His friends stole his company but he created BMW

the little boy in Germany who will change the automotive industry is you since childhood you love to create something this hobby evolved into your profession you became an engineer your talent has no limits and immediately after graduation you take the position of technical director in a local company but this is not enough you know that you deserve more and start working with the best engineer manufacturer Daimler bids it's boring and you accept a risky offer to build aircraft engines at a new company it seems like an excellent opportunity to show off you're already dreaming about how you will become famous all over the world it will happen but not now the company went bankrupt after nine months leaving you without a job you risk and lost everything but you believe in luck and decide to take another chance by creating your own company using your Authority you got good orders the company is working there's money but the engine has not been made friends come to your Aid and quickly fixed everything but it was too early to Rejoice because your friends decided to eliminate you and take your company for themselves and they succeeded but in history you remain the father of this legendary brand you are Carl Rapp the man who brought to the world the luxury BMW cars Carl Frederick Rapp was born on September 24 1882 in iangen at that time this city was part of Switzerland information about his parents and childhood remains a mystery therefore his biography begins in 1908. in his youth he chose the profession of an engineer and got an appropriate education Carl's first job was at the automobile company Zeus it is surprising that he immediately takes the position of technical director this happened because of his talent in engineering Carl worked here from 1908 to 1911 an ordinary person would have continued to work in such a prestigious job but Carl wanted more so the guy devoted the next year of his life to technical design collaborating with Daimler bins think about it logically the future founder of BMW starts his career at Mercedes it can be observed that many people after working at Daimler bins began to create their own cars isn't it strange here Carl worked on the development of new engines this is what he loved the most he wasn't really interested in creating cars or other vehicles Carl had only been working there for one year in such a large company because he received an offer from the aircraft manufacturer flugvert Deutschland this company planned to create aircraft that needed engines thus Carl Rapp got the opportunity to develop an engine and become famous independently such an offer was risky and unfortunately turned out to be unsuccessful for Carl the company went bankrupt nine months later in such a short time the engineer could create only one engine which was never put into production because of this turn of events Carl Rapp did not know what to do it is no longer possible to return to Daimler bins as there is no more jobs for him there but he found a way out of the situation the company he worked for went bankrupt but production remained he thought why not buy it to do this he needs lots of money so Carl took advantage of his well-known personality and brought in an investor Julius ospitzer thus on October 28 1913 Carl Rapp founded the rap Mountain worker gmbh with a new partner by a happy coincidence the business was not far from the Gustav Auto Factory who was a German aircraft engine manufacturer from that moment began a short but fruitful collaboration between the two Geniuses of mechanical engineering the entrepreneur's main goal was to produce and sell engines for all types of vehicles but the outbreak of World War One changed their plans Carl decided to use his authority again and was able to negotiate with the authorities the company which was founded only a few months ago received a massive order from the state to develop aircraft but you remember that Carl only created engines and here he needed to make full-fledged Innovative aircraft in a short time military orders allowed the company to stay afloat because the funding was significant however Carl did not have incredible success the government rejected the aircraft prototypes which 370 rap Motrin worker employees worked on calling them unreliable to be more precise none of his Planes actually flew because of this the state stopped financing the company the company was saved though from bankruptcy by an order from the Austrian Ministry of Defense Franz Joseph Popp was appointed project manager but the delighted rap did not even suspect that this person would soon outlive him from his own company Carl's company needed to create 600 powerful engines rap motor and worker received the necessary funding and development work began but after half a year Carl could not develop a new engine moreover he didn't even have sketches Joseph pop understood that it was necessary to solve this problem immediately and invited Max Fitz an engineer from Daimler bins to join the company when Carl heard about this news he was Furious because he had a competitor in his own company Joseph Popp somehow convinced the company's founder to agree to this and with the Advent of Max Fitz the factory began Act of work and soon they created an Innovative six-cylinder engine for the Aircraft engineers from other companies and government officials admired the new development but such success was not joyful for Carl Joseph Popp and Max Spitz began to assert that it was only thanks to them that the company existed and wraps management is only hurting the company and needs to be removed thus in the summer of 1917 Carl left his company documents indicate that the 34 year old engineer had health problems and was physically unable to manage the company but everyone knew it was a lie Fritz and pop dislike the company's founder so much that immediately after Carl's dismissal they changed the plant's name so on July 21st appeared bayerish motor and worker gmbh or in abbreviated form BMW at the time the first BMW logo occurred which is not much different from the modern one it included blue and white reflecting the colors of the Bavarian State at the same time this logo was reminiscent of an airplane propeller the white parts of the blades and the blue details are the sky the company actively marketed its powerful BMW 3A aircraft engines but after the end of the first world war Germany was forbidden to create aircraft despite this the company continued its work creating Railway breaks and inboard engines in 1920 Camilo castilloni an Italian Austrian financier invested in the company and gave it new life during that period he was the wealthiest man in Central Europe and owned over 170 companies thanks to Camilo BMW became known throughout the world Camilo also owned gustavados bayarish fluxigver company and decided to combine these two Productions in 1922 the company moved to Ober wiesenfeld Airfield near Munich this new headquarters will be the headquarters for the