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

Bimmer vs Beamer/beemer

Bimmer: It is the correct and accepted slang for BMW cars. Majority doesnt know this.
Beamer/ Beemer: It is the correct and accepted slang for BMW motorcycles. Novices confuse this for bimmers.
BMW got an early and a big start on two wheels. In those days BMW motocycles were in to racing with one of their competitors being BSA motorcycles. a racing track slang somehow, sometime started with the BMS bikes being referred as "beemers" while the BSA bikes being referred as "beesers". And it was obvious that no true enthusiast of a BMW car would want it to be tagged as beemer, hence the car was called as the bimmer.


Jaydeep Deshpande