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The All-New M3 Performance Born to Perform with V-8 Power X6 Concept Activehybrid BMW Welt: European Delivery’s new home Introducing BMW’s high- The all-new M3 performance Born to perform with V-8 power X6 Concept ActiveHybrid Olafur Eliasson’s cold truth: BMW’s Art Car #16 3| 2007 $ 5.00 bmwusa.com 16 32 Contents 3| 2007 Cover Story 16 M3! 6 Portal to the World of BMW 6 The BMW Championship 82 Driving On Six Legs 44 A Day in the Life of… The new M3 delivers traditional M-style The new BMW Welt facility in Munich Experienced “drivers” compete for first BMW’s new dynamic driving simulator Gerhard Hofstetter, engine-sound perfection in performance and pleasure provides a fascinating visit to the realm place and a shot at the FedExCup at tests driver-assistance systems designer at BMW M GmbH Plus: Interview with M3 Designer of The Ultimate Driving Machine® the Cog Hill Golf and Country Club Karl Elmitt 86 The Hawaii of China 2 BMW Assist Plus: Looking back fondly on the M3’s 50 First look: the BMW 1 Series 68 Village of Golf White sandy beaches and palm trees: Genies of the road 20 years of racing history In spring 2008, pure BMW excitement Evans Scholars Foundation helps the People’s Republic of China has a will come to the U.S. with the all-new deserving young American caddies vacation paradise at its doorstep 60 Driving skills: Features 1 Series Coupe and Convertible receive a college education All Right in the Night Regulars 32 First-class delivery My Favorite Drive 7 Ice Car Art 79 Press The Bavarian delivery of the Neiman From Aspen to Los Angeles in a At the San Francisco Museum of Modern 3 Letter from the Chairman Marcus special-edition M6 Convertibles BMW X .8i Art, Take your time: Olafur Eliasson 80 Who but BMW could… features BMW’s 16th Art Car 6 News Find a way to beat the sun at its 38 Windows to the future 59 Captain Kirk’s Earth vehicle BMW and NASA; Design Team of own game? BMW invites you to listen in on the TED Actor William Shatner picks up his new 76 Presents with Presence the Year; Figures; BMW R 1200 GS; (Technology, Entertainment, Design) X at the BMW Performance Center and Wrap up the BMW experience Roadster Homecoming; Short Cuts; 81 Letters Conference seeks out new worlds of driving fun with BMW Lifestyle Collection gifts Racing Review; Awards; IAA Frankfurt; 90 Years of BMW; Who is the cleanest?; 97 I love my BMW 0 Electrifying 62 Shifting Assets 78 To: BMW Owner, With Love Spartanburg’s 0 percent growth; VIPs Willi Meienborn, Sweden, and his The BMW Concept X6 ActiveHybrid Vintage BMWs are commanding more Made specifically for BMWs and their drive the BMW Hydrogen 7; Financial 1991 BMW Z1 is a high-performance trailblazer than just respect on the road, as prices drivers, Original BMW Accessories Services donates an X3; Virtual car scheduled for series production of collectible cars rise Photo: Ric Ergenbright/CORBIS are truly thoughtful gifts chase 98 Calendar BMWMagazine BMWMagazine News 3|2007 BMW NASA BMW and NASA conclude test period of Hydrogen 7 sedan Early in August 200, BMW and NASA announced the completion of an eight-week red dot award The BMW Group design department, headed ful design, and this year’s awards went to the test period for the BMW Hydrogen – BMW Group voted by Christopher E. Bangle (above left, at right), BMW 3 Series Coupe, the new MINI, and the the world’s first hydrogen-powered luxury was named the Design Team of the Year – the BMW motorcycle models F 800 S, G 50 Design Team of the Year sedan. highest accolade given by the famous “red Xcountry, and HP2 Megamoto. “We are very proud to have had the oppor- dot” design awards jury. The award was in An additional three awards went to BMW tunity to work with NASA, an organization that honor of the team’s continuous creative design subsidiary DesignworksUSA for its BMW is at the cutting edge of discovery and inno- work that highlights the premium character of Cruise Bike Junior for children, a recycling vation. NASA and BMW have a common the vehicles, upholds the heritage of the station for beverage holders, and a coffee research interest: the use of liquid hydrogen,” brands, and expresses the innovative strength percolator. A total of 2,548 products from said Karl-Heinz Ziwica, Vice President of of the company. The red dot ranks among the 43 different countries were nominated for Engineering at BMW of North America. “The world’s leading symbols of quality for success- the design awards. red-dot.de high energy content of liquid hydrogen is the reason why NASA uses it to send the space shuttle into space. BMW applied the same reasoning to the Hydrogen . Hydrogen fuel It’s hard to imagine