BMW Brand Worldwide Production By Nation : 2012

Bread 'n Butter Model - The 3 Series 


In the late 1950's, BMW was on the ropes so to speak. It bought the rights to make the Isetta 'Bubble Car', which was successful. It then bought the Glas car company, which helped it get much needed technologies. From there BMW improved it's product and reputation.

For the size of the company (15th in the world for cars & LCVs), it has a limited spread