Welcome back everybody. Mark with exotic car play place. Today I'm going to
share with you 5 things you probably did not know about the BMW brand in
general. Let's get started. So the first thing that we talked about consistent
with BMW products not just this car is the design elements. This is actually not
a coincidence, not an accident, that you see every BMW has a very long wheelbase.
From front wheel to back wheel, it also has very short overhangs like in the
bumper. It has a long hood that ties it to his tight aggressive mounted
windshield because it has an overall aggressive looking dynamic. That's been a
consistent design theme for BMW for years, and on top of that they actually
also use a lot of sculpting techniques. If you look here in the front,
everything has a little bit of a design element to it. You also look along the
curves, so you've got actual lines here often that run around the bumpers. You
have more aggressive front bumper styling than most manufacturers, also
provide for their cars. Now the second thing you probably didn't know
about all BMWs is this little back design. This is actually intended to be
like this, and you'll notice every BMW has some sort of element likeness it's
called the Hofmeister kink, or Hofmeister kick, based on Wilheim Hofmeister design.
He was the chief designer in 1955 -1970 stretch with BMW. He created a
unique kick where you actually get this element here. This is not only used in
the BMW world, a lot of manufacturers have adopted this overall look, and this
design element. Then we talked about a another unique styling element. I think
most people can recognize the kidney grilles is pretty typical for BMW. Well
guess what? It has always been one of these design elements by BMW, and
this actually goes way back to 1933, and was originally installed in design on a
car called the 303. Which happened to coincidentally be the first straight-6
engine produced by BMW, and the world for that matter. One other
thing I might add to this, being they're kidney grilles: don't drive your BMW on a
gravel road. You could get kidney stones...and since we're on the topic of
front-end design on these cars, the BMW decal, which a lot of people
recognize again, a very recognizable, arguably the most recognizable logo in
all automotive industry, is actually not a propeller like a lot of people believe
that is based on propeller. A lot of people thought because there was an ad
that the manufacturer did and they ran with an airplane, they assumed that was a
propeller. That is not the intent. This here is actually a design that is a
combo of the Rapp motor work, which happened to be the original BMW origin
combined with the color of the Bavarian flag. That's what this actually is. It has
nothing to do with an airplane propeller. And the fifth thing some of you guys
maybe don't know about the BMW brand in genera,l is that they actually produce a
lot of their own engines for other brands. Other cars that utilize BMW
engines are as follows: the rolls-royce RAF, McLaren f1, the Range Rover p38 ascari supercar
, and the Bentley Arnage, just to mention a few of the vast lists that
BMW actually supplied drive trains for. Hope you like that list guys. Short,
little quick list, is something to chew on. Make sure you give my channel a
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