Welcome back everybody. Mark withexotic car play place. Today I’m going to share with you 5 things you probablydid not know about the BMW brand in general. Let’s get started. So the firstthing that we talked about consistent with BMW products not just this car isthe design elements. This is actually not a coincidence, not an accident, that yousee every BMW has a very long wheelbase. From front wheel to back wheel, it alsohas very short overhangs like in the bumper. It has a long hood that tiesit to his tight aggressive mounted windshield because it has an overallaggressive looking dynamic. That’s been a consistent design theme for BMW foryears, and on top of that they actually also use a lot of sculpting techniques.If you look here in the front, everything has a little bit of a designelement to it. You also look along the curves, so you’ve got actual lines hereoften that run around the bumpers. You have more aggressive front bumperstyling than most manufacturers, also provide for their cars. Now the secondthing you probably didn’t know about all BMWs is this little backdesign. This is actually intended to be like this, and you’ll notice every BMWhas some sort of element likeness it’s called the Hofmeister kink, or Hofmeisterkick, based on Wilheim Hofmeister design. He was the chief designer in 1955 -1970 stretch with BMW. He created a unique kick where you actually get thiselement here. This is not only used in the BMW world, a lot of manufacturershave adopted this overall look, and this design element. Then we talked about aanother unique styling element. I think most people can recognize the kidneygrilles is pretty typical for BMW. Well guess what? It has always been one ofthese design elements by BMW, and this actually goes way back to 1933, andwas originally installed in design on a car called the 303. Which happened to coincidentally be the first straight-6 engine produced by BMW, andthe world for that matter. One other thing I might add to this, being they’rekidney grilles: don’t drive your BMW on a gravel road. You could get kidney stones...and since we’re on the topic of front-end design on these cars,the BMW decal, which a lot of people recognize again, a very recognizable,arguably the most recognizable logo in all automotive industry, is actually nota propeller like a lot of people believe that is based on propeller. A lot ofpeople thought because there was an ad that the manufacturer did and they ranwith an airplane, they assumed that was a propeller. That is not the intent. Thishere is actually a design that is a combo of the Rapp motor work, whichhappened to be the original BMW origin combined with the color of the Bavarianflag. That’s what this actually is. It has nothing to do with an airplane propeller.And the fifth thing some of you guys maybe don’t know about the BMW brand in genera,l is that they actually produce a lot of their own engines for otherbrands. Other cars that utilize BMW engines are as follows: the rolls-royceRAF, McLaren f1, the Range Rover p38 ascari supercar , and the Bentley Arnage, justto mention a few of the vast lists that BMW actually supplied drive trains for.Hope you like that list guys. Short, little quick list, is something tochew on. Make sure you give my channel a like, don’t forget to share the video, andof course leave a comment as well. If you’re not subscribed, be sure to do that.Thanks again everybody. Love to see on the next one. See you soon. Bye bye.