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| Formerly | BMW |
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| Industry | Automobile andmotorcycle manufacture |
| Founded | c. 1945Eisenach,East Germany |
| Defunct | During the 1950s |
| Successor | BMW Opel Eisenach (factory) |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Automobiles Motorcycles |
Eisenacher Motorenwerk (EMW) was anEast German manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles based inEisenach. EMW also enteredFormula One as aconstructor in 1953, but participated in only one race, the1953 German Grand Prix. The car retired after 12 laps with exhaust problems.[1]
One of the pre-World War IIBMW factories was located in Eisenach, which after the war was taken over by theSoviets, since Eisenach was situated in theSoviet occupation zone. The factory continued producing cars and motorcycles under the BMW brand, but after a lawsuit in 1952 they had to change the name to EMW instead. The logotype was also similar, but instead of the blue BMW used, EMW used red.
TheKasernierte Volkspolizei (a paramilitary police branch which preceded theNational People's Army) and the succeeding East German armed forces needed vehicles and expressed interest in reviving production of the BMW 325, an unsuccessful wartime off-roadEinheits-PKW (standardizedmilitary light utility vehicle) built by BMW in Eisenach. This was developed into the new EMW 325/3, of which 166 were built in 1952.[2] This remilitarization, however, was in violation of the terms of thePotsdam Conference and led to protests from the West.[3]
Later the automobile section of EMW becameVEB Automobilwerk Eisenach and built theWartburg. Motorcycle manufacture ended in the 1950s and was replaced by the AWO 425 built bySimson atSuhl.
| Officialname(s) | Eisenacher Motorenwerk |
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| Base | Eisenach, East Germany |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Engines | EMW 2.0lL6 |
| Entrants | Rennkollektiv EMW |
| First entry | 1953 German Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1953 German Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 1 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
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| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | WCC |
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| 1953 | EMW R2 | EMWL6 | D | ARG | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | n/a* | n/a* | |
 Edgar Barth | Ret | ||||||||||||||
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* Constructors' Championship not awarded until1958.
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