BMW Technology

Development objective: identify road profile, understand driver’s wishes. As a result of further development there is now the possibility to adapt gearshift commands given by the transmission control system to each driving situation even more flexibly and at the same time more accurately. The anticipatory transmission control system currently in …

This new official BMW video takes us inside the laboratories where the driver’s seats for BMW vehicles are carefully engineered as a part of each vehicle’s suspension. See why the final decision of which driver’s seat to use in a model is made on an actual race track. Enjoy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmvoPh3EIsw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Intelligent lightweight construction as a development principle for Efficient Dynamics: New perspectives on weight improvement. Thanks to Efficient Dynamics the BMW Group is succeeding in continuously reducing the consumption and emission values of current and future models and simultaneously increasing the pleasure of driving characterised by dynamics and agility. Furthermore, …

According to a report by Autonews, BMW is one of the closest car manufacturers in terms of reaching the C02 emission targets of the European Union. The premium car manufacturer follows closely behind Toyota and PSA in terms of this sustainable improvement in their vehicles. In 2015, all car manufacturers …

This video takes us inside Plant Zero, where BMW prototypes are made. This is the first peek at the secret prototype manufacturing process. Deep inside BMW’s Research and Innovation Center – protected from prying eyes – Plant Zero builds the very first versions of each new BMW Group model by …