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Back Again with BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team at Le Mans

Jul 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Le Mans. A long wait eventually came to an end this week for the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team. The whole team met up at the racetrack for the first time for many months, as […]

Lake Como Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Event Postponed until 2021

Jul 17, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich – Cernobbio.The organisers of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este – the Grand Hotel Villa d’Este and BMW Group Classic – have jointly come to the difficult decision to postpone the event planned for October […]

Sim Racing: BMW on the podium at virtual Spa-Francorchamps

Jul 13, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Whether in the DTM, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, or countless other championships: Week after week BMW teams and drivers around the world do battle for points, victories and […]

Inspiration Friday: Active Motorcycle Cruise Control

Jul 10, 2020 Michael Le Pard

2 years ago BMW introduced the self-driving motorcycle, now motorcycle tech has reached another new level! Move over Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google, active motorcycle cruise control is here! Active, as in “self-drive” using […]

BMW M to title sponsor the MotoGP Grand Prix of Styria

Jul 10, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich. BMW M GmbH is taking the next step in the long-term partnership with MotoGP organiser Dorna Sports and will title sponsor a Grand Prix in the 2020 season for the first time. When the […]

BMW “enthusiasm for motorcycling despite the crisis is unbroken”

Jul 8, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich. With the best ever sales result for the month of June, BMW Motorrad concludes the first half of 2020 and enters the second half of the year with confidence. Dr. Markus Schramm, Head of […]

208hp & 410lbs of Motorcycle Art

Jul 6, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Powerful, stylistic, technical and dynamic. Its not just a new 2021 bike we have 208hp & 410lbs of motorcycle art thundering down the road. Grab the throttle and life doesn’t pass by, it stops and […]

Sim Racing: BMW SIM 120 Cup Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Jul 6, 2020 Michael Le Pard

BMW teams and drivers are gradually returning to the racetrack after the break in action during the crisis. The schedules for race series all over the world have been amended, allowing members of the large […]

Motorcycle Sales the Brightest Spot in BMW Group 2nd quarter 2020 sales results

Jul 3, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Richmond Hill, ON. BMW Group Canada announced today Q2 2020 sales results for the BMW and MINI brands. Total Group sales for the quarter were 6,901 units, a 45.9% decrease from the second quarter of 2019. […]

Sim Racing: Customer racers join works driver and sim pros

Jul 3, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich. On Tuesday, drivers from BMW M Customer Racing teams had the opportunity to take to the track with sim racing pros at the first BMW Motorsport SIM Racing Track Day on the iRacing platform, […]

BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team is back on the racetrack with the BMW S 1000 RR

Jul 1, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Lausitzring. It has been a long time since the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team and riders Tom Sykes (GBR) and Eugene Laverty (IRL) were last on a racetrack together. The season opener of the FIM Superbike World […]

Say What? BMW Introduces Cruise Control on a Motorcycles

Jun 30, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Relaxed cruising with active cruise control, without having to manually adapt to the driving speed of the vehicle in front – already available in cars now for many years, but not the standard in motorcycles […]

We will be taking sustainability to a whole new level

Jun 30, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich. When it comes to sustainability, major corporations have a key role to play. The BMW Group acknowledged this fact long ago and outperforms industry rivals by far in terms of CO2 emissions per vehicle produced. […]

BMW Motorrad On the road, ready, go! With RENT A RIDE Expansion

Jun 26, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich. On the road, ready, go! With RENT A RIDE, BMW Motorrad offers spontaneous motorcycle riding pleasure via the rental platform RENTARIDE – individually plannable, with virtually new rental motorcycles and an exquisite and international […]

BMW Industrializes 3D printing methods to speed up production and development

Jun 25, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Munich / Oberschleissheim. The BMW Group has today officially opened its new Additive Manufacturing Campus. The new centre brings together production of prototype and series parts under one roof, along with research into new 3D printing […]