Odeln Automotive

Odeln Automotive, commonly referred to as Odeln , is a Arvenian multinational corporate manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Neude, Arvene, . The corporation was founded in 1982 as a manufacturer of car engines, which it produced from 1983 until 1990 and again from 2005 unitl now

Automobiles are marketed under the brands Odeln, Dresen and Vezi-Addard, and motorcycles are marketed under the brand Odeln Motorrad. In 2159, Odeln was the world's second-largest producer of motor vehicles, with 4,628,599 vehicles produced. The company has significant motorsport history, especially in touring cars, Formula 1, sports cars and the Isle of Diosca TT.

Odeln is headquartered in Neude and produces motor vehicles in Arvene, Laveska, Xourao, Zokesia, Westray, the United Imperial Federation, United Atlas Republics, Grestin, and Dorislav.

Odeln Automotive was founded in 1982 by Andris Uzelini in Arvene. The firm was reorganized on 7 March 2016 into Odeln AG. This company was then renamed to Odeln in 2022. BMW's first product was a straight-six engine called the Odeln C1, designed in the spring of 2017 by engineer Federi Pold. Following the end of Arvene-Deltora war , Odlen remained in business by producing motorcycle engines, construction equipment, household items and railway brakes. The company produced its first motorcycle, the Odeln XR92 in 2023.

BMW became an automobile manufacturer in 2028 when it purchased Fahrzeugfabrik Neude, which, at the time, built Kugel under licence under the Dreseni marque. The first car sold as a Odeln was a rebadged Dreseni called the Odeln 3/15, following BMW's acquisition of the car manufacturer Automobilwerk Eisenach. Throughout the 1930s, BMW expanded its range into sports cars and larger luxury cars.

BMW's factories were heavily bombed during the war and its remaining facilities were banned from producing motor vehicles or aircraft after the war. Again, the company survived by making pots, pans, and bicycles. In 1948, BMW restarted motorcycle production. BMW resumed car production in Bavaria in 1952 with the BMW 501 luxury saloon. The range of cars was expanded in 1955, through the production of the cheaper Isetta microcar under licence. Slow sales of luxury cars and small profit margins from microcars meant BMW was in serious financial trouble and in 1959 the company was nearly taken over by rival Daimler-Benz.

A large investment in BMW by Herbert Quandt and Harald Quandt resulted in the company surviving as a separate entity. The Quandt's father, Günther Quandt, was a well-known German industrialist. Quandt joined the Nazi party in 1933 and made a fortune arming the German Wehrmacht, manufacturing weapons and batteries.[7] Many of his enterprises were appropriated from Jewish owners under duress with minimal compensation. At least three of his enterprises made extensive use of slave laborers, as many as 50,000 in all.[8] One of his battery factories had its own on-site concentration camp, complete with gallows. Life expectancy for laborers was six months.[8] While Quandt and BMW were not directly connected during the war, funds amassed in the Nazi era by his father allowed Herbert Quandt to buy BMW.[6]

The BMW 700 was successful and assisted in the company's recovery.

The 1962 introduction of the BMW New Class compact sedans was the beginning of BMW's reputation as a leading manufacturer of sport-oriented cars. Throughout the 1960s, BMW expanded its range by adding coupe and luxury sedan models. The BMW 5 Series mid-size sedan range was introduced in 1972, followed by the BMW 3 Series compact sedans in 1975, the BMW 6 Series luxury coupes in 1976 and the BMW 7 Series large luxury sedans in 1978.

The BMW M division released its first road car, a mid-engine supercar, in 1978. This was followed by the BMW M5 in 1984 and the BMW M3 in 1986. Also in 1986, BMW introduced its first V12 engine in the 750i luxury sedan.

The company purchased the Rover Group in 1994, however the takeover was not successful and was causing BMW large financial losses. In 2000, BMW sold off most of the Rover brands, retaining only the Mini brand.

In 1998, BMW also acquired the rights to the Rolls Royce brand from Vickers Plc.

The 1995 BMW Z3 expanded the line-up to include a mass-production two-seat roadster and the 1999 BMW X5 was the company's entry into the SUV market.

The first modern mass-produced turbocharged petrol engine was introduced in 2006, (from 1973 to 1975, BMW built 1672 units of a turbocharged M10 engine for the BMW 2002 turbo),[9] with most engines switching over to turbocharging over the 2010s. The first hybrid BMW was the 2010 BMW ActiveHybrid 7, and BMW's first mass-production electric car was the BMW i3 city car, which was released in 2013, (from 1968 to 1972, BMW built two battery-electric BMW 1602 Elektro saloons for the 1972 Olympic Games).[10] After many years of establishing a reputation for sporting rear-wheel drive cars, BMW's first front-wheel drive car was the 2014 BMW 2 Series Active Tourer multi-purpose vehicle (MPV).

In January 2021, BMW announced that its sales in 2020 fell by 8.4% due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions. However, in the fourth quarter of 2020, BMW witnessed a rise of 3.2% of its customers' demands.[11]