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"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer) 12/03/2017 at 12:52 • Filed to: None

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Is the BMW logo an aircraft propeller, or is it the bavarian flag.

rillweid - Now with more TRD and less TDI > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 12:55

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Believe it’s a Bavarian flag

Gerry197 > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 12:57

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It’s not the aircraft thing, that was debunked a while back, it’s something to do with showing the colors of the Free State of Bavaria. 

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 12:58

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I second the Bavarian flag. IIRC I saw that in a documentary about BMW.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 12:59

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I always believed it was the aircraft propeller, but Google’s first page result seems it’s up for some debate.

ranwhenparked > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 13:00

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BMW corporate maintains its for the Bavarian flag.

The spinning propeller thing just comes from a series of advertisements they ran in the late ‘20s/early ‘30s.

federicomos > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 13:27

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flag

WilliamsSW > ranwhenparked 12/03/2017 at 13:31

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This is it

ttyymmnn > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 15:12

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It’s the Bavarian flag. The propeller part is just serendipity .

InFierority Complex > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 15:19

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Its from the Bavarian flag. The propeller angle was a happy little coincidence for them. Incidnetly I’m sure we have Finding Forester for adding to the confusion.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Spanfeller is a twat 12/03/2017 at 15:26

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I always thought it was to make sure everyone in traffic knew they were inferior...

average user > ranwhenparked 12/03/2017 at 16:51

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That is truth.