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Hence why their logo is 3 tuning forks.
BMW started off making aircraft engines over a hundred years ago when powered aircraft were first being developed .... which is why their logo is a circle with four different coloured quarters, it's the image of a spinning propeller
Just don't ask them what they were doing between 1933 and 1945
Nintendo started off making playing cards, that's why their logo is a [Remainder of comment removed due to Cease and Desist]
This is a misconception. The chequered blue and white is part of a Bavarian flag, but due to some legal issues they had to straighten it.
Silent movies with Chaplin?
I think it's also a reference to the bavarian flag.
Yes .... and because of that, for the longest time, because so many people repeated it, I thought the acronym stood for Bavarian Motor Works ... its actually 'Bayerische Motoren Werke'
Which is literally just German for Bavarian Motor Works.
God damit! .... I was right all along ... just in the wrong language!
The image of a propeller is from an ad they once ran, but the logo existed beforehand.
Business, ofc
Peugeot started off making pepper and salt grinders.
That’s awesome
Then they moved to motorcycle forks
Maybe they can do Y-Wings next.
But also resemble a motor with three pistons.