mai kera jiragen sama. A wancan lokacin, kamfanin na Jamus ya samar da injunan jiragen yaki da aka yi amfani da su a yakin duniya na farko.
Lokacin da yaƙin ya ƙare, an daina buƙatar jiragen soja kuma duk masana'antun da aka sadaukar da su kawai don kera motocin yaƙi, kamar na BMW, sun sami raguwar buƙatun da aka tilasta musu daina kera. Kamfanin na BMW ma ya rufe, amma bai daɗe a haka ba. Da farko babura sun zo, sa'an nan, tare da dawo da tattalin arziki, na farko motoci na iri ya fara bayyana.
An ƙirƙira tambarin BMW kuma an yi rajista a cikin 1917, bayan haɗin gwiwa tsakanin BFW (Bavaria Aeronautical Factory) da BMW - an cire sunan BFW. Franz Josef Popp, daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa tambarin Jamus ne ya yi wannan rajista.
BA ZA A RASA BA: Walter Röhrl ya juya yau, gwarzon taya murna!
Gaskiyar labarin tambarin BMW
Tambarin tambarin Bavaria ya ƙunshi zobe baƙar fata wanda layin azurfa ya keɓe tare da harufan "BMW" a kan babban rabinsa, da kuma shudi da fari a cikin zoben baƙar fata.
Ga shudi da fari bangarori akwai biyu theories : ka'idar cewa waɗannan bangarori suna wakiltar sararin sama mai shuɗi da fari, a cikin kwatankwacin jujjuyawar jirgin sama - yana nufin asalin alamar a matsayin mai yin jirgin sama; da kuma wani wanda ya ce launin shudi da fari ya fito daga tutar Bavaria.
Shekaru da yawa BMW yana ba da ka'idar farko, amma a yau an san cewa ita ce ka'idar ta biyu daidai. Duk saboda a lokacin haramun ne a yi amfani da alamun ƙasa a cikin zayyana ko zanen samfuran kasuwanci. Shi ya sa wadanda ke da alhakin kirkiro ka'idar farko.
Alamar Jamus ta yi bikin cika shekaru 100 - danna nan don gano samfurin da ke nuna wannan kwanan wata. Taya murna!