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After having entered the automobile industry with a small car, BMW risked the jump into the midsize category in 1933. The BMW 303 was the first model to have features that became typical of BMW later: the new two-piece radiator grille was soon nicknamed the 'BMW kidney grille'. A six-cylinder engine was also installed for the first time.
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Since its first steps on vehicle building, BMW has committed itself to advanced technology and constant improvement. The Germany-based pioneers were the experienced aviator Gustav Otto and the owner of Rapp Motorenwerke (an aircraft engine factory), Karl Rapp. These men combined efforts in order to start a real aircraft industry, placed in Munich, which would serve the German military during the First World War by providing them the airplanes. So, in 1913,... more