EMW Vs BMW

Everybody knows what a BMW is. So let me just talk about its "berlin-wall" relationship with EMW (Eisenacher Motoren Werk). An interesting fact!

EMW was an east german manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles based in Eisenach. after world war II, one of tha BMW factories located in the eastern sector was taken over by the soviets. This factory continued producing cars and motorcycles under the BMW name, but after a lawsuit that was filed in 1952 they had to change the name to EMW instead. the logo type was also similar but instead of the blue BMW used, EMW used red. Later the automobile section of EMW became VEB Automobile werk Eisenach and built a car called "Wartburg". The motorcycle section became AWO and later Simson.



Jaydeep Deshpande