World Debut: BMW M5 Concept
The World Premiere of the new BMW M5 Concept
Not a first time unveiling, but always pleasant to see the one-off BMW E34 M5 Convertible. The history of the "never produced M5 Convertible" goes something like this.
Therefore, our first encounter with the BMW M3 GTS took place last Friday at the M Division Headquarters in Garching, Germany.
The first race appearance at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife (DE) in 2011 turned out to be a great success for Team BMW Motorsport: The no. 42 BMW M3 GT with Jörg Müller (DE), Augusto Farfus (BR) and Uwe Alzen (DE) at the wheel crossed the line as the winner in the first round of the VLN Endurance Championship.
BMW M was full of surprises this past weekend and gave selected journalists a tour inside their "secret garage". Another gem hiding in the M fortress in Garching, was the BMW V12 LMR, the very same vehicle that won the 24 hour of Le Mans in 1999.
On April 1st, BMW hosted an event at the BMW M facility in Garching, Germany. Among the many surprises prepared for journalists present at the event was a new M3 Concept based on the Sedan variant.
As Great Britain becomes gripped by royal wedding fever BMW has created a limited edition of the BMW M3 Coupé to celebrate this special occasion.
Another hidden gem in the garages at BMW M facility in Garching was a BMW X5 LeMans. The one-off model was built by BMW to celebrate their 1999 victory at Le Mans using the 6.0 V12 in the LMR BMW and test the X5′s limits.
While in Garching today, BMW M folks decided to treat the journalists with a special trip to the secret underground garage where BMW M stores many of their on-offs and experimental vehicles that never made into production.
Our first encounter with the on-off BMW M8 took place last year at the BMW Museum in Munich where the M folks decided to surprise the journalists with an unexpected appearance of the long-time rumored BMW M8.
A now usual presence at any BMW M events these days it the new and upcoming BMW 1 Series M Coupe. The "baby-M" as many of us coined it made another appearance today in front of journalists around the world at the BMW M facility in Garching.