BMW Sauber F1.09
Building the new car represented a massive challenge. Fundamental changes to the regulations have, in many cases, consigned the fruits of experience to the dustbin. Development work on what is a radically different race car got underway even earlier than usual. Indeed, the concept phase for the BMW Sauber F1.09 began back in February 2008. [...]
BMW Concept CS: ‘Gran Turismo’
A concept study of a four-door car which combines the luxury of a Gran Turismo with the thrill of a high-performance sports car. The car has a stretched look, low-slung roof-line, low centre of gravity and a extremely long wheelbase. Its sophisticated surface design makes use of extensively moulded convex and concave surfaces. Previously unseen [...]
BMW X-Series -Ten Years of Success
Exactly ten years ago, BMW laid down the foundations of the X models’ success by launching the predecessor of the current BMW X5 – the first Sports Activity Vehicle. The BMW X5 with its unique combination of sporting on-road characteristics and confident off-road traction defined new standards. Its predecessor boosted the attractiveness of the Sports [...]
BMW X6: Top 4×4 Crossover
Outstanding driving dynamics and a unique design has made the BMW X6 the clear favourite of the “Off Road” specialist magazine’s readership. The world’s first Sports Activity Coupe to score top marks in the “Four by Four of the Year 2009″ competition’s “Crossover” category, a reflection of the undiminished attraction of BMW X models and [...]
BMW Z4 – 2009: A roadster like never before
The 2009 Geneva Motor Show provides the setting for the European debut of the new BMW Z4, the first BMW roadster with a fully retractable hardtop. Both open and closed, the new BMW Z4 takes on the classic look of the roadster in modern, flowing lines. The car’s proportions are borne out by the long [...]
BMW M-Zero
Maël Oberkampf, the designer of M-Zero attempted to make a model which could be considered a equivalent of the R8 from Audi. The result is the M-Zero, a car concept that could become the most powerful model of the BMW legacy. The BMW Z10 ED (ED standing for EfficientDynamics), is being produced to showcase BMW’s [...]
BMW Concept Coupe: Mille Miglia 2006
Inspired by BMW’s glorious motor racing heritage, with hints of today’s BMW Z4 Coupe and one of BMW’s most famous racing cars, the BMW 328, the BMW Concept Coupe Mille Miglia 2006 is a car you either love or hate. The Mille Miglia an annual rally, resurrected in 1977, celebrates one of the world’s great [...]
BMW GINA
The GINA Light Visionary Model is a fabric-skinned shape-shifting sports car concept built by BMW. GINA stands for “Geometry and functions In ‘N’ Adaptions”. It was designed by a team led by BMW’s head of design, Chris Bangle, who says GINA allowed his team to “challenge existing principles and conventional processes.” BMW says the flexible, [...]