BMW was on the verge of going broke in late 1959, with the board proposing a merger with Daimler-Benz. But shareholders vetoed the merger, leaving BMW – then still a maker of economy cars and motorcycles for the masses and not the premium brand we associate those three letters with today – to hang on by the skin of its teeth.
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