All-new BMW Concept Coupe Mille Miglia’s design is based on the BMW 328, winner of the Mille Miglia car race in 1940, while drivetrain and suspension are based on the new BMW Z4 M Coupé. Available video includes driving and beauty shots of the car as well as soundbites from BMW officials.
Separate from the Group Headquarters that masterminds the worldwide activities of the BMW Group as well as the FIZ Research and Innovation Centre, BMW’s original plant is also based in Munich.
Michelin shows a potentially disruptive technology which could be the future new standard for vehicles: an airless, integrated tire and wheel combination. It's called the Tweel (Tire/WhEEL).
BMW XFCD - Extended Floating Car Data System records information about weather and road conditions and transmits information directly from one car to other cars on the same route.
Top Gear personality Jeremy Clarkson takes its Koenigsegg CCR successor - the CCX - out for a spin. This monster offers a twin-supercharged 4.7 litre V8 that pumps out 806bhp (normal petrol) - 900bhp (eco-friendly bio fuel) and has a top speed of 250mph. It rockets from 0-60 in a little over 3 seconds.
Although the speed records were broken more than a year ago we have just received a video of BMW H2R concept car setting nine world speed records for cars powered by a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine.
BMW has released a video of BMW 7 Series Night Vision System with FIR (infrared) camera in front air dam. Video includes night driving scene with a jogger and a skater on the road. Infrared image is displayed on the on-board monitor.