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What does BMW stand for?

Cao Tien Quan, Vietnam

• BMW stands for: ‘Bye, My Wife’ ‘Bring More Women’ 'Born Moderately Wealthy’ 'BMke My Wallet' 'Beautiful Mechanical Wonder' 'Best Motorcycle Worldwide' 'Bring Money With you' 'Beautiful Masterpieces on Wheels' 'Business Money and Women' ‘Be My Wife’ ‘Big Morning Woody’ ‘Black Magic Woman’ ‘Bang Many Women / Banging Man Whore’ ‘Big Money Works’ ‘Bastard Money Weilders’ ‘Beastly Monstrous Wonder’ ‘Beyond My Wages’ ‘Blow Money Willingly’ ‘Big Monthly Wage’ ‘Beautiful Models Wanted’ ‘Buy More Women’ ‘Big Mexican Wiener’ ‘Big Mexican Wang’ ‘Black Man's Willy / Big Man's Willy’ ‘Buff My Wood’ ‘Buy Me Wanker’ ‘Big Mexican Woman’ ‘Below Minimum Wage’ ‘Bus Metro & Walk’ ‘Big Meaty Women’ ‘Bitchin',Moanin', Whinin'/’Boring Me Wholeheartedly’ ‘Big Muscular Wiener’ ‘B-blow, M-My, W-Weenis’ and ‘Big Military Wife’.

  Giovanni Pisano, X10, Quynh Giang, Quynh Luu, Nghe An 464900 Vietnam

• Bavarian Motor Works

  Bruce Yates, Westbury, Wiltshire, UK

• It stands for "Bayerische Motoren Werke" (Bavarian Motor Works) - manufacturers of automobiles, motorcycles and engines since 1917. The company started out in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, but vehicle manufacture now takes place worldwide, in several different countries.

  W Boddy, Cambridge, UK