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Formerly | BMW |
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Industry | Automobile and motorcycle manufacture |
Founded | c. 1945 Eisenach, East Germany |
Defunct | During the 1950s |
Successor | BMW Opel Eisenach (factory) |
Headquarters | |
Products | Automobiles Motorcycles |
Eisenacher Motorenwerk (EMW) was an East German manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles based in Eisenach. EMW also entered Formula One as a constructor in 1953, but participated in only one race, the 1953 German Grand Prix. The car retired after 12 laps with exhaust problems.[1]