Company

Bmw



After World War I, BMW was forced to cease aircraft (engine) production by the terms of the Versailles Armistice Treaty. The company consequently shifted to motorcycle production in 1923 once the restrictions of the treaty started to be lifted, followed by automobiles in 1928–29.
The circular blue and white BMW logo or roundel is portrayed by BMW as the movement of an aircraft propeller, to signify the white blades cutting through the blue sky – an interpretation that BMW adopted for convenience in 1929, twelve years after the roundel was created. The emblem evolved from the circular Rapp Motorenwerke company logo, from which the BMW company grew, combined with the white and blue colors of the flag of Bavaria, reversed to produce the BMW roundel. However, the origin of the logo being based on the movement of a propeller is in dispute, according to an article recently posted by the New York Times, quoting "At the BMW Museum in Munich, Anne Schmidt-Possiwal, explained that the blue-and-white company logo did not represent a spinning propeller, but was meant to show the colors of the Free State of Bavaria."

Production
In 2006, BMW produced 1,366,838 four-wheeled vehicles, which were manufactured in five countries.In 2009, it manufactured 1,258,417 four-wheeled vehicles.In 2009, BMW Motorrad produced 82,631 motorcycles.

Country	Make	Cars (2006)	Cars (2008)	Models
Germany	BMW	905,057	901,898	Others
United Kingdom	Mini	187,454	235,019	All Minis
	Rolls-Royce	67	1,417	All Rolls-Royce
Austria	BMW	114,306	82,863	BMW X3
USA	BMW	105,172	170,741	BMW X5, X6
South Africa	BMW	54,782	47,980	BMW 3-Series
Total		1,366,838	1,439,918

Sales (BMW-brand)
Vehicles sold in all markets according to BMW's annual reports.

Year	Total
2000	822,181
2001	880,677
2002	913,225
2003	928,151
2004	1,023,583
2005	1,126,768
2006	1,185,088
2007	1,276,793
2008	1,202,239
2009	1,068,770

Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW