BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It is also the owner and producer of the MINI brand, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW manufactures motorcycles under the BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands. BMW is known for its performance and luxury vehicles History of the company After World War I, BMW was forced to cease production of aircraft (engines) by the terms of the Treaty. The company consistently changed to motorcycle production in 1923 once treaty restrictions began to be lifted, followed by automobiles in 1928-29. The circular circular or blue BMW logo is portrayed by BMW as the movement of an aircraft propeller, to mean white blades cutting the blue sky - an interpretation that BMW adopted for convenience in 1929, twelve years after the roundel was created, combined with the white and blue colors of the Bavarian flag, invested to produce the BMW roundel. However, the origin of the logo is based on the movement of a propeller, according to an article recently published by New York Times, quoting "At the BMW Museum in Munich, Anne Schmidt-Possiwal, explained that blue- White company logo did not represent a spinning propeller, but was intended to show the colors of the Free State of Bavaria. " The first major aircraft engine of BMW was the BMW IIIa inline-six liquid-cooled 1918 engine, highly preferred for its high-performance performance.