I-BMW yazalwa ngo-1916, ekuqaleni njengomvelisi weenqwelomoya. Ngelo xesha, inkampani yaseJamani yabonelela ngeenjini zeenqwelomoya zomkhosi ezazisetyenziswa kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi yokuqala.
Ukuphela kwemfazwe, iinqwelomoya zomkhosi zazingasafuneki kwaye zonke iifektri ezazinikezelwe kuphela ekwakhiweni kweemoto zemfazwe, njengemeko yeBMW, yabona ukwehla okumangalisayo kwemfuno kwaye kwanyanzeleka ukuba iyeke ukuvelisa. Umzi-mveliso wakwaBMW nawo wavalwa, kodwa awuzange uhlale unjalo ixesha elide. Kwaqala kwafika izithuthuthu kwaye emva koko, ngokuchacha kwezoqoqosho, iimoto zokuqala zophawu zaqala ukubonakala.
Umfuziselo we-BMW wayilwa wabhaliswa ngo-1917, emva kokudibana phakathi kwe-BFW (i-Bavaria Aeronautical Factory) kunye ne-BMW – igama elithi BFW laye layekiswa. Olu bhaliso lwenziwa nguFranz Josef Popp, omnye wabasunguli begama lesiJamani.
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Ibali lokwenyani lelogo yeBMW
I-logo ye-brand yaseBavaria iquka iringi emnyama ehlulwe ngomgca wesilivere kunye nonobumba "BMW" okrolwe kwisiqingatha sayo esiphezulu, kunye neepaneli eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka namhlophe ngaphakathi kweringi emnyama.
Kwiipaneli eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka namhlophe zikhona iithiyori ezimbini : ithiyori yokuba ezi panels zimele isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza kunye namabala amhlophe, ngokufaniswa nepropeller yenqwelomoya ejikelezayo – ebhekisa kwimvelaphi yophawu njengomakhi wenqwelomoya; kunye nenye ethi blue and white ivela kwiflegi yaseBavaria.
Kangangeminyaka emininzi abakwaBMW bahambisa ithiyori yokuqala, kodwa namhlanje kuyaziwa ukuba yithiyori yesibini echanekileyo. Konke ngenxa yokuba ngelo xesha kwakungekho mthethweni ukusebenzisa iimpawu zelizwe ekutyunjweni okanye kwimizobo yeempawu zorhwebo. Yiyo loo nto abo banembopheleleko bayila ithiyori yokuqala.
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