Check out our new wheels!
Seriously, this is more my style!
Or how about either of these Rolls Royce (which BMW now owns).
I don’t think so, however, this is more realistic!
Hmmmm, I am just not sure now. There are so many options to choose from at BMW’s original manufacturing plant, to decide which vehicle would suit our lifestyle best. As it happened, we decided to spend our second day at Munich’s largest tourist attraction (excluding Oktoberfest), that being, the BMW Museum, Factory Tour and futuristic BMW Welt.
BMW commenced in 1917, as a group of Bavarian manufacturer’s mainly building aircraft engines. After the war, they moved onto vehicles and motorbikes. In 1959, nearing bankruptcy, the company was of particular interest to Mercedes Benz. However, shareholders fought hard to retain the business and thank goodness they did as they now have 30 manufacturing plants situated across the globe and are world leaders in the luxury transportation sector. Today there are 8000 employees (+2000 robots) who work at the Munich site, producing a new vehicle every 60 seconds.
After the two hour tour, where we learnt they use ostrich feather dusters to preclean the vehicles before painting, we went on to explore the BMW Museum which had over 150 exhibits on display. My favourite was the Zetta. How cute is this four wheeler, 1 door, 12KW, bug car. I can just picture Mic and I driving around in this vehicle climbing the Bavarian Alps, especially with the sunroof down. Oh, by the way the sunroof also served as the required emergency exit 🤣.
However, I have a feeling, Mic’s favourite was the motorbike displays.
Also, checkout some of our other favourites!
And of course the new emerging electric vehicles (well, maybe not so new after all, since we learnt the first electric vehicle was built in 1881)!
But our real favourites are the Mini’s on display, with 2019 being their 60th year of production. Hard to think they are really a BMW though. All in all, a great day out, well worth the visit! Just tell Santa that Mic and I have been very good this year and that I would like a cherry red Mini Convertible and Mic would like the BMW Motorbike. Thanks, Santa 🎅
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