• Four UK premieres: the first public display of the BMW Vision Driving Experience, BMW Vision Neue Klasse X, BMW Concept Speedtop and the all-new BMW M2 CS. • The BMW Vision Driving Experience, BMW M2 CS and BMW M3 CS Touring will storm up the hill throughout the weekend. • To honour 50 years of the BMW 3 Series, a seven-generation parade will take place Thursday 10 July. • BMW Group Classic joins the festival to celebrate three anniversaries on track: 50 ...
Event categories for all manner of classic vehicles, whether equipped with four, three, or two wheels, reflect the broad spectrum of the history of mobility +++ Selecting committees are still accepting registrations +++ BMW Group Classic und Grand Hotel Villa d’Este to host the exclusive car pageant on Lake Como from May 25th to May 27th 2018 +++ Theme of the beauty contest is “Hollywood on the Lake”.
Munich/Cernobbio. With BMW’s centenary headline “The Next 100 Years” in mind, the BMW Group is bringing together, for the first time, the full line-up of Hommage vehicles unveiled over recent years. They will be joined on display at a special exhibition titled “Hommage and Concept Vehicles” in the Padiglione Centrale at Villa Erba by the models from the past that inspired them.
80 years ago, BMW presented the R 5 to the international public - an exciting new technological development that was to influence motorcycle construction right through to the 1950s. Inspired by the factory racing machine, it was one of the groundbreaking sports motorbikes of the late 1930s. To mark the 80th anniversary of the BMW R 5, BMW Motorrad is honouring this icon at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2016 with a special model: the BMW R 5 Hommage.
As of April 2012 BMW Motorrad sold 3.5% more vehicles worldwide than in the previous year. Sales thus increased to a new record of 37,461 motorcycles (prev. yr: 36,181 units) for the first four months of a sales year. In April 2012 BMW Motorrad supplied 13,088 motorcycles to its customers worldwide (prev. yr: 13,072 units) - the second best April retail result.
Munich. Edgar Heinrich (53) will be taking over the BMW Group's BMW Motorrad Design Studio as of July 1st 2012. He succeeds David Robb. After completing his university degree in design, Edgar Heinrich started his career as a motorcycle designer with BMW back in 1986. Within the BMW Group’s BMW Motorrad Design Studio he was Head of Vehicle Design Motorcycles under the overall direction of David Robb from 2007 to 2009.
For generations of motorcyclists, BMW Motorrad has been regarded as a leader in terms of motorcycling safety. With its innovative strength, BMW Motorrad established its profile as a trendsetter early on in this field and today the huge safety benefits it offers are a persuasive selling point for virtually all motorcyclists. BMW Motorrad research continues to work on increasing these safety benefits, thus making motorcycling even more attractive.
Space is becoming increasingly scarce in the major conurbation centres and traffic density is growing continuously. Political and social conditions are changing. All these factors coalesce in increasing demands in terms of private transportation. The concept vehicle BMW E-Scooter with electric drive provides an innovative look at changing urban mobility needs.
Making motorcycles better, safer, and more fun to ride with innovative developments has been one of the BMW Motorrad core competences for decades. As the leader in this technology, BMW Motorrad presents new solutions in quick succession that usually soon become indispensable in series motorcycles. Now a new step in development is in the offing: the semiactive suspension control system Dynamic Damping Control, in short DDC.
Munich. The BMW Motorrad GS Trophy 2010 is over. An extreme test of endurance and ability on a motorcycle: ten teams, 13 nationalities, riding BMW F 800 GS some 2000km (approximately 70% off-road) in seven days, crossing three African nations (South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique), dodging lions and elephants and tackling some of the most beautiful (but challenging) terrain in the world.
Johannesburg. The BMW Motorrad GS Trophy 2010 has reached its conclusion and despite very strong final day challenges Team UK has emerged as the winner. The victory came over Team South Africa with Team Nordic third.
Mlilwane Game Reserve, Swaziland. The competition for the GS Trophy hotted up dramatically today as the 10 teams fought their way through four special tests while completing a 280km course. Team UK were in resurgent form. A mistake in the yesterday’s navigation test had cost them dear, leaving them in sixth place, but winning two of today’s tests and taking third in another took them to the day win. Their impressive 44 point haul also leapfrogged them into ...
Mpumalanga. The South African team played to their home advantage
today to take a strong win in the first special test of the GS Trophy 2010, a
navigation challenge. The first day saw the 10 international teams (30 riders) travel a 300km course, starting in Johannesburg and finishing at the Country Trax farm
estate in Mpumalanga in the district of Amersfoort.
After eight months of preparation the waiting has come to an end:
The BMW Motorrad GS Trophy 2010 finally begins.This event is a celebration of the spirit of the BMW GS motorcycle, bringing together those elements of leisure, adventure and challenge that these bikes engender. The 2010 edition of the GS Trophy is extra special as it’s also celebrating 30 years of the GS motorcycle.
The Africa 2010 event is the second edition of the GS Trophy, the ...
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