Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly referred to as BMW, is a German multinational corporate manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The corporation was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 until 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945.
Automobiles are marketed under the brands BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce, and motorcycles are marketed under the brand BMW Motorrad. In 2017, BMW was the world's fourteenth-largest producer of motor vehicles, with 2,279,503 vehicles produced. The company has significant motorsport history, especially in touring cars, Formula 1, sports cars and the Isle of Man TT.
BMW is headquartered in Munich and produces motor vehicles in Germany, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The Quandt family is a long-term shareholder of the company (with the remaining shares owned by public float), following brothers Herbert and Harald Quandt's investments in 1959 which saved the company from bankruptcy.
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG，通常简称为宝马，是一家德国豪华汽车和摩托车跨国企业制造商，总部位于德国巴伐利亚州慕尼黑。该公司成立于 1916 年，是一家飞机发动机制造商，从 1917 年到 1918 年，以及从 1933 年到 1945 年再次生产。
汽车以 BMW、Mini 和劳斯莱斯品牌销售，摩托车以 BMW Motorrad 品牌销售。 2017 年，宝马是全球第十四大汽车生产商，生产了 2,279,503 辆汽车。该公司拥有重要的赛车运动历史，尤其是在房车、一级方程式赛车、跑车和马恩岛 TT 方面。
宝马总部位于慕尼黑，在德国、巴西、中国、印度、墨西哥、荷兰、南非、英国和美国生产汽车。继 Herbert 和 Harald Quandt 兄弟在 1959 年的投资使公司免于破产之后，Quandt 家族是该公司的长期股东（其余股份由公众持股）。