entire BMW group Camilo castilloni was not an engineer he did not understand anything in development but he knew one thing for sure BMW will collapse if it continues to make only aircraft engines so he started producing a completely different product thus in 1923 BMW announced its first motorcycle the R32 it was a big snap for the company the notable Premiere at the Berlin Motor Show subsequent sales and sporting success proved that the company could not just create outstanding aircraft engines BMW made a motorcycle design so efficient that it is still used in modern BMW motorcycles five years later BMW bought Barton fabric eisenon Germany's third largest car manufacturer at the time the company produced Austin's 7 cars under the Dixie Mart as a result the first car sold as a BMW was the Dixie rebranded as the BMW 315 but it wasn't until 1932 that they created their own unique Car the BMW 303 it had the smallest engine but the car's speed reached over a hundred kilometers per hour Engineers created a design that lasted for 70 years in just a few years the company has created a range of sports cars luxury cars and even a limousine for the elite by 1939 the BMW brand became famous in Germany and throughout Europe it was an unexpected success how did an aircraft engine manufacturer manage to create such cool cars but with the beginning of the second world war the most difficult times awaited the company during the war BMW produced military materials for the German Army this was not uncommon as most manufacturing plants and factories in Germany came under government control after the Nazi invasion of Poland BMW devoted itself entirely to producing aircraft for the German air force and motorcycles for the German Army the production of Civilian cars was fully stopped the company produced a vast amount of equipment more than other factories but at what cost in 1940 foreign workers began working at BMW as many employees were drafted into the army this was not enough and two years later BMW started to hire prisoners of war and prisoners from concentration camps more than 40 thousand workers in these factories worked in what are considered inhumane conditions after the end of the second world war BMW production almost did not exist all factories were dismantled and sent to the Soviet Union to survive BMW started producing pots pans and bicycles only in 1948 the company managed to put their first post-war motorcycle the BMW r24 on the road the success of this model exceeded all expectations and almost 10 000 units were sold in the first year thanks to this motorcycle the company received money and began to restore pre-war production in 1951 BMW introduced its new car the BMW 501 it was known for its large Saloon comfortably accommodating six people the 501 was originally marketed as a luxury car but it failed because it was incredibly expensive to produce despite the failure the 501 allowed BMW to get back on track and restore the company's reputation as a leading automobile manufacturer after that the company had several more car models which proved unsuccessful BMW had a considerable dent and only a miracle could save the company even the new iseta model which was admired by the whole of Europe did not improve the situation in the company this micro car was incredibly popular because it was cheap and thus brought little profit along with financial problems another one appeared Daimler bins which wanted to buy BMW thanks to caring shareholders the deal fell through and BMW remained independent moreover the German government decided to support the company financially luck returned to BMW and in 1961 they released the BMW new class compact sedan the whole of Europe admired the design of this car there were so many orders that production simply could not keep up this model marked the beginning of BMW's reputation as a leading manufacturer of sports cars the company has been creating new models building huge factories and planning its further development for 10 years and that was just the beginning in the early 1970s BMW production was so massive that construction began on an overseas plant in South Africa for your information the employees were treated politely and taken care of also in 1972 subsidiaries BMW credit and BMW Motorsport were created in the same year the production of the exclusive BMW 5 series began which is still being produced today the BMW 3 6 and 7 Series appeared over the next four years no one has ever created such high quality cars so quickly in the 1980s BMW emerged as the fastest growing car manufacturer in the world thanks to its line of sports cars and comfortable sedans BMW has become the most famous brand in the world a whole Army of Engineers designers researchers and other Specialists work here a new stage in the company's life began in 1994 when the first company store was opened in the United States it allowed BMW to start production in the best possible Market BMW management found many exciting things in the USA and as a result the company begins production of BMW X5 SUVs the same year a deal was made to purchase the British company Rover Group which created cars under the mini and Land Rover Brands but having assessed all the pros and cons the companies sold all the shares leaving only the mini brand for itself with new management mini became a global Superstar and high demand required a 150 percent increase in car production this purchase was not enough for BMW and in 1998 they bought Rolls-Royce which created luxury cars at the beginning of the new millennium the company has expanded its production and opens three more new plants in England China and Germany events like this only mean one thing BMW wasn't going anywhere soon just imagine how intense this company is that even during the 2008 crisis it had no financial difficulties following the trends in 2013 the company released its BMW I3 electric car people who drove this vehicle said that driving this model is a pleasure the covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected the company but not as much as others BMW sales were down a percent in 2020 but by the end of the year grew by almost four percent today the company which previously could not make a flying plane produces 2.5 million cars a year BMW has over 100 000 employees and a 2021 revenue of 111 billion euros these figures are incredible and even Mercedes has less income in production during the war BMW had difficulty building airplanes cooking pots and bicycles however a rocky start and a never-ending pursuit of self-improvement propelled it into the 21st century as one of the world's leading luxury car brands you can change a lot in life but a BMW only for a BMW that's what the owners of these beautiful cars say don't forget to subscribe to our Channel and turn on notifications so you don't miss any new Incredible stories about legendary brands [Music]

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Length: 16min 41sec (1001 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 17 2022