a timespan as brief as 120 microseconds. A microsecond is a thousandth of a millisecond. Batting an eyelid is also capable of reducing CO2 emissions by 90 percent. The BMW Hydrogen dem- takes a tenth of a second – theoretically, the equivalent of 833 fuel onstrates that hydrogen-powered vehicles injections. To put it another way, a sound wave traveling at the rate are a viable option for the future of sustain- 0.00012 of 1,132 feet per second would cover just 1. inches during one fuel able mobility.” seconds is the time it takes to supply fuel to injection. Up to three injections are possible per a single ignition During the test period, NASA personnel a BMW engine with High Precision Injection process. The system allows fuel to burn in a particularly clean, had access to a fleet of BMW Hydrogen s. complete and efficient way. bmw.com/efficientdynamics The Hydrogen is powered by a form of liquid hydrogen similar to the one NASA uses for its shuttles. The Hydrogen ’s combustion engine also runs on gasoline. During the NASA trial BMW R 1200 GS period, the liquid hydrogen fuel was supplied Most successful BMW by the space agency’s own storage facility in motorcycle of all times Cape Canaveral, Florida. BMW has built a total of 100 Hydrogen s, of which 25 are used in U.S. test programs. Recently, the 100,000th R 1200 GS (including the Adventure) left the The fleet has already covered more than conveyor belt in Berlin – the most successful BMW motorcycle of all 1.3 million miles in test programs around the time. The editors of Motorcyclist Magazine also think highly of it – for globe. bmwusa.com the third year in a row, they named the BMW R 1200 Adventure “Best Adventure Bike.” The R 1200 RT and the G 50 Xchallenge earned runner-up spots for “Best Touring” and “Best Dirtbike,” respectively. Ever since its introduction in early 2004, the versatile R 1200 GS has won praise from motorcycle enthusiasts and the press for its excep- tional performance on and off the road. As the editors of Motorcyclist wrote, “BMW’s R 1200 GS Adventure remains the once and future king of the transcontinental vacation with its ability to press on regard- less of whether the road is paved or not.” bmwmotorcycles.com BMWMagazine BMWMagazine News 3|2007 Roadster Homecoming For the eleventh year, hundreds of Z3 and Driving Machine.®” Suppliers offered after- Visiting their birthplace Z4 owners came to spend a weekend in market products. And BMW associates were Spartanburg County, South Carolina, the home every bit as enthusiastic about the Roadsters in Spartanburg, SC of BMW Manufacturing Co. These sports car as were the actual participants in the Home- enthusiasts from all over the U.S. brought coming party. their two-seaters back to where they origi- At a silent auction, Roadster fans raised nated. Some 00 owners came with family $15,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. and friends from as far away as Alaska for a In the always popular Panoramic Photo, car fun-filled weekend. Events included dinners owners began lining up at :00 a.m. in hopes in a festive environment, a driving skills course, of getting a front-row spot. and a clinic on doing minor touchups and Roadster Homecoming proved again that improvements. home is where the heart is. The only debat- Run by volunteering plant associates, the able question? Whether the four-day event clinic helped owners keep even the oldest – or traveling to it in the Roadster – was more models up to the standard of “The Ultimate enjoyable. bmwroadsterhomecoming.com Short cuts U.S. drivers test new M3 Two new regional Europe’s top Worldwide supply of parts on the Nürburgring distribution centers automotive factory for Classic BMWs BMW’s first V-8 M3 is not due to BMW NA is building two new In a leading independent quality The name Mobile Tradition says it CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: ALTIPLANO DOUBLE JEU, PIAGET POLO CHRONO, PROTOCOLE XXL hit the States until spring 2008, regional distribution centers, which survey, BMW’s Regensburg plant all: more than 200,000 fans world- but in early October a small group will expand its distribution network took first place over all other auto- wide in about 00 brand clubs help of M enthusiasts from the U.S. put in the eastern and central United motive plants in Europe for 200. to keep BMW history alive. What’s the all-new M3 through its paces on States. These new facilities will be www.bmw-werk-regensburg.de more, the overwhelming majority of the Nürburgring. They spent hours located in Lower Nazareth, PA and classic BMWs – some 200,000 cars taking hot laps, practicing double- Minooka, IL.
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