In this video we take a look at iconic car brand BMW, a company whose century of history echoes Europe's most tumultuous period. BMW's first car was built under licence in 1928, 12 years after Rapp Motorenwerke became Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH. The German company’s production plants were bombed heavily during the Second World War and it was then banned from vehicle production until 1947.

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