Automobilwerk Eisenach
After two years, he started to produce a motor car which he called the Wartburg, a licensed model of the French Decauville.His son Gustav subsequently took over the factory, which at the end of the 19th century employed 1,300 workers and was one of the largest in Thuringia.In 1903, the Ehrhardt family withdrew from management due to financial losses and also because the license to build Decauvilles was revoked.In 1942 BMW moved its motorcycle production to Eisenach, freeing up space in Munich for air craft engines.[3] As long as the Soviets owned the company, BMW in Munich could not bring legal proceedings to protect its tradename.The new, East German parts were of inferior quality, with off-center bolts, wiring with low copper content, while the factory suffered frequent sabotage by disgruntled workers.[3] In 1952 the works were transferred to ownership by the East German government and renamed EMW or Eisenacher Motorenwerk (see below).By that time BMW from Munich was able to secure its tradename, logo, and typical double-nostril grille appearance, and started to produce cars again.However, locals wanted to save manufacturing jobs, and in March 1990 Adam Opel AG concluded a collaboration agreement with the plant.
Assembly of the Vectra at the old Wartburg plant started five months later. One year after that the AWE plant closed, and another year later vehicle production started at Opel's new plant across the town.
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