People
Pop Goes the Diesel
BMW’s Advanced Diesel program gets a boost from media personality Brian Unger – and some extra lift via a series of offbeat TV spots. BMW Magazine reports from behind the scenes. With the pop of a balloon, Brian Unger’s bubbly mood nearly deflates. Read more…
Paul Horrell and Supercars
The super-rich have a tough time of it. Truth is. they’d be much happier without such vast stockpiles of cash. But fear not; supercars are here to save them. I’m not about to contend that poverty is anything but a miserable condition. But, on the other hand, the older I get, the gladder I am that I’ve not become extremely wealthy. Read more…
The BMW Championship: Experienced Drivers Only
As part of the 2007 PGA Tour’s FedExCup, the first-ever BMW Championship yielded a high-performance highlight for Tiger Woods. There stood TigerWoods, the world’s preeminent golfer, holding the sizeable silver cup above his head as he flashed a smile as bright as his future. Read more…
Captain Kirk’s Earth Vehicle
After test-driving the X5 SAV, actor William Shatner not only immediately put in an order for one – he wanted to pick it up at the BMW Performance Center. Actor William Shatner plays the role of attorney Denny Crane in the popular television drama Boston Legal, which has won him an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award. Read more…
A Day with Gerhard Hofstetter – Engine Sound Designer at BMW M
Vroom. Vrroooom. Vrrrooooooom. Again and again, Gerhard Hofstetter presses the accelerator pedal. Sometimes short, sometimes long. Hard, soft, fast, slow. But the engine has his undivided attention at all times. Read more…
The Boys are Back in Town
What a series this promises to be: tyre-smoking around the track a cavalcade of stars in the Reasonably Priced Car and, er a celebration of the Austin Maestro. Until quite recently, it was possible to decorate your house once and then spend the rest of your life eating cheese and drinking wine. Read more…
Living Dangerously by Jon Pearson
It’s all very well razzing round bike tests and launches the world over. But could ‘our man’ JP hack the ‘real world’ of club racing? Low points are frequent in a club race season. Falling off in the lead. Falling off on the way to the grid on new tyres. Read more…