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.
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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.
Buried deep in the secret garage at BMW M in Garching lays an exciting M3 that never saw daylight. The E46 BMW M3 Touring is an on-off car built by BMW that due to homologation issues and profitability has never made it into production.
Today, in Garching at the M facility, BMW revived the M3 CSL. While not officially dubbed CSL, the M3 Sedan Concept revealed today brings back the idea of lightweight in an M3 and the details are exciting.
Today, at the official press unveiling of the new 2012 M5, BMW prepared another surprise for the journalists present at the event. The BMW M3 Pickup that made waves on the interwebs just days ago was just introduced to the world.
Following the BMW M3 Coupé, BMW M3 Convertible and BMW M3 Sedan, a fourth body variant of this globally successful high-performance sports car is about to cause a stir.
