BMW's Bavarian blue and white propeller logo starts back with the beginning of the company as an aircraft engine manufacturer. How this company weathered two World Wars, depression, recession, and moved from aircraft to motorcycles and, finally, to the cars that would provide not only it's greatest glory but also world-wide fame as the ultimate driving experience is the remarkable story recounted in this book.With unique access to BMW's factories in both Europe and the US, and detailed research in the company archives, Graham Robson takes readers through the inside story of this great car manufacturer works, and how it's methods have evolved over the decades. He offers a rare, behind the scenes, nuts-and-bolts account of how BMW produces its famed models, from conception design, to testing and production. Illustrated with both archive and modern photographs from BMW's own archives, "Inside the BMW Factories" constitutes an unprecedented tour of the history and culture of the world's most popular, and greatest, car manufacturers.