BMW is called Bayer in Hong Kong. In 1994, BMW began to sell in Chinese mainland, and the car it bought was called Baylor. The sales company in Beijing couldn't sell it, so it changed its nice name to BMW. So BMW became famous, but BMW sued the sales company in Beijing on the grounds that the sales company in Beijing infringed BMW's trademark right, and finally the court ruled that BMW won the case. Since then, BMW has become a trademark of BMW in Chinese mainland.

by the way, so is Mercedes. Mercedes-Benz is called Mercedes in Germany, Mercedes-Benz in Taiwan Province, Ben Shit in Hong Kong and Mercedes-Benz in mainland China.

Volks means "national" in German, Wagen means "car" in German, and its full name means "national car", so it is often referred to as "VW". The mainland translates into Volkswagen.

German cars were all given nice names by mainland sales companies in the 199s. The most popular thing is to give foreign cars nice names such as BMW, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Audi and so on. China's own car can only be called Chery and Bidia.