BMW started off making aircraft engines over a hundred years ago when powered aircraft were first being developed .... which is why their logo is a circle with four different coloured quarters, it's the image of a spinning propeller
Just don't ask them what they were doing between 1933 and 1945
Yes .... and because of that, for the longest time, because so many people repeated it, I thought the acronym stood for Bavarian Motor Works ... its actually 'Bayerische Motoren Werke'
No idea. Yamaha was doing pianos long before they were doing motorcycles, so it can't be them. I can't think of a company that started with motorcycles and then moved into pianos.
If you dig back enough, literally every Japanese corpo roots go to some usury house or gambling den in Edo period. Or worse, to aristocratic family. Or both.
Yamaha has the beginner wind instrument market by the balls right now. Conn-Selmer became garbage over the last 15 years or so, and Jupiter has been known to be "the nicest dogshit in the business" for some time. Yamaha literally just had to maintain the same level of instrument quality while the former "great brands" became cheap stencil crap.
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SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 125 pts · 1y
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 107 pts · 1y
Hence why their logo is 3 tuning forks.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 104 pts · 1y
BMW started off making aircraft engines over a hundred years ago when powered aircraft were first being developed .... which is why their logo is a circle with four different coloured quarters, it's the image of a spinning propeller
Just don't ask them what they were doing between 1933 and 1945
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 47 pts · 1y
Nintendo started off making playing cards, that's why their logo is a [Remainder of comment removed due to Cease and Desist]
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de · 28 pts · 1y
This is a misconception. The chequered blue and white is part of a Bavarian flag, but due to some legal issues they had to straighten it.
Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
Silent movies with Chaplin?
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 1y
I think it's also a reference to the bavarian flag.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
Yes .... and because of that, for the longest time, because so many people repeated it, I thought the acronym stood for Bavarian Motor Works ... its actually 'Bayerische Motoren Werke'
bob_lemon@feddit.org · 34 pts · 1y
Which is literally just German for Bavarian Motor Works.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 1y
God damit! .... I was right all along ... just in the wrong language!
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 1y
The image of a propeller is from an ad they once ran, but the logo existed beforehand.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Business, ofc
LordWiggle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Peugeot started off making pepper and salt grinders.
SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
kn33@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Then they moved to motorcycle forks
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 1y
Maybe they can do Y-Wings next.
gitamar@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
But also resemble a motor with three pistons.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 30 pts · 1y
The meme has it backwards .... worker should be saying .... 'I guess we produce motorcycles now'
spankmonkey@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
"I guess we are getting history backwards now"
ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works · 69 pts · 1y
No idea. Yamaha was doing pianos long before they were doing motorcycles, so it can't be them. I can't think of a company that started with motorcycles and then moved into pianos.
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 1y
They co-developed the V10 engine for Lexus LFA super car. Also they were the acoustic engineers for the engine. https://global.yamaha-motor.com/showroom/cp/collection/am_lfa/
TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
It’s Yamaha. I have that piano.
Jojowski@sopuli.xyz · 32 pts · 1y
Could be basically any japanese company 😅
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 1y
Toyota made looms once.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 1y
Nintendo was founded in 1889 and originally made a type of playing card
LeTak@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Don’t forget the yakuza money laundry made by Nintendo
PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
If you dig back enough, literally every Japanese corpo roots go to some usury house or gambling den in Edo period. Or worse, to aristocratic family. Or both.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online · 6 pts · 1y
You could write a story about a samurai and cowboy playing with Nintendo cards and drinking Coke and it would be historically accurate.
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Far as I know, they still make sewing machines; they just don't sell them in the States.
Lamborghini started out making tractors.
My parents had a Mitsubishi television about 15 years ago.
Coleco started life as the Connecticut Leather Company.
And it'll never fail to amuse me how Michelin tells you where to find the best restaurants on the planet.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 1y
They still do.
Aremel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Michelin tells you where the best restaurants are so you can drive to them on their tires ;)
Guinness started the world record book to settle bar bets.
Jojowski@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
From looms to wrooms, why not!
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
And I think Singer made cars.
errer@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Just look at the Mr. Sparkle corporation: a joint venture of Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de · 22 pts · 1y
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Is that a penis?
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Asking the important questions!
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Always
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Panasonic also makes bikes and pianos. Samsung does too. I think even Sony has a motorcycle concept so add them to the list.
neidu2@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 1y
Samsung also builds ships
LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I would say Samsung is like the Korean GE but tbh it's more like GE is a smaller American Samsung.
kautau@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
And tanks and jet engines
Manzas@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 1y
Samsung also builds tanks
lietuva@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
also manufactures pharmaceuticals
iamericandre@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Yamaha
Snazzy3846@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y
Yamaha has the beginner wind instrument market by the balls right now. Conn-Selmer became garbage over the last 15 years or so, and Jupiter has been known to be "the nicest dogshit in the business" for some time. Yamaha literally just had to maintain the same level of instrument quality while the former "great brands" became cheap stencil crap.
aluminium@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Guess we are making Motorboat engines now
meowMix2525@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Kawasaki did toy pianos does that count
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
glitch1985@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
I have one of their stereo receivers in my living room.
Potatisen@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Looks like he's having away from the conveyor belt or he's got a front-butt.