Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (
pronunciation (help·info); English: Bavarian Motor Works), commonly known as BMW orBMW AG, is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916.
BMW is headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It also owns and produces Minicars, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad. In 2010, the BMW group produced 1,481,253automobiles and 112,271 motorcycles across all its brands. BMW is part of the "German Big 3" luxury automakers, along with Audiand Mercedes-Benz, which are the three best-selling luxury automakers in the world.[3][4]
