BMW History. Racing the origins of BMW in car manufacture means travlling to the East German town of Eisenach and remembering December 3rd 1896.
It was here in the Thuringia's forested and hilly terrain that armaments specialist and multi-talented inventor Dr Heinrich Ehrhardt formed Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach on that date. Dr Ehrhardt had already played a prominent role in the emergence of Rhinemetall Konzern, second only to Krupp in the scale of armaments manufacture within Germany.
In view of their connections it was not surprising that the first Eisenach vehicles were military designs such as munitions carriers, ambulances and gun carriages, but that was not an overhelming commercial success. Thus in 1898 Ehrhardt foresaw modern industry practice and made an agreement with Decauville in France to make a small, voiturette, class of car. By the turn of the century they were using the emblem and name of the Wartburg castle that overlooks Eisenach. MINI news, reviews and opinion. MINI Cooper, Cooper S, Clubman, Countryman. MINIPEOPLE.RU - клуб владельцев автомобилей MINI. MINI.de – Homepage. MINI UK – HOME. MINI.ru – Домашняя страница.